WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Sentencing of California Man Who Threatened Florida Mosque The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of a California man who threatened a mass shooting in 2023 at a Florida mosque Alan Winston Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, admitted in f more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 11 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Federal lawsuit challenges UCSF Health's discriminatory internship program; equal opportunity for all students at stake Oakland, CA; February 11, 2025: The world-renowned UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland faces a federal lawsuit over its Community Health and Adolescent Mentoring Program for Success (CHAMPS), a high school internship program that explicitly excludes students based on more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The National Council on Teacher Quality issued the following news release: * * * NEW DATA IDENTIFIES STATES LEADING THE WAY ON INCREASING TEACHER DIVERSITY, BUT SOME UNNECESSARILY LOWER THE BAR ON TEACHER QUALITY A diverse teacher workforce benefits all students, but how states achieve this goal matters Washington, D.C. - A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that California, Texas, and Washington D.C., all stand out for high rates of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: * * * New Study Identifies Costs of Wildfire Fuel Treatment in California Due to more than a century of forest management focused on suppressing fires, some western forests, including many in California, have accumulated historically atypical quantities of vegetation. Letting these organic materials build up over time makes fires larger and more intense. Removing excess vegetation is the primary strategy for re more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Feb. 12 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Don't Be Fooled, Advanced Chips Are Important for National Security By Jimmy Goodrich Some critics of U.S. export control policy argue that the national security imperative for export controls on advanced chips is unjustified, as in their view, the U.S. military doesn't use them. They point to the older legacy semiconductors in main battle tanks or even the Aegis missile defense system, more PR

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 12 -- SETI Institute, a research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe, issued the following news release: * * * SETI Institute Names First Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellow February 11, 2025, Mountain View, CA - The SETI Institute awarded the first Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina. Yanchilina will focus on distinguishing more PR

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 12 -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * TICAS Raises Alarm on Unprecedented Cuts to Department of Education's Data Collection Contracts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Recently, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reported cancelling nearly $900 million in contracts that provide critical information on student performance, college costs, and efforts t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 11 [Category: Insurance] -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association posted the following news release: * * * Urgent Reforms Needed to Protect the California FAIR Plan's Long-Term Viability SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The following statement by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) addresses the California FAIR Plan's request to the California Department of Insurance to assess the admitted market to help fund California FAIR Plan claims paym more PR