MONTEREY, California, Nov. 25 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: After more than a decade working patrol for the Idaho State Police, Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum Kevin Haight was ready for a new challenge. In 2013, he requested a transfer to the State Police's Regional Emergency Communications division. That move would lead Haight to become a leading advocate for 9-1-1 operations professionalization, re-classi  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: When laser energy is deposited in a target material, numerous complex processes take place at length and time scales that are too small to visually observe. To study and ultimately fine-tune such processes, researchers look to computer modeling. However, these simulations rely on accurate equation of state (EOS) models to describe the thermodynamic propertie  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Headed to Jupiter's moon Europa, the spacecraft is operating without a hitch and will reach Mars in just three months for a gravity assist. NASA's Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth. Two science instruments have deployed hardware that will remain at attention, extending out from the spacecra  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In fall 2020, California-based Kairos Power announced plans to build an advanced nuclear demonstration reactor within the site of the former K-25 uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge. It was a good location for the company. The decommissioned K-25, now named Heritage Center Industrial Park, came with impressive infrastructure, including ample electricity from the T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A California man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Dane Christof  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Monday, November 25, 2024, the President signed into law: H.R. 599, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 103 in Los Angeles, California, as the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office; Thank you to Representative Gomez and the entire California delegation for their leadership. * * * H.R. 807, the "Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act," which requires the Secr  more