WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: * * * Ada Valley Meat Company Recalls Ready-To-Eat Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination * WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 - Ada Valley Meat Company, an Ada, Mich., establishment, is recalling approximately 1,065 pounds of a fully cooked frozen ground beef product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. De  more

LIVERMORE, California, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Big Ideas Lab podcast explores internships at LLNL What's it really like to intern at one of the nation's premier science and national security labs? A new episode of "The Big Ideas Lab" pulls back the curtain on life as an intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), following the journey from first-day nerves to high-impact research. Listen on A  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard offloads more than $74 million in illicit drugs interdicted in the Eastern Pacific * MIAMI - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma's crew offloaded approximately 9,970 pounds of cocaine worth $73.7 million, Tuesday, at Port Everglades. The seized contraband was the result of an interdiction on June 24, 2025, approximately 120 miles northwest of Ecuador by the crew of th  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Researchers Make Key Gains in Unlocking the Promise of Compact X-ray Free-Electron Lasers By William Schulz Researchers at Berkeley Lab have successfully recorded intense photon pulses from a robust free-electron laser driven by a compact laser-plasma accelerator. Key Takeaways * Researchers have built a compact X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) using laser pl  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following Beige Book on July 15, 2025: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity in the Twelfth District was somewhat subdued but largely stable during the mid-May to June reporting period. Employment levels were slightly lower on net with more firms under a hiring freeze and using attrition and layoffs to reduce headcount. Wages continued to grow at a slight pace, and prices rose modestly. Retail sales exp  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Announces Successful Completion of Agreement on Custodial Informant Reforms with the Orange County Sheriff's Department * Today, the Justice Department announced the successful completion of the Justice Department's Jan. 17, Agreement for the Sustainability of Custodial Informant Reforms with the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) in California to sustain reforms addressin  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Finds the University of California-Los Angeles in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law * Today, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by acting with deliberate indifference in creating a hos  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * New research challenges current understanding of ocean's role in carbon uptake Surprising findings show the importance of frequent, long-term observations * While the global ocean has long been recognized as a crucial carbon sink, quantifying the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the ocean and atmosphere has become one of the most daunting challenges in Ea  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 30 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * NSF announces $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards to secure American leadership in AI The investment will accelerate open innovation, empower an AI-ready workforce and strengthen U.S. global competitiveness * The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Capital One and Intel, today announced a $100 million i  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSrpt) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * NSF announces $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards to secure American leadership in AI The investment will accelerate open innovation, empower an AI-ready workforce and strengthen U.S. global competitiveness * The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Capital One and Intel, today announced a $100 million investment to supp  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 30 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Space Systems Command Continues to transform acquisition of SATCOM capabilities Summary: New Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (SATCOM) - Global (PTS-G) contract is another example of how Space Systems Command is transforming its acquisition of satellite communications capabilities for the warfighter. Incorporating commercial baseline designs to meet military capability signifi  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The complex relationship between fusion fuel and lithium walls * Lithium is considered a key ingredient in the future commercial fusion (Link is external) power plants known as tokamaks (Link is external), and there are several ways to use this metal to enhance the process. But a key question remained: How much does it impact the amount of fuel trapped in the walls of tok  more

NEW YORK, July 29 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Appears Live on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" * July 29, 2025 Willie Geist: As we come up here on the top of the hour, running back to our top story this morning, we're learning more details about the police officer killed in yesterday's shooting here in Midtown Manhattan. 36-year-old Didarul Islam, one of four people gunned down at 345 Park Avenue, was an officer with the New York City Pol  more