WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following public funding document on May 29, 2024: * * * On May 16, 2024, the Commission certified that Mike Pence is eligible to receive federal matching funds in connection with seeking the Republican Party nomination for president for 2024. Certification of eligibility To become eligible for matching funds, candidates must submit Candidate and Committee Agreements and Certifications, as well as raise a threshold amount of $1  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 31 (TNSres) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: Air pollution data on a neighborhood scale are now available in near real-time from the TEMPO instrument (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution). The mission gathers hourly daytime scans of the atmosphere over North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast and from roughly Mexico City to central Canada. The primary instrument on TEMPO, a collabor  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 31 (TNSres) -- The National Science Board issued the following news on May 30, 2024: The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce consists of 36.8 million U.S. workers, accounting for 24% of the total U.S. workforce. Between 2011 and 2021, the percentage of workers in STEM occupations increased from 22% to 24% of U.S. workers. More than half of these workers (52%) did not have a bachelor's degree and were therefore classified as the skilled tec  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57148) involving North Anna Nuclear Plant, Virginia: * * * Facility: North Anna Region: 2 State: VA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP,[3] M-4-LP NRC Notified By: Bob Page HQ OPS Officer: Michael Bloodgood Notification Date: 05/29/2024 Notification Time: 08:50 [ET] Event Date: 05/29/2024 Event Time: 06:24 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/29/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 31 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news: Governor Kevin Stitt revealed the creation of the U.S.S. Oklahoma Commissioning Committee to build a 29th Virginia Class, Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine in collaboration with the U.S. Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding. Carrying Tomahawk Missiles and MK-48 torpedoes, the U.S.S. Oklahoma will home 132 sailors, 18 officers, and feature advanced stealth capabilities to make it virtually undetectable in water  more

WISE, Virginia, May 31 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that Michael Donivan White, age 36, originally of Cross, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to first degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler in the Wise County Circuit Court. The Office of the Attorney General assisted local prosecutors in securing this conviction. Around 4:00 AM on November 13, 2021, Officer   more