FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Huddled inside the International Space Station a million feet above the earth's surface, Kate Rubins decided she wanted to go back. In 2021, while on her second space mission, the astronaut chose to return to her roots in the medical science field and apply for a commission in the Army Reserve while continuing her career at NASA. "I thought when I got back to the planet, this was one thing that I r  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: California has surpassed 2 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) sold, reaffirming California's status as the country's leader in clean vehicles. This milestone comes a little over two years after California eclipsed the 1 million ZEV sales mark. To ensure the state's continued progress, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that if the incoming Trump Administration eliminates  more

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

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit is charging two individuals involved in a sophisticated money laundering and grand-theft operation. According to Attorney General Moody's CFEU and law enforcement investigation, Thomas Simmons solicited and paid Raymond Ortiz, an employee of a cellphone store in Florida, to execute SIM card swaps. This allowed Sim  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: John Day, OR The USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will initiate an emergency wild horse gather in the Murderers Creek Joint Management Area (JMA) starting Monday, November 25, 2024. This critical operation is a direct response to the devastating effects of the Rail Ridge Fire, which burned more than 175,000 acres of habitat on federal and state land  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Silas Otoniel Zamora-Hernandez, a 49-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive from the United States Nov. 22. Zamora-Hernandez is wanted in El Salvador   more

KERN COUNTY, California, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Following last week's launch of a new economic framework that will help create more jobs, faster, Governor Gavin Newsom visited a sustainable, low-emissions cement plant in Lebec today to highlight job-creating efforts in Kern County. At National Cement, Governor Newsom toured the low-emissions plant and met with union workers and local leaders. Producing cement is known as  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Nov. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 213,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 217,000 to 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 21  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: About 10,000 Sailors served aboard 130 landing craft support (LCS) ships during World War II. The last two surviving LCS Sailors, J. William Middendorf II and Eddy Desmond, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport to share their stories on Nov. 18. Middendorf and Desmond were the most prominent members of a panel, which also included Dr. Christopher Lehman, national security and naval warfa  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging S. KENNETH LEECH II, the former Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management   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