FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Ambassadors enhance skills, knowledge at annual workshop * Division's... read more JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Nearly a dozen U.S. Army Reserve ambassadors attended the 99th Readiness Division's annual Ambassador Workshop July 17-18 at division headquarters here. The workshop was designed to give the ambassadors the   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Bloomberg issued the following news on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Bloomberg Journalism Programs Expands to Brazil, Its First in Latin America Bloomberg today announced the launch of the Bloomberg Journalism Programs - Brazil, the first in Latin America. This expansion of Bloomberg's global journalism education initiative was held August 1 to August 3 in Sao Paulo, and welcomed undergraduate journalism students from across Brazil.The program is being offered in partnership with th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 25) on July 10, 2025, entitled "Candida auris Containment Responses in Health Care Facilities that Provide Hemodialysis Services -- New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, 2020-2023.": Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Candida auris, a frequently multidrug-re  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- CommScope issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025e: * * * CommScope to Sell its Connectivity and Cable Solutions Segment to Amphenol Corporation for $10.5 billion CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM), a global leader in network connectivity, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) segment to Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH). CommScope (the "Company") is selling its CCS business to Amphenol   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy increases financial incentives for customer energy efficiency and demand response programs in South Carolina * Growing menu of options offers customers more savings and better control over how they use their energy * Some incentives have doubled or even tripled * GREENVILLE, S.C. - Duke Energy has increased incentives and eligibility for many of its residential and business energy efficien  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: * * * Archaeologists discover four at-risk shipwrecks on colonial waterfront at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site Possible remains of the 1748 Spanish privateer, La Fortuna, were one of four shipwrecks discovered and recorded in Brunswick County by a field team of researchers and students from ECU's Program in Maritime Studies. ECU researchers say that future discoveries in the are  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Aug. 4 [Category: Industrial Materials] -- MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association posted the following news release: * * * MEMA Statement on William Kimmitt's Confirmation as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade * WASHINGTON, D.C. - MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association, congratulates William Kimmitt on his confirmation as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. His knowledge of international trade policy and prior engage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Multiple Blue Ridge Parkway projects advance near Boone, North Carolina * News Release Date: August 4, 2025 Contact: Blue Ridge Parkway Public Affairs Office BOONE, NC - On Aug. 4, the National Park Service reopened approximately four miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 280.9 to 285.5, near Bamboo Gap. This opening signifies another milestone in the comple  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- A worker at Instrotek in Durham, North Carolina, was exposed to radioactive material after a nuclear gauge source ruptured on May 8, according to a report from the North Carolina Division of Radiation Protection. The incident, reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 22, occurred while an employee was removing an americium-241/beryllium source from a down-hole probe. Following the source's removal, two leak tests showed contamination levels that "pegged at fu  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- Qorvo, a provider of advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications, issued the following news: [Category: BizElectronic Products] * * * Qorvo Earns Raytheon's Premier Award * Download full size image GREENSBORO, N.C., August 4, 2025 - Qorvo(r) (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, announced that Raytheon, an RTX business, has recognized Qorvo with its Premier Award   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee, Ross Slam Closure of EPA Office of Research and Development, Urge Administrator Zeldin to Reverse Course * WASHINGTON, DC (August 4, 2025) - Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin warning of the immediate and long-term effects that closing the EPA'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Colleagues Urge DOL to Repeal Biden-Era Rules Harming Farmers, Ease Accessibility for Visas Used by Ag Producers * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-5) recently led a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of 84 of their fellow federal lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the D  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Senate Colleagues Urge Secretary Lutnick to Probe DeepSeek AI's Connections to Chinese Military, Intelligence * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently led a group of Senate colleagues in urging Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to probe allegations made by U.S. officials that DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence has provided support to the People's Republic of China'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * The Teeth Doctors to Pay $61,000 to Resolve EEOC Religious Discrimination Charge * Dental clinic refused to accommodate employee's religious beliefs RALEIGH, N.C. - The Teeth Doctors, a North Carolina-based dental company, agreed to provide $61,000 to a former employee to settle a religious discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the f  more