MINOT AFB, North Dakota, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Abigail Kinder, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs On the cold morning of December 19, 1963, six F-106 Delta Darts departed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on a routine training mission that would end in tragedy. The aircraft were operated by pilots assigned to the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, an Air Combat Command unit responsible for protecting the United States' northern border from So  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 24 other States have filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule imposing burdensome regulations on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declin  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1475) on July 24, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 1 state on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates and total separations rates both increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, hi  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 25 -- The Mississippi Department of Health issued the following news release: The Mississippi State Department of Health has launched Transportation to Health for those needing a ride to a county health department or participating pharmacy. The federal-grant funded program provides transportation to and from county health department clinics and offices for health services or a WIC appointment. Rides can also be scheduled to pick up prescriptions received at health dep  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 24 -- The Missouri Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn has declared a Crisis Exemption through Section 18 of the EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). MDA received EPA concurrence for the crisis declaration, allowing the use of Intrepid 2F(R) Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in Missouri rice. The Crisis Exemption went into effect July 18 in the following Missouri c  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 25 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated six elementary schools as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SOR) for the 2024-25 school year, and for the first time a Mississippi Science of Reading School has been named. The Emerging SOR designation is for schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional prac  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 25 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * NSF-backed SECURE Center will support research security, international collaboration * * * BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The U.S. National Science Foundation picked Texas A&M University today to be part of a comprehensive national project to keep sensitive American research out of the hands of foreign entities. The NSF announced the five-year, $67 million investment  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced a five-year $67 million investment establishing the Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE) ($50 million to University of Washington and $17 million to Texas A&M University). Research security is a concern because some foreign entities attempt to unethically or even unlawfully access and use U.S. research. As m  more