WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * 14 Arrested on Complaints Alleging More Than $25 Million in COVID-19 Relief and Small Business Loans Were Fraudulently Obtained Click Here to View the Original U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release (Link is external) Fourteen defendants - including San Fernando Valley and Glendale residents - were arrested on two federal criminal complaints alleging they fraudulently obtained more than   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco published a working paper (No. 2025-09) "The 2025 Trade War: Dynamic Impacts Across U.S. States and the Global Economy" in April 2025. Authored by Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Mauricio Ulate and Jose P. Vasquez, the paper quantifies the economic consequences of the recent surge in U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, along with reciprocal tariff changes announced on "Liberation Day" (April 2, 2025) and subseq  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 30 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on May 29, 2205: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Rules Insurance Companies Not Required to Provide Underinsured Motorist Coverage for Off-Road ATV Accidents PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled in the case of State Farm v. Jacey Lee Orlando that Arizona law does not require insurance companies to provide underinsured motorist coverage for off-road accidents involving ATVs. Orlando was seriously injure  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 8) on March 13, 2025, detailing human cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in California. The report highlights investigations that identified 38 persons with positive test results for HPAI A(H5N1) viruses in California between September 30 and December 24, 2024. This includes 37 dairy fa  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 29, 2025 NAVY Deloitte & Touche LLP, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an $81,055,361 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00189-25-D-0010) in support of Naval Information Forces to provide Navy enterprise management and technical support services. The contract will include a five-year ordering period with an additional six-month ordering period pursuant to Federal Acqui  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on May 29, 2025: * * * DOE Announces New Supercomputer Powered by Dell and NVIDIA to Speed Scientific Discovery The NERSC-10 system at Berkeley Lab will accelerate DOE Office of Science research in an era of rapidly advancing simulation, data, and AI capabilities During a visit to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today annou  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 4), titled "First Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus Infection Reported in the Americas -- California, November 2024," on Feb. 13, 2025. This report documented the first confirmed case of clade Ib monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the Americas, identified in November 2024 in a male traveler in California who had recently returne  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Los Angeles, multiagency taskforce case results in 14 arrests on complaints alleging more than $25 million in COVID-19 relief, small business loans fraudulently obtained LOS ANGELES -- Fourteen defendants -- including San Fernando Valley and Glendale residents -- were arrested May 28, on two federal criminal complaints alleging they fraudulently obt  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Los Angeles, multiagency taskforce case results in freight forwarding company exec arrest on federal indictment alleging massive scheme to avoid customs duties payments LOS ANGELES - The chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based shipping company was arrested May 27 on a 22-count federal grand jury indictment charging him and the compan  more

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California, May 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent 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, California. The Western Test Range at Vand  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * National Academy of Medicine Announces 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected the 2025 class of Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars, a group of early- to mid-career professionals from a wide range of health-related fields, including pediatrics, infectious diseases, psychiatry, and biomedical engineering. The NAM's Emerging Leaders in Heal  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Federal Judicial Center issued the following news: * * * New Judiciary Learning Center Opens in Boston Understanding the federal Judiciary and its role in our democracy is the first step in ensuring equal justice for all. That is the mission of the Stephen G. Breyer Community Learning Center on Courts and the Constitution, which officially opened on March 25, offering civics education activities for learners of all ages and backgrounds throughout the First Circuit.   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * PMTEC and NAVAIR PMA-205 Partnered to Enhance Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific through an Accelerated Advancement of Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) Enablers The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) PMA-205 have partnered again, building on their successful collaborative efforts dur  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following statement on May 29, 2025, by Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw: * * * Response to Staff Statement on Protocol Staking Activities: Stake it 'Till You Make It? Channeling the old adage of "fake it 'till you make it," today's statement from the Division of Corporation Finance declares that "protocol staking" - locking up crypto tokens in a blockchain protocol to earn rewards - does not involve an investment contra  more

MENLO PARK, California, May 30 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC researchers stretch and probe a quantum membrane The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric - and quantum - territory. Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s - but now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which might some  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: * * * USPS releases dog bite national rankings Woodridge, VA, Letter Carrier George Hinton encounters a dog on his delivery route. WASHINGTON -- Incidents involving dog attacks on Postal Service employees rose to more than 6,000 cases last year. As part of the 2025 USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, the organization is offering crucial information on how dog owners can be good stewards for safe mail del  more