WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: As part of the Department of the Air Force's sweeping efforts to deter and, if needed, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition, DAF senior leaders announced four organizational changes to Air Force Materiel Command during an opening speech Feb. 12 at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado. "We need these changes now; we are out of time to reoptimize our forces to meet t  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free and confidential black lung screenings to coal miners beginning in April 2024. The screenings support early detection of black lung disease, a serious but preventable disease in coal miners caused by breathing coal mine dust. NIOSH provide  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 167) entitled "Conrail Abandonment of Lines in Zanesville, Ohio": * * * On November 30, 1981, the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) filed an application pursuant to section 308 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended by the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 (NERSA), 45 U.S.C. Sec. 748,/1 to abandon 40.8 miles of rail line in Zanesvi  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 35729) entitled "Ann Arbor Railroad Inc. - Lease Renewal and Operation Exemption with Interchange Commitment - Norfolk Southern Railway Co.": * * * Ann Arbor Railroad, Inc. (AARR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.43 to renew its lease with Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) of rail lines totaling approximat  more