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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following document on October 29, 2024, entitled "The 2024 Winter Holiday Season.": Here are excerpts: * * * The holiday season is a time to celebrate, reflect and give thanks. The U.S. Census Bureau presents the following facts and figures along with wishes for a healthy, happy holiday season. The following facts are possible thanks to the invaluable responses to U.S. Census Bureau surveys. We appreciate the public's cooperati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. ACSBR-021) on Sept. 12, 2024, by Douglas Conway entitled "State Health Insurance Coverage: 2013, 2019 and 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION Health insurance coverage is an important measure of our nation's overall well-being as it provides greater access to medical care, protection from unexpected costs, and more economic stability for individuals and families. At the same time, health coverage   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * A finalist for the 2024 Gordon Bell Prize, the effort used five of the world's top supercomputers, including Argonne's Aurora system * * * The team's AI framework incorporates experimental data and text-based narratives to accelerate the search for new proteins for medicines, catalysts and other applications. Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2024-32) on October 24, 2024, by Tarek A. Hassan entitled "A Currency Premium Puzzle." Here are excerpts: * * * Standard asset pricing models reconcile high equity premia with smooth risk-free rates by inducing an inverse functional relationship between the mean and the variance of the stochastic discount factor. This highly successful resolution to closed-economy asse  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 6 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following Oct. 24 edition of Fed Views by Sylvain Leduc: Here are excerpts: * * * * The economy appears to be approaching a soft-landing. The 12-month change in the headline personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index declined markedly over the past two years from 7.2% in June 2022 to 2.2% in August 2024. The most recent reading is just slightly above the Fed's 2% longer-run goal. Over the same p  more

TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Enock Edouard (37, Tampa) to 28 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and obstruction of justice. Edouard was found guilty on May 8, 2024, following a two-day bench trial. His co-co  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

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In their brief, Raoul and the attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to uphold the constitutionality of the federal prohibition. The full court ag  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

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Kirk Frady SEMBACH, Germany - Born to a Lebanese father and a Greek/Turkish mother, Hussein Hamdan's childhood was spent in the vibrant neighborhoods of Beirut, Lebanon and Izmir, Turkey. During this time, he developed a love for languages. Hamdan had always dreamed of moving to the United States and becoming an American citizen. In 1999, at the age of 17, he finally got his wish. After graduating from a French  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA It might be a wacky number of parcels, but this weed won't be getting lit in London any time soon after Customs and Border Protection officers seized a combined 170 pounds of marijuana at a warehouse in Delaware County, Pa., on Monday. CBP officers found 170 combined pounds in a total of 35 parcels being shipped to the U.K. While examining export parce  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

LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Two individuals have been sentenced for their roles in a Laredo human smuggling conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Laredo resident Carlos Alberto Gonzalez, 23, and his sister Erika Yazbett Mendoza-Gonzalez, 36, a Mexican citizen illegally residing in Laredo, both pleaded guilty July 8. U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo has now imposed a  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

DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 5 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Nov. 3, 2024, by Vice President Kamala Harris at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Okay. Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Okay. Well, we're back in Michigan and started the day in a really wonderful, joyful way. And yesterday, of course, we were in five states. And today, I will be spending the rest of the day her  more