SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release: HIAS shares in the relief of countless Israelis and Palestinians that a ceasefire and hostage deal has finally been reached. While only the first step of a long process ahead, we urge all parties to ensure this leads to the return of all hostages, to the unhindered delivery of wide-scale humanitarian and reconstruction aid in Gaza, and to a strategy to end the cycle of violence. And  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: * * * Media Advisory: CAIR to Honor MLK's Legacy With 'Day of Service' in Baltimore The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that it is hosting a community event for volunteers to participate in its 'MLK Day of Service' project to package and distribute brown bag lunches for unhou  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The neighborhood of orbits around the Moon, called cislunar space, continues to grow in importance -- both scientifically and for national security purposes. In December, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, hosted its annual Cislunar Security Conference, bringing together leaders in government, academia, industry and other organiza  more