HANOVER, New Hampshire, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist Sliding on ice at speeds exceeding 90 mph is terrifying for most people, but the USA Luge team is seeking assistance from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) along with academic and industry leaders to go even faster. In the sport's rule book, luge is afforded a great deal of engineering leeway to cu  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $248,000 in Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program funding to help Utah communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs. States may now apply for grant assistance to fund projects that will help municipalities strengthen their wastewater and stormwater collection systems agains  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Tapping seismic data, research shows solid metal sphere is planet within a planet * * * At the center the Earth is a solid metal ball, a kind of "planet within a planet," whose existence makes life on the surface possible. How Earth's inner core formed, grew and evolved over time remains a mystery, one that U.S. National Science Foundation-supported University of Utah-led researchers are  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 11 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Aug. 10, 2023, on the one-year anniversary of the PACT Act: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Please, have a -- take a seat if you have one. Sarge, thank you for that introduction. You know, it's important for two reasons. One, I have been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 38 times. And I don't think most people know -- this audience may know -- how many women we have in combat, how many  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 12 (TNScapv) -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Danny Lamar Miller-Kidd was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison for his leadership role in a Baja California-based drug trafficking organization that imported and distributed hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin to various sub-distributors throughout the United States, including California, Arizona, Or  more