WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Edward T. McGuire, 22, of Chicago, Illinois, killed during World War II was accounted for June 30, 2023. In the summer of 1943, McGuire served with the 415th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers from Argonne's CROCUS Urban Integrated Field Laboratory discussed making communities more resilient to climate change The panel was held at a United Nations conference in Nairobi, Kenya. * * * By 2030, more than 60% of the world's population will live in cities. Climate change is one of the major looming concerns for urban areas worldwide, i  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Scott Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Tyler A. P. Moody, 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs The 375th Air Mobility Wing held a ribbon cutting ceremony, Aug. 29, 2023, to celebrate its new professional development center. The project, which was initiated in September 2021, was to help co-locate all students and staff in professional development to building 1650. With buildings aging and programs expanding, the  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who distributed cocaine and heroin near Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2017 and 2018 was sentenced August 29, 2023, to seven years in federal prison. Malcolm Thornton, age 33, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after a January 23, 2023 guilty plea to one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. In a plea agreement, Thornt  more