WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * 72 pounds of Hashish found on travelers at O'Hare * Chicago CBP officers find a lot of drugs on two passengers CHICAGO- On July 24, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport detained two U.S. Citizens on their way to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The couple arrived from Los Angeles, California and were catching their connecti  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Kansas were 69,958, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 61,651, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Oklahoma - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Oklahoma were 80,656, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 73,255, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Wyoming were 18,894, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 18,048, the U.S. Bureau of L  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. 28) on July 31, 2025, entitled "Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children -- Los Angeles County, California, 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm), a parasite commonly found in raccoons (Procyon loto  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. 27) on July 24, 2025, entitled "Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Commercially Distributed Raw Milk -- California and Four Other States, September 2023-March 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Unpasteurized (raw) milk has been linked to foodborne il  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. 24) on July 3, 2025, entitled "Foodborne Botulism Outbreak After Consumption of Home-Canned Cactus (Nopales) -- Fresno County, California, June 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Foodborne botulism is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by ingestion of food cont  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Command Culture in Action: Presence, Partnership, and Purpose in AFRC * * Published Aug. 4, 2025 * By Master Sgt. Courtney Richardson * Air Force Reserve Command MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the storied Hap Arnold Club at March Air Reserve Base, California, Air Force Reserve Command leaders gathered for a closed-door leadership conference hosted by Lt. Gen. John Healy, ch  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New Technique Sheds Light on Chemistry at the Bottom of the Periodic Table By Lauren Biron Using a new method developed at Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron, researchers directly measured molecules containing nobelium for the first time. Their approach will enable studies of heavy and superheavy elements to determine where the periodic table might break down. Key Takeawa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * FBI Anchorage Announces $10,000 Reward in Search for Fugitive Esthepen Delossantos Pebenito Today, the FBI Anchorage Field Office announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Esthepen Delossantos Pebenito, also known as "Pepe" or "Stephen Pebenito," who is wanted for his alleged involvement in the distribution of methamphetamine in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2019.   more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL pushes frontier of fusion target design with AI Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reached a milestone in combining AI with fusion target design by deploying AI agents on two of the world's most powerful supercomputers to automate and accelerate inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. Part of an AI framework called t  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 5 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Picks Up New Skills New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given more autonomy and the ability to multitask -- improvements designed to make the most of   more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 5 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Moon Mission Ends The small satellite was to map lunar water, but operators lost contact with the spacecraft the day after launch and were unable to recover the mission. NASA's Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing contact  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * New Positions, Clear Mission: AFRC Leaders Gain Tools to Empower Airmen * * Published Aug. 4, 2025 * By Master Sgt. Courtney Richardson * Air Force Reserve Command MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. -- The 2025 Wing Commander and Command Chief Leadership Conference united senior leaders from across Air Force Reserve Command to align on policy, address challenges, and share mission succes  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * New positions, clear mission: AFRC leaders gain tools to empower Airmen * MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, California - The 2025 Wing Commander and Command Chief Leadership Conference united senior leaders from across Air Force Reserve Command to align on policy, address challenges, and share mission successes. The event served as a critical forum to exchange ideas  more

MENLO PARK, California, Aug. 4 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC researchers forge unprecedented gold compound at extreme heat and pressure * By Chris Patrick Serendipitously and for the first time, an international research team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory formed solid binary gold hydride, a compound made exclusively of gold and hydrogen atoms. The researchers were study  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, 'Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: July 2025,' forecasts a near-record almond crop and offers a varied outlook for other fruit and nut production. The document (FTS-382), authored by Catharine Weber, Helen Wakefield, and Seth Wechsler, was approved by the World Agricultural Outlook Board and issued on July 24, 2025. The 2025 California almond crop is predicted to reach approximately 3.0 bill  more