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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bindmans, an award-winning multidisciplinary law firm with a 50-year human rights and social justice record, has today set a new precedent in the legal industry by announcing the launch of its 10% Social Justice Fund (SJF). The fund will allocate 10% of business client fees to support individuals in gaining access to justice. It marks an industry first and serves the joint purpose of helping to improve the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores of Bindmans’...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage at 75 facilities throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area, as well as other parts of north and west Texas, after strong storms caused damage and widespread flooding on Sunday night. Dallas County experienced severe flooding and residential properties in Fannin County sustained tree and roof damage from powerful winds. Access to dry and secure self-storage units and portable storage...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) has been awarded $150,000 from Global Water Challenge (GWC). The funding will expand efforts to build leadership capacity in underserved rural communities by supporting participation in the Water Leadership Institute’s workshops and eliminating financial and logistical barriers that may prevent individuals from participating. “Global Water Challenge is committed to removing barriers to last-mile clean wa...

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the four featured Nicholas Academic Centers (NAC) scholars was not expected to survive childbirth. “Before I opened my eyes to this world, I shared my first eight months of life alongside cancer,” stated Tanesha Bravo. Injecting her grandmother with insulin, caring for her mother’s medical issues, losing her best friend to leukemia, and surviving her own surgeries to remove a hemangioma fueled Bravo’s goal of becoming a surgical oncologist. This fall,...

PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), a leading games, IP and toy company, is proud to celebrate the second annual International Day of Play (IDOP) on June 11, 2025. Through an epic new family-friendly DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventure and meaningful community partnerships, Hasbro is bringing more ways to play to children, fans and families around the world. Recognized globally as a day to elevate play to the world stage, IDOP advocates for increased time, space, and qual...

MEDELLÍN, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mineros S.A. (TSX: MSA, MINEROS: CB) (“Mineros” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that over the past seven years, Mineros has invested more than US$12 million (COP $50.000M) in social impact projects, benefiting more than 80,000 people in Bajo Cauca, Antioquia. This was accomplished through the Works for Taxes program, through which individuals and legal entity taxpayers may pay income and other taxes by investing in public works or projects of social...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Danny Stewart couldn’t have imagined how finding a newborn in a New York City subway station — and the media circus that followed — would forever change him and his partner, Pete Mercurio. Now, 25 years later, and in time for Father's Day, the couple's extraordinary journey to parenthood has been brought to life in ‘18 MONTHS,’ the animated short from nonprofit Second Nurture that celebrates all paths to family and challenges adoption stigma. ‘18 MONTHS’ unravels as a...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia & TOKYO & WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOLVE FSHD and Modalis partner to develop a CRISPR-based epigenome editing therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)....

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has appointed Laura Smith as the new director of Eyes On Learning, a coalition of state, local, and national organizations dedicated to improving the vision health of Arizona’s children. About 1-in-4 school-age children have a vision problem that may affect their ability to learn. Healthy vision is especially vital in early childhood and the early grades, when children develop the literacy skills they need to learn to read and be succ...

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., provides tips for customers and the general public to help prepare for hurricane season. Whether in the path of a hurricane or facing lesser storms, it is important to be aware of and prepare for extreme weather events. “American Water is committed to taking proactive steps to help ensure our drinking water and wastewater systems remain resilient and our teams are r...