MCLEAN, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The American Association of Tissue Banks issued the following agency statement on Oct. 28, 2024: AATB has signed a collective statement in support of the organ donation and transplantation community, addressing recent media attention surrounding a Kentucky organ donation case. We join others in urging the public to withhold judgment and avoid drawing conclusions until state and federal investigations are complete. Misinformation from this coverage has caused a conc  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: The night sky was filled with overflowing colors. Purple and green sparks led to furious flames on Fallujah's lit tinderbox. "This is real-life shit," Aubrey McDade recalled. "This is really happening. These machine guns are going off. It's not a simulation; it's real gunfire." When the sun rose a few hours later, McDade knew he and other Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, were in for  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: The Computer & Communications Industry Association released its wrap up of state legislative activity around online privacy this past session with its State Privacy Landscape report. The legislative year ended with 136 privacy bills in over 30 states still under consideration and six more comprehensive state privacy laws added. Kentucky, Maryland, Minne  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: Christine Knight was at the chow hall at Camp Caldwell in Iraq when she heard of American contractors killed on a bridge in the western part of the country. Her unit was preparing to head back home when a vague request came in for medical support for an upcoming operation. Knight was randomly selected for the mission. Five teams loaded their tracked ambulances and began convoying from northeastern Iraq to Fall  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: Jonathan Knauth was packed inside a combat vehicle, waiting for the call to enter Fallujah. As "Breach, breach, breach!" screamed across the radio, the tracks began rolling, and he and others from Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, were unknowingly on their way to fight in the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War. He was used to viewing the Marine Corps through a photographic lens. Knauth's job as a co  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: Justin Boswood was pulled from the ranks one week before boarding a ship destined for the Pacific Ocean. His practice of habitual rule-breaking had caught up with him, as he tested positive for drugs. "People in the Marine Corps don't like you if you do drugs," Boswood said. "That's the cardinal rule." But instead of being kicked out of the Marine Corps, he was sent to another unit: 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Hazard, KY--Today, Teach For America Appalachia (TFA) was awarded $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for its new project, Strengthening the Talent Pipeline in Central Appalachia. The funding was made available through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) which drives large-scale economic transformation through multi-state collaboration. Teach For Ameri  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: By Brian Buckwalter Content warning: This story contains frank descriptions of urban combat that may be disturbing for some readers. Marine veteran Alex Nicoll remembers Fallujah, Iraq, as a dead city. When he and others from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stepped foot inside the "City of Mosques" in early November 2004, nearly all of the residents were gone. Leaflets dropped by U.S. forces w  more