WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced more than $332 million for 171 grants across 32 states to modernize airports through the Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $25 billion over five years for airport and air traffic control infrastructure improvements. The AIG funds can be used f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Scientists have presented a new way to detect permanent distortions in the fabric of space-time predicted to be caused by certain supernovae explosions. The proposed strategy could allow researchers to study these deformations or "scars" in space-time within the Milky Way galaxy using a network of existing gravitational wave detectors, including the U.S. National Science Foundation Laser Interferom  more

PARIS, France, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Jan. 8, 2025, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot at a join news availability: * * * FOREIGN MINISTER BARROT: (Via interpreter) Secretary of State dear Tony Blinken, a warm welcome to Paris. This is your eighth visit here at the Quai d'Orsay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as your mandate as Secretary of State come to an end. And like I said on the occasion of the meeting we  more