UPTON, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: * * * Highlights include proton-proton smashups, first physics data for sPHENIX, new collisions "seen" by forward detectors at STAR, and more * * * Today marks the startup of the 24th run of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Bro  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: * * * Expands Services for Millions of People on Phones, in-Person and Online with Expanded Funding * * * With the April tax filing deadline here, the Internal Revenue Service highlighted a variety of improvements that dramatically expanded service for millions of taxpayers during the 2024 filing season. Through Inflation Reduction Act funding, the IRS   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 16 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,994) on April 15, 2024, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * 2023 Energy Service Solicitations Order Approving Modifications to Energy Service Procurement This order approves the Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) proposal, made in response to a Commission directive, for the introduction o  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Four Guatemalan nationals have been charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen goods, having allegedly participated, with others, in a large-scale scheme to steal and re-sell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers in mu  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 16 -- The University System of Georgia issued the following agency statement on April 15, 2024: * * * This website notice is intended to provide the same information included in the notification letters to individuals for whom the University System of Georgia (USG) has insufficient or out-of-date contact information. USG was involved in an incident that may affect the security of certain individuals' personal information. We want to provide affected individuals informat  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Celebrating the Strength of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance Today, President Joseph R. Biden welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines back to the White House. The two Presidents marked the unprecedented strength of the Alliance between the United States and the Philippines and underscored the historic achievements in bilateral relations since they last met at the White House in May 202  more