GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Zach Heimbuch, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The 17th Communications Squadron conducted an assumption of command ceremony at the Powell Event Center, Goodfellow Air Force Base, June 20. The 17th CS welcomed incoming commander, Maj. Alan Geason to their mission to operate, secure and defend cyberspace systems to enable training of intelligence, surveillance, r  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on June 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the final winning teams in the Collegiate Track of the American-Made Community Energy Innovation Prize. In the IMPACT Phase of the prize, the three winning student-led teams demonstrated how their projects brought the benefits of clean energy to underserved communities with measurable impacts. The te  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Joe Gangemi, Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Services U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, commander of Air Force Recruiting Service, and U.S Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rebecca Arbona, AFRS command chief, welcomed 36 educators, civic leaders, and influencers from across the nation to Joint Base San Antonio June 10-14, 2024. The educational tour is designed  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Julie Svoboda, 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs On any given day, 82nd Training Support Squadron Senior Airman Isaiah Demillo, Country Liaison, International Military Student Office, surveys his surroundings and thinks about ways to make things better, smarter or faster. Demillo usually uses his technical skills to create databases to improve program function and efficiency. Hi  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Oklahoma Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Oklahoma had 112,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 111,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings r  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 24, 2024, entitled "Texas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Texas had 799,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 794,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rate in  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1207) on June 25, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - May 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in May in 4 states, higher in 3 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-three states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decrea  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce a new round of ExpandAI awards dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion within the artificial intelligence research community. In collaboration with the departments of Homeland Security, Agriculture, Defense and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NSF is awarding grants to seven innovative projects aimed at enhancing  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Allvin postured the Air Force Medical Service to better serve installation commanders and the medical readiness of Airmen and Guardians by signing Program Action Directive 24-01 on June 12, 2024. The PAD authorizes the formation of the Air Force Medical Command, o  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued the following news: The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) officially opened the Central Region Headquarters during a morning ceremony on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The new facility is in the Farmers Branch, Texas, Federal Building. The office opening marks a significant DCSA milestone. This state-of-the-art facility co-locates agency leaders from three important func  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Zach Heimbuch, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Dimitri Henry, J2 Joint Chiefs of Staff Director for Intelligence, toured Goodfellow to observe how the 17th Training Wing is advancing the training of fire protection and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance professionals. During an all-call with the 17th TRW's permanent party a  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Defense Department remains committed to ensuring operational resilience and maintaining the United States' warfighting edge amid the rising challenges posed by climate change. From rising sea levels to the increasing occurrence of weather-driven natural disasters, climate change is reshaping the strategic landscape and introducing new risks to U  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Department of Defense is actively working to raise the public's awareness of opportunities to serve their country both in military and civilian capacities, according to DOD's top two leaders for personnel and readiness. Ashish S. Vazirani, performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Shawn G. Skelly, who is  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Jose Estuardo Aguilar, a 30-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States June 24. Aguilar is wanted in Guatemala for aggravated the  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0019055854) on June 24, 2024: * * * In the Matter of DAIJ MEDIA, LLC, Low Power Television Station K30QR-D, Bryan, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it DAIJ Media, LLC (DAIJ or Licensee), license  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson joined officials from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) today to tour Oak Lawn Place, a new affordable housing development in Dallas, Texas, that received a $750,000 FHLB Dallas Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant. The grant supported the development of Oak Law  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 26 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: Col. Beth Roxworthy learned lessons throughout her life and military career. From her parents, she learned her core morals and to treat other people with dignity and respect. During her 13 years as an enlisted Soldier, she learned the values of friendship, camaraderie, and working as a team. With each level of command, she learned new lessons on leadership, accountability, empathy, and compassion. And fro  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved seven additional Texas counties for the Federal Disaster Declaration for severe weather and flooding that began on April 26. With this FEMA approval of 7 new counties for Public Assistance programs, qualifying entities in 48 total counties are now eligible to apply. "The approval of seven a  more

FORT GREELY, Alaska, June 26 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Brooke Nevins, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Soldiers with the 49th Missile Defense Battalion and Texas National Guard recently proved their readiness to uphold the no-fail mission of protecting Americans from long-range missile attacks during exercise Guardian Strike 24, May 6-10, 2024, at Fort Greely. Over the course of the roughly 84-hour exercise, the battalion's fire dir  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 25, 2024: Yesterday, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a Boise man with white supremacist ties pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge stemming from his participation in a group that had discussed targeting the power grid in Idaho and had conducted live-fire training near Boise. Jordan Duncan, 29, of Boise, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the manufacturing of a fir  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: June 25 marks the second anniversary of the enactment of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) - a landmark law focused on reducing and protecting communities from gun violence. The Justice Department has pursued a cross-department approach with the new tools provided in BSCA, from enhanced background checks to grantmaking. Some of the Department's most significant accomplishments made possible by BSC  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, convicted a Florida man today for his lead role in an international conspiracy to break into U.S. citizens' homes, violently kidnap and assault them, and steal their Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Remy St Felix, 24, of West Palm Beach, was a leader of a robbery crew that targeted cryptocurrency ow  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Athletes and their family members, volunteers, and staff assembled to kick off the start of the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, which began June 21, 2024. The DOD Warrior Games are an annual series of adaptive sports events and a platform for competition, but they are also an avenue o  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: LAREDO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Port of Entry overnight encountered a man wanted in the Houston area on an outstanding felony warrant for a sex-related offense involving a child. "As the summer travel season begins to pick up, CBP officers continue to maintain strict vigilance and apprehended a man wanted on a felony warrant fo  more

NEW YORK, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADEDAYO JOHN was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska to seven years in prison for his role as a leader of a money laundering and bank fraud ring that laundered millions of dollars in proceeds derived from business email compromises and r  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: LAREDO, Texas - As the traveling public starts to see metal frames going up, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Laredo Port of Entry management advises that CBP has already begun installation of Low Energy Portal (LEP) scanning systems at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. The systems will be placed in the passenger vehicle queuing areas south of the primary inspection boo  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Two New York Army Guard medics are now officers and physician assistants after completing an intensive 29-month program run by the U.S Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. First Lts. Adrian Smith and John Gamalski also earned master's degrees through the Interservice Physician Assistants Program, or IPA  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: By: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus. Containing, and eliminating, the virus in our dairy cattle is essential - to protect the health of our herds and flocks, our farmers, our farmworkers, our families, and the rural economy they make possible. This past winter a group of   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 26 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The owner of a Houston massage establishment that was closed in late May by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) for suspected human trafficking has agreed to close all eight massage establishments that he owns and to permanently quit the massage industry. TDLR had issued an emergency closure order on May 30 against Hsin Wei Chen and Foot Reflexology Star. It was the  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: By Julie Svoboda, 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs On any given day, 82nd Training Support Squadron Senior Airman Isaiah Demillo, Country Liaison, International Military Student Office, surveys his surroundings and thinks about ways to make things better, smarter or faster. Senior Airman Isaiah Demillo displays the Demillo Rigger's Tourniquet Belt June 6, 2024 at Sheppard Air Force Base. Demill  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 26 (TNSres) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated Texans and Texas employers on adding the most jobs in the nation over the last 12 months following the release of employment data by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf). Texas added 316,700 nonfarm jobs from May 2023 to May 2024, far ahead of every other state. "Texas is America's undispu  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: For federal employees, opportunities to give back to the community are a welcome addition to a normal day's work. Two officers from NOAA's Law Enforcement got to do just that at a recent fishing clinic held in Galveston, Texas. The National Park Trust partnered with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, NOAA Fisheries, and NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to hold a fishing clini  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The U.S. Army Medical Evaluation Test Activity recently conducted an operational test of three ultrasound field portable devices. The test was conducted for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity/Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management Office to evaluate how the devices perform in a simulated operational envir  more