WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) A-Star aircrews in Arizona and Washington State recently assisted with two rescues in rugged mountain terrain on back-to-back days. On September 29th, a Bellingham Air and Marine Branch H125 A-Star aircrew responded to Search and Rescue (SAR) request to find a climber who had experienced a compoun  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 18 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: State Representative Matt Gress has spoken out against Arizona State University (ASU) Associate Professor Khaled Beydoun's hateful comments (https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/american-professor-kicked-out-of-australia-after-telling-propalestine-rally-october-7-was-a-good-day/news-story/ebe988aac031afc04901319d18290158) made during a pro-Palestine rally in Australia, in whic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding is Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda FORT YATES, N.D., Oct. 17, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Dr. Basil Gooden today announced nearly $173 million in funding to connect rural residents, farmers and business owners in the Dakotas and eight other states to reliable high-speed internet. Projects are being financed by the fifth rou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CALEXICO, Calif., CBP officers from the Calexico Commercial Facility seized more than 646 pounds of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of green onions last week. CBP Officers from the Calexico Port of Entry uncover meth hidden in a shipment of green onions. The incident occurred on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, when CBP officers encountered a 63-year-old male   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved section 1115 demonstration amendments that allow, for the first time ever, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of traditional health care practices provided by Indian Health Service (IHS) faci  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. * * * While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface. Through computer modeling, the study's authors have shown that the amount of sunlight that can shine through water ice would be enoug  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts About 3.3 million children were enrolled in kindergarten in 2024. But do states know how ready they were? Children have varying degrees of the social, emotional, language, motor, and other skills that they need to be successful in kindergarten. 27 states required their school districts to formally assess children's "kindergarten readiness" for the 2023-2024 s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: As Shaine Casas stood poised above the pool at the summer Olympics in Paris, it seems like a variety of events led him to this moment: Years of training at the highest level, becoming a U.S. and world champion, the days of sacrifice by his mother, and the latest push to reach excellence that brought him to France for his first games. But maybe more than all the rest  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DENVER Nature's Herb and Wellness Center, doing business as High Plainz Strains, a Colorado marijuana retailer with seven retail stores, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Nature's Herbs failed to reasonably accomm  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 18 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: One month after a Ninth Circuit panel of judges out of San Francisco blocked an Arizona law banning biological males from participating in female-only sports competitions, the Republican-led Arizona Legislature is now calling on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to take action to protect women and girls from this dangerous intrusion. In 2022, the Save Women's Sports Act (ht  more