WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $125 million investment for five projects in California and Utah that will help create new sources of water and improve drought resiliency. These investments support the Department's new Large-Scale Water Recycling Program, launched in 2023 with new funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The new program incentivizes conservation projects at a la  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $125 million investment for five projects in California and Utah that will help create new sources of water and improve drought resiliency. These investments support the Department's new Large-Scale Water Recycling Program, launched in 2023 with new funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The new program incentivizes conserv  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - October 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.600 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in October 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - October 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.913 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in October 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices w  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - October 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.316 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in October 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were lower th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense (DoD) announced the class of 2025 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) fellows today. Twenty accomplished researchers from defense laboratories make up the class of 2025 LUCI fellows. The LUCI fellows will partner with prominent DoD-funded academic researchers either recipients of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship or principal/co-principal investigators under the Mult  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: FRAMINGHAM, Mass. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations officers in Boston arrested Brazilian fugitive Dhennefer Ferreira Pires, 31, Nov. 14 in Framingham. The fugitive fled Brazil prior to serving his criminal sentence for theft and eventually settled in Massachusetts. "Ferreira fled his home country to evade justice a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Highlights include federal health system decarbonization updates; a novel estimate of U.S. hospital GHG emissions; and new case studies of community health centers leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act to lower operating costs and build resiliency. (Baku, Azerbaijan) A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) to  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: A Louisville man was sentenced last week to a total of 29 years and 6 months in federal prison for numerous felony offenses, including conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. At  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and AMD, have officially unveiled El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer and first exascale system dedicated to national security. Verified at 1.742 exaFLOPs (1.742 quintillion calculations per sec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When a huge wave of Viet Cong troops threatened to overwhelm Army Sgt. 1st Class Sammy Lee Davis' battalion at a small fire base in Vietnam, he jumped into action to fight back. Despite suffering several injuries, Davis traversed a river to save three of his comrades and did what he could to stop the onslaught. He received the Medal of Honor for his efforts. Davis was born on Nov. 1, 1946, in Dayton, Ohio, to Robe  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: The rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving Gediz Vallis channel, a feature it's been exploring for the past year. NASA's Curiosity rover is preparing for the next leg of its journey, a monthslong trek to a formation called the boxwork, a set of weblike patterns on Mars' surface that stretches for miles. It will soon leave behind Gediz Vallis channel, an area wrapped in mystery. How   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded $500,000 in grants to a variety of research, preservation and outreach activities related to the Underground Railroad and freedom seekers. In collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the grants were distributed through a competitive process to 20 current or prospective NPS Underground  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the selection of 27 new members to its Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research. The Task Force examines the intersection of agricultural production and air quality, and advises the secretary on scientifically sound, cost-effective, federally supported agricultural solutions that can help i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications Cmdr. J. Aaron Roberts relinquished command of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, the Warlocks, to Cmdr. Luis A. Levine, the new Commanding Officer (CO), during a change of command and retirement ceremony Nov. 14 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. NRL's CO Capt. J  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 19 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database that could reduce illegal robocalls. He is working with 46 other attorneys general to close a loophole in the database that allows bad actors to have access to the U.S. telephone network. Registration on the FCC's Robocall Mitigation   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Native American women nationwide are getting a special opportunity. They're receiving hands-on training in photovoltaic panel installation, with the goal to equip them to set up residential and community systems on tribal land. Sandra Begay, an engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, and a member of the Navajo Nation, serves as one of four mentors in this initia  more

LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Three more individuals are in custody for a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the July death of an undocumented individual, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Mexican national David Alejandro Gomez Flores 28, and Laredo residents Dagoberto Mizzael Flores, 24, and Angel Misael Elias, 22, are expected to make their initial appearances before U.S. Mag  more