WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0849) on May 21, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - April 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in April in 3 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 2 states, and stable in 45 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-six states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decr  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a consent decree with Troy T.V. District, a licensee of three TV translator stations (K12AA-D, K10AF-D, and K08BG-D) in Troy, Montana, resolving an investigation into the licensee's violations of FCC rules and the Communications Act. The FCC's Media Bureau, Video Division, announced the order on May 21, 2025. The consent decree addresses the Bureau's findings that Troy T.V. District willfully violated section 73.3539(  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, May 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle May 21 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Cali  more

PASADENA, California, May 21 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened ice jam. While there is currently no database that compiles satellite   more