WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: Subject: APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantined Area in California To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas quarantined for   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Donovan has built a distinguished career defined by technical expertise, leadership and an unwavering commitment to mentorship. As the Automotive Maintenance Warrant Officer for the 950th Support Maintenance Company in Riverside, California, he leads maintenance operations, aligning higher headquarters' priorities with his commander's goals to ensure his unit's readiness a  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, POINT MUGU, Calif. -- U.S. and allied forces joined academic and industry partners Sept. 17-23 to conduct Gray Flag 2024, an annual test event hosted by Naval Test Wing Pacific and VX-9 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California. This year, more than 3,000 personnel f  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) certified health physicist Brooke Buddemeier has been appointed to a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A 35-year Lab employee, Buddemeier has been named to the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB), which provides advice about safety, security, technical efficacy and other issues   more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple targetable re-entry vehicles from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System Nov. 5, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations   more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: The quantum experiment developed by JPL will test technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. After launching at 9:29 p.m. EST Nov. 4, the SpaceX Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station at 9:52 a.m. EST Nov. 5. The spacecraft carried over 6,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orb  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: RIVERSIDE, California - Two San Bernardino County residents were arrested today on a nine-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds by submitting more than 120 fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits using stolen identities, including those of Californi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: Subject: APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantined Area in California To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas quarantined for   more