TRAVIS AFB, California, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jacoby, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi visited Travis Air Force Base Oct. 10 to recognize the progress Team Travis has made in support of the Department of the Air Force's initiative to reoptimize for Great Power Competition and to discuss the c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Allstar Health Providers Inc., a California home health agency, and its owner, Maria Chua, have agreed to pay $399,990 to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when they knowingly received and retained more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan prior to Dec. 31, 2020, in violation of PPP rules. The PPP, an emergency loan program established by Congress i  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2024: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced that Daniel Oropeza, assistant professor in the materials department at University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the LLNL Early Career UC Faculty Initiative. The initiative is a joint endeavor between LLNL's Strategic Deterrence Principal   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following statement on Oct. 9, 2024, to issue warning against price gouging and fraud: * * * Let us all be clear: Americans impacted by a crisis should never be ripped off. I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of price gouging during an emergency. As Attorney General of California during devastating wildfires that displaced thousands of residents, I took on those attempting to take advantage of the situation by raising hot  more