WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * BE 25-3 kicks off final phase in Air Force's first-in-a-generation DLE NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- The U.S. Air Force kicked off Bamboo Eagle 25-3 -- Air Combat Command 's premier advanced training exercise designed to enhance multi-domain combat readiness and agility in a contested environment.  An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Sumpter   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Beale AFB conducts historic U-2 Dragon Lady flight, 11 years in the making BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- On the evening of July 31st, a TU-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing took off from Beale Air Force Base to begin a flight unlike any the U-2 airframe had done before. Seventy years after the very first Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady's accidental maiden flight in 1955 by Tony LeVier over Groom Lake, Ne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article: * * * U.S. Obesity Rate Changes Differ for Rural and Urban Areas, as Well as Across Regions By Mariah Ehmke and Brandon J. Restrepo Highlights * Despite a slight decline in the U.S. overall obesity rate from March 2022-2023 to March 2023-2024, rural obesity rates rose 0.5 percentage points during the same time. * The U.S. obesity rates in rural areas were higher than urban rat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Acts to Protect Truckee River Watershed, Benefit Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation Through Settlement with CEMEX * NEVADA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific, LLC over Clean Water Act violation claims at its sand and gravel mine located in Wadsworth, Nevada, on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation. CEMEX will pay $310,000 in   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission has approved a significant channel allocation adjustment for KVVU-TV, the Fox affiliate serving Henderson and the greater Las Vegas area. Gray Media Inc. (previously Gray Television), the station's owner, petitioned to retain KVVU-TV's operation on VHF digital channel 9 rather than transitioning to UHF channel 24 as previously authorized. This regulatory change ensures uninterrupted broadcasting for more than 2.3 million residents in th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Publishes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions * WASHINGTON - Today, the Justice Department published a list of states, cities, and counties identified as having policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws. "Sanctuary policies impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design," said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. "The Department  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Martinez Animal Hospital to Pay $20,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Charge * Hospital conciliates allegations that it fired employee for objecting to religious concepts in mandatory training MARTINEZ, Calif. - Martinez Animal Hospital agreed to provide $20,000 to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency   more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Richard Cracraft retires after 38 years of service * A man of the people... We've all heard the phrase "people matter." Richard Cracraft has made "people matter" the cornerstone of his 38-year government career. As he retires from his role as director of the Human Capital Group for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, colleagues remember him as a guiding light during both c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued a document titled 'National and Global Petroleum Assessment--An Estimate of Undiscovered, Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources Underlying Federal Lands of the Onshore United States, 2025.' Authored by Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, and the National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project Federal Lands Resource Allocation Team, the report, designated as Fact Sheet 2025-3032, allocates mean volumes of oi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have published 'Analysis of Summer Water Temperatures of the Lower Virgin River Near Mesquite, Nevada, 2019-21,' a report issued in 2025. Authored by Katherine J. Earp, the publication is Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5065 and was prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The report provides an analysis of water temperatures and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has released a document titled 'Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program--2023 Year-in-Review,' which highlights a productive year for the program. The report, Circular 1545, was authored by Elise R. Irwin, Caroline E. Murphy, Dawn E. Childs, Donald E. Dennerline, and Jonathan R. Mawdsley. It details the program's successes in conducting research, training conservation pr  more