WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 17, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $280,418,928 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost type modification to previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-5101 for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized amendments to the National Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings under the Clean Air Act. This final rule aims to reduce VOC emissions from aerosol coatings, such as aerosol spray paints, which contribute to ozone formation and air quality issues. The EPA's revision includes updates to product-weighted reactivity (PWR) limits, the addition of new compounds and reactivit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Bill to Protect Babies Born After Failed Abortions WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis and 43 of his Republican Senate colleagues introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to protect newborns that survive abortions by requiring they receive care from healthcare practitioners. "Ensuring that newborn babies receive medical care, regardless of the circumsta  more