WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In a hearing to examine AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) raised concerns about the ongoing trend toward media consolidation in the telecom industry and said the deal needed careful scrutiny to determine if it’s in the best interest of consumers. At the hearing, which was
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California are exploring whether patient satisfaction surveys linked to Medicare payments encourage opioid pain reliever abuse, already a national epidemic. The senators wrote to the federal agency in charge of Medicare payments on agency practices in this area. “There is
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court that upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards within the guidelines of the Clean Air
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–With hundreds of millions of dollars from anonymous donors being spent to secretly influence this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and 49 other senators to introduce the DISCLOSE Act of 2014. The bill would crack down on so-called “dark money” by requiring organizations that
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Travel and Food
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-New York), the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, June 24, made the following statement on the conferral of European Union candidate status for Albania: “With today’s announcement conferring EU candidate status, Albania has cleared another hurdle on the way toward EU membership
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –The International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-California) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), unveiled on Tuesday, June 24, the “2014 International Piracy Watch List.” In an effort to fight copyright piracy and call attention to
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, was joined by four Members of Congress – Kerry Bentivolio, Adam Schiff, Tulsi Gabbard, and Tom Petri – in sending a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to express deep concern over human rights violations
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International, USA
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Press Release) – American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) announces the Amos Oz Initiative for Literature and Culture to take place in Arad, Israel. The program is made possible by a generous gift from Toni and Stuart B. Young of Wilmington, Delaware. Named in honor of BGU emeritus professor, renowned author
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The team behind the award-winning documentary Finding Kalman has published an interactive archive of Holocaust remembrance portraits, bridging the past and the present, biography and imagery, and leveraging the power of art to discuss difficult subjects. Naïve artists have created more than 500 black-and-white pastel portraits of Holocaust survivors, victims,
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Jewish Religion
SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) – The 34th edition of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival returns to the Bay Area July 24-August 10, 2014 at the Castro Theatre and Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco, the CinéArts Theatre in Palo Alto, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, The California Theatre and
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Jewish Religion, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — A group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize the internet licenses, contractual rights and domain names being provided by the United States to
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Middle East, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Coral reefs are home to a rich and diverse ecosystem, providing a habitat for a wide range of marine animals. But the increasing acidification of ocean water is jeopardizing the calcified foundations of these reefs, endangering the survival of thousands upon thousands of resident species. New research by Prof. Yehuda Benayahu,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Wednesday, June 25, marks the one-year anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder Supreme Court decision that invalidated parts of the Voting Rights Act. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Voting Rights Amendment Act (VRAA). Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism,
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Jewish Religion, USA
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (Press Release) — Synagogues nationwide are turning to an innovative training program to equip their congregations with the skills to recognize mental illness and respond to mental health emergencies. The program, Mental Health First Aid, helps people assess a mental health crisis, select interventions and provide initial help. “The faith community has
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA