WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 24, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 18 states had unemployment rates below national average in June 2025 South Dakota had the lowest state unemployment rate in June 2025, 1.8 percent. The District of Columbia had the highest jobless rate, 5.9 percent. The next highest rates were in California and Nevada, 5.4 percent each. In total, 18 states had unemployment rates l  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Secretary Reminds Young Leaders They Will One Day Lead Nation * Nearly 100 high school teens from the American Legion's Boys Nation program today visited the Pentagon as part of a weeklong tour of Washington. As part of their visit to the Defense Department headquarters they met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who discussed with them his leadership role at DOD and the importance of their own  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Acting Chair Lucas Announces Three Senior Agency Appointments * WASHINGTON -- Andrea R. Lucas, acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced three new appointments to the agency's senior leadership team. The newly appointed senior leadership team includes: * Sharon Rose, Chief Operating Officer * Shannon Royce, Chief of Staff *  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Fort Hunter Liggett supports the Madre Fire 2025 * SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) provided three heavy equipment operators and two firefighters for a 12-day deployment to support the Madre Fire in the Los Padres National Forest's remote central California area from July 2-14, 2025. They were part of the team of hundreds of firefighters and support personnel committed to co  more

PASADENA, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * How NASA Is Testing AI to Make Earth-Observing Satellites Smarter A technology called Dynamic Targeting could enable spacecraft to decide, autonomously and within seconds, where to best make science observations from orbit. In a recent test, NASA showed how artificial intelligence-based technology could help orbiting spacecraft provide more targeted and valuable science data. The technol  more

BERKELEY, California, July 25 -- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Energy Sciences Network issued the following news: * * * Confab25: Codesigning the Integrated Research Future of Scientific Networking and Innovation More than 180 scientists, networking and software engineers, and Department of Energy (DOE) leaders convened in early April in San Francisco and virtually for Confab25, the Energy Sciences Network's (ESnet's) largest and most ambitious user meeting to date. Representing  more

LIVERMORE, California, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL selected by Defense Innovation Unit to build Pathfinder telescope for space vehicles Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide a new monolithic telescope for a responsive space mission that will launch as early as 2027. Firefly Aerospace will host and oper  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Naval Research Hydrogen Tech Goes Tactical By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has prototyped a Hydrogen Small Unit Power (H-SUP) system to reduce detectability and improve readiness of Marine Corps in expeditionary warfare operations. NRL's H-SUP is a portable fuel cell electric generator with greater energy per weig  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is investigating the disappearance of three radioactive gauges from Teasdale Foods in Hoopeston, Illinois. The incident, reported on July 15, 2025, initially concerned one missing Peco Controls Corp., Modesto, California, Gamma 101P gauge, containing 100 millicuries of Americium-241. Further investigation by IEMA staff during a reactive inspection on July 21, 2025, revealed that two additional "Gamma 101P" gauges were also unaccoun  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S. Coast Guard conducts bilateral maritime law enforcement operations with Republic of Marshall Island * MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands -- The crew of national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted at-sea boardings with the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Sea Patrol within RMI's exclusive economic zone from July 9 to 13. Previous Crew memb  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * United States and Mexico Reach Agreement to Permanently and Urgently End Decades-Long Tijuana River Sewage Crisis * Trump Administration Secures Massive Environmental and National Security Victory for USA Mexico City, Mexico -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin met with Secretary of the Environment and National Resources of Mexico Alicia Barcena Ibarr  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 25 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * USSF Space Systems Command stands up two new System Deltas Summary: SSC has activated two new System Deltas within the mission area of the Space Force Program Executive Officer for Space Sensing. This activation advances a purpose-built Space Force aligned with the USSF's Unified Mission Readiness construct -- matching form with functions to achieve unity of command and effort ensuring o  more

MENLO PARK, California, July 24 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Video | Upgraded X-ray laser science: medical applications * Video Play video SLAC is home to the world's most advanced X-ray laser, and following its recent upgrades, scientists are now able to see how molecules evolve at the smallest, fastest scales imaginable better than ever before. Markus Guehr and his team are looking at xanthone - a powerful, versatile catalyst capa  more