FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 1 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT MOORE, Ga. - Going to U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at 41 years of age is uncommon. In fact, it requires a waiver. That did not deter Jason Pelletier. However, that wasn't the only waiver he needed. Pelletier enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 2000, when he was 18 years old. His enlistment ended only after two years due to a number of disciplinary issues, mostly stemming from  more

OAKLAND, California, July 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging the United States Supreme Court to overturn a decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that a rule by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regulating ghost guns is inconsistent with a federal statute. The coalition filed the brief in   more

WASHINGTON, July 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 5, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From May 2023 to May 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 44 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 344 areas. The largest percentage increase occurred in State College, Pennsylvania (+11.5 percent). The lone over-the-year decrease was in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, at 6  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 1 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Autonomous vehicles dive into some of the Great Lakes' harmful algal blooms * * * Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria can impact human and ecosystem health and have led to the death of pets and livestock. Providing accurate and frequent measurements of toxins associated with cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) is important for public health and also can impact loca  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: NAVY Frontgrade Technologies Inc., Exeter, New Hampshire, is receiving modification number P00010 to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract (N00039-18-D-0004). This modification increases the value of the basic contract by $94,107,423 to a new total contract value of $115,850,904. This modification allows for the continued procurement of OE-570 ultra-high frequency a  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, July 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: Airmen from the 9th Operations Support Squadron from Beale Air Force Base trains air traffic operations in a forward-deployed location with two Cessna airplanes from the Edwards Aero Club on Rodgers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, California, June 6. Rogers Dry Lake continues to be used by Edwards AFB to provide training opportunities in austere environments and as an emergency landing site for b  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region 9 Administrator authorized the use of federal funds on July 4 at 11:37 p.m. PDT / 2:37 a.m. EDT to assist the state of California to combat the French Fire burning in Mariposa County.On July 4, the state of California submitted a request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG). At t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 1 (TNSresL) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 29, 2024: * * * What you need to know: The Governor signed legislation reflecting the final budget agreement with the Legislature, delivering a budget that is balanced over the next two fiscal years while maintaining investments in core programs. Historic reserves and responsible budgeting in recent years enable the state to maintain fiscal stability amid fluctuation in revenu  more

MUMBAI, India, July 6 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on July 5, 2024, by President and CEO John C. Williams at the Suresh Tendulkar memorial lecture at the Reserve Bank of India: * * * It's a privilege to speak at this lecture series in honor of Professor Suresh Tendulkar, the esteemed economist and policymaker. And I'm pleased to be here with my counterparts at the Reserve Bank of India. We all operate in a highly interconnected global economy. So, meeti  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Mexico-based money launderer and China-based members of a money laundering organization with criminal links to the Sinaloa Cartel as part of ongoing efforts to disrupt the flow of illicit narcotics into the United States. This action is the result of the U.S. government's ongoing efforts, in cooperation wit  more