WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news: * * * Over four days, atmospheric scientists renew ties, share new science, and imagine the future * * * On the afternoon of August 7, 2023, a gray wall of rain bore down on Rockville, Maryland. It was followed by steady threads of lightning and even a tornado watch. Inside a Rockville Marriott, atmospheric scientists stayed safe and dry while tr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news: * * * ARM field campaign will contribute to urban laboratory in Maryland's most populous city * * * An upcoming field campaign supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will study surface-atmosphere interactions around Baltimore, Maryland, to see how they influence the city's climate. Ken Davis, professor of atmospheric and climate science  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: Name of Product: Boon Flair & Flair Elite highchairs Hazard: The bolts used to secure the seat of the recalled highchair to the pedestal base can become loose and allow the seat to detach, posing a fall hazard. Remedy: Repair Recall Date: August 31, 2023 Units: About 83,000 (In addition, about 2,850 were sold in Canada) Consumer Contact: TOMY toll-free at 866-725-4407 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT,   more

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

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 1 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news on Aug. 31, 2023: Members of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus (Senate) joined the call from business and industry partners, including the Illinois Restaurant Association and Illinois Manufacturers' Association, for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to streamline work authorizations for eligible asylum seekers who are ready and eager to work in Illinois. "I am proud that in Illinois, we step up fo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 1 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: State Senator Erica Harriss (R-Glen Carbon) filed legislation to protect minors from exposure to harmful and inappropriate content online by implementing age verification requirements in Illinois. The Adult Content Age Verification Act, Senate Bill 2950, would require businesses to put in place "reasonable age verification methods" to ensure that individuals entering pornographic websites are indeed of leg  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Attorney General Brown today joined a coalition of 19 Attorneys General in filing filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a class-action case, Hunter v US Department of Education, supporting arguments that a 2020 rule adopted towards the end of the previous federal administration is invalid. Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in f  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 1 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Nessel's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting young people from marketing. "Nicotine   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