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00:01 ET Home Flipping Sales And Profit Margins Both Decline Across U.S. In 2020

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's premier property database, today released its year-end 2020 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that ...

00:00 ET Dominica and China's Strengthening Relations Offer Business Advantages For Investors

While the pandemic created border closures for much of the world, the small nation of the Commonwealth of Dominica quietly strengthened its foreign...

00:00 ET Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Virtual Regeneron Science Talent Search 2021 for Remarkable Research on Infinite Matching Algorithms, Machine Learning to Evaluate New Medicines and Water Filtration

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Yunseo Choi, 18, of Exeter, New Hampshire, won the $250,000 top...

Mar 17, 2021, 20:57 ET Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Virtual Regeneron Science Talent Search 2021 for Remarkable Research on Infinite Matching Algorithms, Machine Learning to Evaluate New Medicines and Water Filtration

$250,000 top award goes to Yunseo Choi in nation's oldest and most prestigious STEM competition for high school seniors Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,...

Mar 17, 2021, 20:46 ET HBCU Research Magazine Releases Commemorative Issue Highlighting The HBCU Response To Coronavirus

HBCU Research Magazine releases commemorative edition, covering all angles of the HBCU response to the Coronavirus. This issue is critical in...

Mar 17, 2021, 19:50 ET SchureMed Announces Settlement with Allen Medical

Schuerch Corporation (d/b/a SchureMed) announced today the conclusion of a dispute with Allen Medical Systems, Inc., a Hillrom (NYSE: HRC) company,...

Mar 17, 2021, 19:48 ET The HealthTree Foundation Introduces New Feature to Measure and Curate Cancer Patient-Reported Side Effects and Solutions

HealthTree?, the first disease navigation platform to crowdsource and accelerate cures for terminal illnesses including multiple myeloma, today...
Vice President Kamala Harris and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin Join CIEE in Congratulating the 2021 Frederick Douglass Global Fellows

Mar 17, 2021, 19:11 ET Vice President Kamala Harris and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin Join CIEE in Congratulating the 2021 Frederick Douglass Global Fellows

At an online St. Patrick's Day roundtable today, Vice President Kamala Harris and Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál Martin joined Nettie...

Mar 17, 2021, 18:30 ET AAOMS advocates for legislation to provide insurance coverage for congenital craniofacial anomalies

All private group and individual health insurance plans would be required to cover medically necessary services resulting from birth defects under...

Mar 17, 2021, 18:24 ET S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Update to S&P Composite 1500 Market Cap Guidelines

S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") is updating the market capitalization eligibility criteria for new additions to the S&P Composite 1500 Indices....

Mar 17, 2021, 17:14 ET New Poll Reveals New York State Voters Want Senator Schumer to Amend the Equality Act to Protect Single Sex Spaces

A new poll conducted by Spry Strategies on behalf of Women's Liberation Front (WoLF) found that found that only 28 percent of New York voters support ...

Mar 17, 2021, 17:00 ET The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Names the 2021 National Medalists and Tschabalala Self as Alumni Achievement Award Recipient

Today, the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced the National Medalists of the 98th annual 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing...

Mar 17, 2021, 16:56 ET Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Statement on Rise in Anti-Asian Attacks

Andrew Dreyfus, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, shared the following message today with the company's 3,700 employees:...

Mar 17, 2021, 16:30 ET Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Awards More Than $18.5 Million to Recipients of Crazy 8 Initiative to Advance Pediatric Cancer Research

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit foundation devoted to finding cures for children with cancer, announces grant award recipients...

Mar 17, 2021, 16:10 ET New 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Merchandise Will Support Accion Opportunity Fund's Small Business Relief Fund

Stephen Colbert, Host of CBS's 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' announced on last Friday's episode that 100% of 'The Late Show's' proceeds from...

Mar 17, 2021, 16:01 ET How Will Local Governments Spend New Recovery Funds? Evidence from CivicPulse Survey Reveals Local Governments' Priorities

Last week, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was signed into law that includes $350 billion in direct aid to state and local governments. A new...

Mar 17, 2021, 15:53 ET Press Release - The Republic of Suriname

The Republic of Suriname (the "Republic") is in the process of reaching consensus with the International Monetary Fund (the "IMF") staff on the...

Mar 17, 2021, 15:44 ET Duke Energy Foundation awards more than $311,000 in grants to support K-12 education initiatives in 15 Indiana counties

The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded $311,246 in grants to 22 different K-12 education programs in 15 Indiana counties for 2021. The grants support ...

Mar 17, 2021, 15:36 ET Mexico's Government, Direct Relief Transport Polio Vaccine to Ecuador in Response to International Appeal

People may think of polio as an eradicated disease, like smallpox, but that is not the case. Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health warned of "a...

Mar 17, 2021, 15:28 ET Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors on Atlanta Shootings

Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on the shootings in Atlanta: "The shootings last night, ...

Mar 17, 2021, 15:06 ET AARP Pennsylvania Issues Statement Condemning Racially Motivated Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders

AARP Pennsylvania State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh released the following statement in response to newly compiled data showing a spike last year—in ...

Mar 17, 2021, 13:30 ET Cara to Honor Martin H. Nesbitt

Cara, a nonprofit leader in poverty alleviation, is pleased to announce it will honor businessman and public figure Martin H. Nesbitt at the upcoming ...

Mar 17, 2021, 13:27 ET Doctors Address COVID-19 Vaccine Myths During Spanish-Language Webinar

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) will host a COVID-19 webinar for Spanish-speaking populations in the Inland...

Mar 17, 2021, 13:16 ET Dove Men+Care Celebrates Black Men On and Off the Court with March Madness? Off Court Champs Campaign

According to new research from Dove Men+Care, when shown an image of a Black man, white men are most likely to describe him as an athlete over any...

Mar 17, 2021, 13:15 ET Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Launches New Collaboration to Advance Racial Equity and Social Justice in Communities Nationwide

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) is one of the first national nonprofits to receive funding from The Starbucks Foundation to serve the...