FRESNO, California, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Chiropractor Kevin Michael Brown, of Menifee, has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting hundreds of false claims to Medicare for surgically implanted neurostimulators, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today. As part of the settlement, Brown stipulated that, through his companies, Revive Med  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security 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 21 at 6:29 p.m. PDT / 9:29 p.m. EDT to assist the state of California in combating the Hawarden Fire burning in Riverside County. On July 21, the state of California submitted a request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Last week, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Los Angeles, CA where he joined community leaders and city officials to highlight a major milestone on a vital infrastructure project, and check-in on progress on other transportation projects in the Southern California area. Secretary Buttigieg speaks at a pres  more

MENLO PARK, California, July 24 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news brief on July 22, 2024: * * * By Nathan Collins Wheat and other sources of gluten can spell trouble for people with the disease, but new findings could aid the development of first-ever drugs for the autoimmune disorder. * * * Celiac disease affects around one in a hundred people worldwide, and those that have the autoimmune disorder have no choice but to stick to a gluten-free die  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: For the first time since 1918, an astonishing 420 miles of salmon habitat in the Klamath River watershed in California and Oregon will be fully connected by September. This results from the world's largest dam removal effort, the Klamath River Renewal Project. The amount of habitat opened up on the Klamath is equivalent to the distance between Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia-a journey through  more