ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 20 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: The cremains of 42 military veterans were laid to rest today through New Mexico's Forgotten Heroes Funeral Program. It provides a military funeral for honorably discharged veterans who, upon death, are unclaimed by family or friends for interment. The program was created and is respectfully run by the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services (DVS), Bernalillo County and the New Mexico   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to protect the estimated two million wild kangaroos who are needlessly killed every year for the use of their leather in commercial products. The killing of kangaroos for their leather, also known as "k-leather," is currently the largest commercial slaughter of mammals worldwide driven by demand for their skin in c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: Representative Andre Carson (IN-07) has introduced H.R. 9649, the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024 with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09). This bill will end the congressionally and administratively mandated pause on funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA). The United States has historically been one of  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. Our personal-level cognition and our relationships with others work in concert to shape our views of the world and influence how likely we are to update those views when we encounter new information. In the past, these two levels of belief have been studied largely in isolation: psychologists have modeled the i  more