WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * Ariana Sweets Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Sesame and Wheat in AFGHANI CORN BREAD ("Doda") Summary Company Announcement Date: May 13, 2025 FDA Publish Date: May 14, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Allergens Reason for Announcement: Undeclared Allergen - Sesame, Wheat Company Name: Ariana Sweets Inc Brand Name: Ariana Product Descr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP Seizes nearly 150,000 Contraband Cigarettes from Couple arriving on Cruise Ship The Value in California of the 749 Cartons seized was estimated at nearly $60K LOS ANGELES-- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport discovered 749 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes concealed in 10 pieces of lugga  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 14, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $216,493,753 cost-plus-award-fee modification against a previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-4212), DDG-51 Planning Yard Services. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2026. Fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $398,542 (<1%) will be obli  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * DOD Demonstrates Reusability of Hypersonic Test Vehicle The Defense Department conducted a second successful flight of a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic test vehicle in March 2025, with the first being in December 2024. This test campaign, led by DOD's Test Resource Management Center, in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, marks the nation's first return to reusable hyperso  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on May 14, 2025: * * * Computational Chemistry Unlocked: A Record-Breaking Dataset to Train AI Models has Launched By Aliyah Kovner Accurate simulations of complex chemistry are finally within reach Today, Open Molecules 2025, an unprecedented dataset of molecular simulations, was released to the scientific community, paving the way for development of machine learning tools th  more

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: * * * Global Sentinel 25 capstone completes at Vandenberg United States Space Command completed the Global Sentinel 25 annual capstone event, bringing together nearly 30 partner nations plus NATO from April 28 to May 9. The two-week event, held at Vandenberg, focused on strengthening international partnerships, enhancing operational collaboration, and promoting re  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * Institute for Nanoscience Hosts Annual Proposal Planning Meeting The Institute for Nanoscience at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hosted its annual proposal planning meeting April 15, bringing together researchers from across the Lab to share ideas and build collaborations in support of future research initiatives. The Institute for Nanoscience at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hosted its annual pro  more

PASADENA, California, May 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars On March 15, 2024, near the peak of the current solar cycle, the Sun produced a solar flare and an accompanying coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive explosion of gas and magnetic energy that carries with it large amounts of solar energetic particles. This solar activity led to stunning auroras across the solar system, including at Mars, w  more

PASADENA, California, May 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta Although the Moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies use the same technique to reveal new details about the interiors of both. In the lunar study, published May 14 in the journal Nature, researchers developed a new gravity model of the Moon that includes tiny variations in the celestial body's grav  more

PASADENA, California, May 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus' surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research based on data gathered more than 30 years ago by NASA's Magellan mission. On Earth, the planet's surface is continually renewed by the constant shifting and recycling of massive sections of crust, cal  more

PASADENA, California, May 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004. Fixing the thrusters required creativity and risk, but the team wants to have them available as a backup to a set of active thrusters whose fuel tub  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Nuclear Fusion journal recognizes LLNL paper Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) nuclear engineer Charles Yeamans and co-authors have been recognized with the 2024 Nuclear Fusion Award for outstanding work published in the journal. The paper, " (link is external) High yield polar direct drive fusion neutron sources at the National Ignition Facility,"  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Sinaloa cartel leaders charged with narco-terrorism, material support of terrorism and drug trafficking in ICE, FBI investigation SAN DIEGO - An indictment unsealed May 13 is the first in the nation to charge alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism in connection with trafficking massive amounts of fen  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36841) entitled "Sierra Northern Railway - Acquisition and Operation Exemption - In Yolo County, California": * * * On April 15, 2025, Sierra Northern Railway (SNR), a Class III rail carrier, filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1150.41 to acquire and operate approximately 0.58 miles of double track rail line between milepost 4.01 and mile  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Calls Out States Trying to Block Lawful Review of EV Charger Program Majority of States Suing Have Spent Less Than a Third of Their Funds Despite Urgency Claims WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today issued the following statement in response to the 16 states and the District of Columbia attempting to block the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Calls Out States Trying to Block Lawful Review of EV Charger Program Majority of States Suing Have Spent Less Than a Third of Their Funds Despite Urgency Claims WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today issued the following statement in response to the 16 states and the Dis  more