WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 30, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rate above 6.0 percent in Alaska and West Virginia in 2024 Alaska's annual average job openings rate was 6.3 percent during 2024. Among other states with the highest job openings rates in 2024 were West Virginia (6.2 percent), and Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Carolina (each 5.8 percent). California, Washington, and   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * California Defense Contractor and Private Equity Firm Agree to Pay $1.75M to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Cybersecurity Violations * Defense contractor Aero Turbine Inc., of Stockton, California, and private equity company Gallant Capital Partners LLC, of Los Angeles, have agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve their liability under the False Claims Ac  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 1 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * From Space to Sea: NOAA Satellites Help Safeguard Alaska's Fisheries Alaska's waters are home to some of the world's most productive commercial fisheries, harvesting species like pollock, cod, halibut, salmon and crab. These fisheries produce more than 60 percent of all seafood harvested in the United States, p  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Illumina Inc. to Pay $9.8M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Arising from Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Genomic Sequencing Systems * Illumina Inc. has agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act when it sold to federal agencies certain genomic sequencing systems with cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Illumina is a Delaware corporation, headquartered  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 31 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * NCUA Issues Two Prohibition Orders and One Consent-Based Prohibition * ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 31, 2025) - The National Credit Union Administration issued one consent-based prohibition order and two prohibition notices in July 2025. The individuals named below are permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. Notice of   more

MENLO PARK, California, July 31 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers discover a new type of magnetic order * By Chris Patrick Nematic materials are made of elongated molecules that align in a preferred direction, but, like in a fluid, are spaced out irregularly. The best-known nematic materials are liquid crystals, which are used in liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. However, nematic order has been identified in a wide range of  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Noem is Taking a Sledgehammer to Criminal Human Trafficking Rings * On this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security continue taking action to disrupt criminal human trafficking organizations WASHINGTON - On this year's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing a series  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * Texas, DARPA to establish testbed to use autonomy to fight wildfires Partnership aims to rapidly scale ALIAS technology to save civilian lives and property, develop capability for the warfighter * DARPA is partnering with the Texas A&M University System's George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) to advance capabilities for autonomous wildland firefighting. The initiative will tap k  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Two Las Vegas Strip Resort & Casinos Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Charges * Federal investigations found the Aria and the Luxor failed to provide religious accommodations for vaccine mandate policy LAS VEGAS - Aria Resort and Casino, LLC, and the Luxor Resort and Casino, LLC, resolved charges of religious discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Justice Announces Compensation Process for Victims Trafficked Through Backpage.com * Today, the Department of Justice announced the launch of the Backpage remission process to compensate victims whose trafficking was facilitated through the Backpage.com website. This marks the largest remission process to date to compensate victims of human trafficking. "Backpage.com facilitate  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WORST OF WORST: Criminal Proceedings Begin in Case of Transgender Illegal Alien Accused of Child Rape in Sanctuary New York City * This serial criminal entered the U.S. illegally and was released into the country under the Biden Administration WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released additional information on Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a transgender cr  more