News from May 2023
By Karen Kidd | May 8, 2023
Boston is the home of three national parks — National Park Service sites, Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historic Site and Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
The U.S.-Korea Business Council hosted high-level meetings April 28 to strengthen the bilateral economic and trade relationship between the two nations.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat April 25 to discuss an U.S.-AU collaboration toward ending the fighting in Sudan.
By New Mexico Sun Report | May 8, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently spoke with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to ensure support for lasting peace in the South Caucasus' region.
By Bob Pepalis | May 8, 2023
Participants in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel, “Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region” on May 4, stressed the participation of allies in the region.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
The National Institute of Health released a study where researchers found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) is more effective than the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) in assessing and managing newborns with a history of opioid exposure.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
A Dunkin' franchise owner in Massachusetts is being fined for child labor law violations.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of a representative of the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank for participating in schemes to launder money using cryptocurrencies in order to benefit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
The Center for Democracy and Technology and the National Network to End Domestic Violence are praising Apple and Google for releasing a joint standards proposal to prevent the unauthorized use of Bluetooth location tracking devices.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
JPMorgan Chase Bank has entered into an agreement to assume all deposits and substantially all of the assets of First Republic Bank.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
Oak Ridge Environmental Management joins a partnership for cancer treatment research from nuclear material.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) announced that Joshua Jacobs will be the new Under Secretary for Benefits.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
Remarks made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently about the U.S. military intervention against Mexican drug cartels raised eyebrows for some in the United States.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
A Middle East Fellow at the Wilson Center wrote in a commentary that the United States is losing influence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as China bolsters its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) was one of several legislators who spoke at the April 26 Bitcoin Policy Summit, a one-day conference hosted by the Bitcoin Policy Institute.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have found that states with more robust social safety nets have reduced socioeconomic gaps in young children’s brain development and mental health, the National Institute of Health said in a recent report.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
The Center for Democracy and Technology has joined a coalition composed of 132 civil society organizations that are urging lawmakers to oppose Senate Bill 1207, also known as the EARN IT Act of 2023, as opponents say the bill threatens the First Amendment right of free speech.
By Tamara Browning | May 7, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $330,000 in back wages and damages for workers who were denied overtime from a Long Island maintenance company.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered firefighters' protective gear, known as turnout gear, contains high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are suspected carcinogens.
By Federal Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the official start of the implementation phase for projects funded through the $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities effort.
