WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Agents in Michigan apprehend illegal border crosser on St. Clair River EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Assisted by the local community, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended an Iranian citizen who Illegally entered the United States from Canada, Sunday. While patrolling the border, Marysville agents received reports of a person carrying a paddle board along th  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 24 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on April 23, 2025, by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: * * * CPSC Set to Vote on Proposed Solution to E-bike Lithium-Ion Battery Fires CPSC is finally moving forward to solve the lithium-ion battery fire problem that has been wreaking havoc across the country. At this point, the Commission has heard from a range of stakeholders, all of whom--including industry representatives, firefighters, a  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * EPA Reaches Settlement with Phoenix Global for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations in Burns Harbor, Indiana Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Phoenix Global, a company in Burns Harbor, Indiana, that processes slag from a steel mill. The company paid $190,860 in penalties. Slag is a waste product c  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 22 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Whitmer Announces Funding to Bring 90 New Jobs, Cutting-Edge Medicine to Detroit with BAMF Health Facility April 22, 2025 Contact: press@michigan.gov LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board support for a new health facility from Grand Rapids-based BAMF Health, a leader in diagnosing and treating diseases such as cancer and   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 23 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Court of Appeals Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointments of Judge Noah Hood to the Michigan Supreme Court; Judge Mariam Bazzi to succeed Hood on the Michigan Court of Appeals, First District; Christopher Trebilcock to the Michigan Court of Appeals, Second District; and Daniel Korobkin to the Michigan  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Nine Finalists Advance in NASA's Power to Explore Challenge NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions, and to dream up how their personal "superpowers" would energiz  more