FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 30 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Soldiers conduct active shooter training with local first responders * BELL, Calif. - On April 8, personnel from the U.S. Army Reserve, Navy, Marines, as well as local police and fire departments, participated in a joint training exercise focused on active shooter scenarios and medical evacuations at the Army Reserve Center in Bell, California. Master Sgt. Ryan Taylor, the Sec  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 120 miles off Washington coast * ASTORIA, Ore. - A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, medevaced a woman experiencing a health emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Legend nearly 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, Tuesday night. The cruise ship was transiting from Prince Rupert, British  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Grants Yurok Tribe Authority to Develop Water Quality Standards for Their Lands, Advances Cooperative Federalism * SAN FRANCISCO (July 30, 2025) -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the approval of the Yurok Tribe's application for "treatment in a similar manner as a state" under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). With this authority, the Yurok Tribe in Northern C  more

LIVERMORE, California, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL researchers train liquid droplets to play tic-tac-toe Artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are driving up the demand for massive sources of energy. But neuromorphic computing, which aims to mimic the structure and function of the human brain, could present a new paradigm for energy-efficient computing. To this end, researchers  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * MUST READ: Secretary Sean P. Duffy Op-Ed: Gov. Newsom is suing me to build a multi-billion dollar train to nowhere * Op-Ed The Sacramento Bee \--- Gov. Gavin Newsom has no clue what functional government looks like. California just spent 16 years and $15 billion to develop a high-speed rail network that has yet to lay a single track and he's still defending the project. In fact, he's   more

PASADENA, California, July 31 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth's Changing Surfaces The first-of-its kind satellite will provide actionable information in a range of areas, including disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, and agricultural management. Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Oregon Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 * Oregon had 86,000 job openings in May 2025, compared to 89,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Oregon was 4.1 percent in May and 4.2 perce  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Hamlet Evolution A comparison of colorful hamlets from the Caribbean challenges ideas about how species arise * By Beth King Scientists have been thinking about how new species evolve since Darwin wrote On The Origin of Species in 1859. The results presented here call into question some of the most common explanations of how species originate. Toddlers can name a few anima  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * WEATHER ALERT: Tsunami advisory in effect for state of California * ALAMEDA, Calif. -- As of 9:26 PDT, the National Weather Service has initiated a Tsunami Warning from Cape Mendocino to north of the California/Oregon border. An Advisory is in effect from Cape Mendocino to the California/Mexico border. According to the National Weather Service, a tsunami is expected that cou  more