JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, Washington, June 7 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Danielle Rose, Space Base Delta 1 Public Affairs The 5th Space Operations Squadron unfurled their colors during an activation ceremony on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, June 3, 2024. The ceremony signified the inactivation of DEL 9's Detachment 1 and the activation of the 5th SOPS which oversees operations of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, an experimental program d  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Danielle Rose, Space Base Delta 1 Public Affairs The 5th Space Operations Squadron unfurled their colors during an activation ceremony on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, June 3. The ceremony signified the inactivation of Delta 9's Detachment 1 and the activation of the 5th SOPS which oversees operations of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, an experimental program designed to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, r  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs Air Force Civil Engineer Center Wildland Support Module specialists at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, are taking action to preserve sacred ceremonial rock art located on the installation to protect the indigenous cultural heritage while supporting the Department of the Air Force's military mission. Located on California's cent  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update on June 6, 2024: APHIS updated the Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fed-soilregs.pdf) to include the following changes: * Removed the Oriental fruit fly quarantine in Santa Clara County, California APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under q  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced an initial $700 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for long-term water conservation projects across the Lower Colorado River Basin. This investment - which has the potential to save more than 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead - will fund innovative projects like water distribution structures,   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Debra Lee, of Carson, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health at the Department of Industrial Relations, where she has been Acting Chief since 2024 and has served in several positions since 1994, including Deputy Chief for Safety, Acting Deputy for Safety, Regional Manager, Dist  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 (TNSres) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: The sales of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks in California in 2023 have doubled from the prior year, now representing 1 out of every 6 new vehicles sold for services that include last-mile delivery, freight transportation, and school buses, according to a report (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/ACT-Credits-Summary%202023) released by the sta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: The sales of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks in California in 2023 have doubled from the prior year, now representing 1 out of every 6 new vehicles sold for services that include last-mile delivery, freight transportation, and school buses, according to a report released by the state today. With 18,473 medium- and heavy-duty ZEVs sold in California in 2023, th  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on June 6, 2024: * * * Name of Product: Sling Carriers Hazard: The recalled sling carriers violate the safety requirements of the Safety Standard for Sling Carriers, including requirements for structural integrity and occupant retention, posing a fall hazard to babies. Additionally, the sling carriers pose a suffocation hazard because they fail to meet the federal safety standard's requirements for   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Laetitia H. Delmau, a distinguished researcher and radiochemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2024 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award. Delmau was presented with the award May 15 at the 47th Actinide Separations Conference in Petaluma, California. The annual award honors U.S. scientists and engineers who have made outstanding and lasting  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Stressful station-to-station moves due to poor quality service and broken or delayed household goods could soon be a thing of the past. This summer, U.S. Transportation Command kicked off implementation of its new Global Household Goods contract, or GHC, which aims to make the movement of household goods a better experience all around for service membe  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 7 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders issued the following news: Clinical trials are at the heart of all advances in medical care. They involve prospectively assigning human participants to one or more interventions to evaluate the impact on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes. Findings from NIDCD clinical trials help to advance new approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating disorde  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a multistate coalition of 11 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/6ddfda48-b6ed-4974-af09-827b641d2a61/fileAsset/Comments%20by%2011%20Attorneys%20General%20in%20Response%20to%20Feb.%2029%20RFI%20on%20Consolidation%20in%20Healthcare%20(1).pdf) in response to the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Departments of Ju  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a California man for sending threatening emails to the FBI, including ones in which he threatened to bomb the FBI Los Angeles Field Office and referenced the notorious "Unabomber." Mark William Anten, 52, of Sun Valley, was found guilty of two counts of threats by interstate communication. He has been in federal custody since December 2023. According to evidence presented at a thre  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending June 6, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 229,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 219,000 to 221,000. T  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:24-cv-00570; S.D. Cal. filed Mar. 26, 2024) involving Jordan Qsar, Grant Witherspoon, Austin Bernard, and Chase Lambert: * * * SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Chase Lambert in Connection with Insider Trading * * * On May 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment against Chase Lambert, a former minor league baseball player, whom the SEC charged with i  more

MONTEREY, California, June 7 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: During a Changing of the Guard ceremony earlier this year, one Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum passed the colors to another CHDS alum as Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard. Major Gen. Keith Waddell (Executive Leaders Program cohort 2201) officially relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard to Brigadier Gen. Thomas Friloux (E  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Drone manufacturer Skydio and Boeing collaborated with McConnell's innovation lab to introduce a new drone program to wing leadership and future operators May 29, 2024. During a presentation, the parties showcased the drone's utility in the maintenance hangars by scanning a KC-46A Pegasus with  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 7 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan Board of Optometry, Michigan Board of Pharmacy, Michigan Board of Occupational Therapy, Michigan Tax Tribunal, Mackinac Bridge Authority, Governors Traffic Safety Advisor Council, Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Underground Storage Tank Authority, Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, Sui  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Robert Nichols, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs The 60th Air Mobility Wing conducted its first Mission Ready Airman-Mission Generation Academy May 20 to June 4, 2024. The MRA-MG Academy is the first of its kind for the 60th AMW; a codified training school where Airmen learn jobs outside of their Air Force Specialty Codes to prepare for ope  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: * Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, $36.9 million * Airgas USA LLC (South), Kennes  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 7 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * The NIH-funded Genomic Data Science Community Network unites institutions from across the country to diversify young researchers working in genomic data science. * * * In sunny central California, Rosa Alcazar, Ph.D., spends her days teaching biology at Clovis Community College. For the past few years, she has been bringing an unusual ad  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Today, June 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Lucia Lammers, a senior at Harrison High School in Harrison, New York, has won EPA's 2024 Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, CA. Lucia's project, "Spectroscopic and Colorimetric Analysis of Textiles Dyed with Local Invasive Plant Specie  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 7 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on June 6, 2024: * * * The two-year increase in Keeling Curve peak is the largest on record * * * Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever -- accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography offsite link at the University of California San Dieg  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Scientists and fishermen collaborated across international borders to identify the most effective management approaches for this highly mobile, highly valuable commercial species. * * * Sablefish don't recognize political boundaries. These highly migratory fish move freely across the state and national lines within which they are manag  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in five Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Washington are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in Maui and all Hawaii counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues cau  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 -- 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, today announced the opening of its second Disaster Loan Outreach Center to meet the needs of businesses and individuals who were affected by rural area severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occ  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle June 6 at 1:46 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that t  more

MENLO PARK, California, June 7 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on June 6, 2024: Researchers figured out how to spray and freeze a cell sample in its natural state in milliseconds, helping them capture basic biological processes in unprecedented detail. Cells are the basic units of life - but many of their fundamental processes happen so fast and at such small length scales that current scientific tools and methods can't keep up, preventing  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. - The sound of blades cutting through the air fills the area, along with the smell of dirt and freshly cut grass. The forceful gusts of wind from the helicopter's rotor downwash batter Sgt. Bryan Lee of the 861st Quartermaster Company. "We received, basically, an air movement request where we got a water buffalo, which contains all the hydration for the   more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, June 7 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important behind-the-scenes role in supporting the Air Force's Glory Trip-249, June 4, and GT-250, June 6. Two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command's op  more