CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago-area firearms trafficker to nearly six years in prison for unlawfully dealing handguns, rifles, and "switch" devices capable of converting semi-automatic firearms into machine guns. Over a three-month period last year, ROGELIO CASTANEDA sold nine firearms and 28 "switch" devices, also known as "Glock switches," to underc  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The two institutions agree to exchange researchers, data sets and technical resources * * * Leaders in high performance computing in the U.S. and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a cooperative relationship in support of artificial intelligence (AI) computing projects. The MOU was signed during a virtual event by Paul K  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 12, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.009 a gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were up 18.8 cents compa  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 21 Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Illinois and Wisconsin of the May 13, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offs  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Scott Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Senior Airman Violette Hosack, 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs A small team from the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron took part in a 26.2 mile ruck April 6 as part of a Bataan Memorial Death March. The Bataan Memorial Death March honors the memory of 78,000 American and Filipino Prisoners of War who were forced to trek 65 miles through inhospitable conditions in t  more