WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Amtrak and states celebrate Borealis reaching a quarter-million riders - and beyond * Milestone passed during the July 4 holiday weekend CHICAGO and ST. PAUL, Minn. - Amtrak carried its 250,000 th guest on state-sponsored Borealis trains between the Twin Cities and Chicago over the Independence Day 2025 holiday weekend. "Thanks to the support of our partners, we're honored to have more than  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, July 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Behind the scenes: CARCAH's role in Hurricane Hunter operations * * Published July 14, 2025 * By Jessica L. Kendziorek * 403rd Wing KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- While WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron fly directly into the eye of tropical storms, a critical piece of the storm missions unfold behind the scenes far from the storm inside   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Access to Lifesaving Gene Therapies Through Innovative State Agreements * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that 33 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model, a bold new approach to delivering cutting-edge t  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, South Region -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent over the month. The index for energy increased 1.4 p  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Reaches New Settlement to Protect U.S. Workers * The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with H2A Complete II Inc., a Mississippi company, to address evidence that the company violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it unfairly tipped the scales to hire H-2A visa holders over U.S. workers for agricultural employment opport  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL Discovers Inverse Relationship Between Solar Corona Brightness and CME Velocity By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) detailed an inverse relationship between the brightness of the solar corona and the velocity of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in a scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal on July 3. The study, t  more