WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Inside the packages were thousands of blue pills which tested positive for fentanyl. The total weight of the fentanyl was 133 pounds. Calexico, Calif., - Border Patrol agents assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol's El Centro Sector arrested a subject accused of smuggling 133 pounds of fentanyl during a vehicle stop. On Thursday May 23, at approximately 12:00 p.m., Bor  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 30 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Diego Division issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Hector Hernandez, who admitted that he took bribes to smuggle methamphetamine and people across the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty, was sentenced in federal court today to 87-months in prison. Hernandez pleaded guilty in January, admitting that he agreed to use his official position to open borde  more

BERKELEY, California, May 30 (TNSres) -- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Energy Sciences Network issued the following news on May 29, 2024: As the global population continues to grow, demand for energy will also increase. One potentially transformative way of meeting that demand is by generating energy using nuclear fusion, which does not emit carbon or consume scarce natural resources and could therefore present a solution that is both equitable and ecologically sound. Although maj  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 29 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan toured the historic Appraisers Building in San Francisco to highlight $11 million in federal funding that will go to building improvements, as part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda. The project will use low-embodied carbon (LEC) glass and steel, funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, to  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Marlon Michael Bruff, of Fairburn, Georgia, Ramaro Alsworth Higgins, of Los Angeles, California, and Reuben Dunn, of Anderson, South Carolina, were sentenced to federal prison for helping to run a gun trafficking operation, which bought guns in multiple southern states and smuggled them into Canada. Bruff and Higgins were also convicted of conspiracy to dis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Johnston, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Tillman and Washita counties following the amendment to President Biden's May 16 major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that occurred April 25 - May   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Nebraska following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that occurred April 25 - 27, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Admini  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, announced today that SBA will close its Omaha Business Recovery Center at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4 . "SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to businesses that were affected by the severe storms, straight line  more