WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Aug. 5, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Employment in Myrtle Beach area up 5.2 percent over the year ended June 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased from June 2024 to June 2025 in 30 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 357 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Caro  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Alabama -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alabama were 98,242, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 92,388, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * CEO of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced to 13 Years for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme, President Received Two Year Sentence * A formerly married couple was sentenced yesterday for their roles in a more than decade-long scheme to defraud hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc. (Semisub), a Hawaii-based company. According to court documents and evidence p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Cincinnati CBP seized $3.5 million in counterfeit pharma * CINCINNATI- During a week-long joint operation between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CBP officers inspected hundreds of boxes containing possible counterfeit and unapproved medications. A wide variety of unapproved FDA drugs were discovered during inspections  more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL demonstrates new model that explains plutonium's peculiar behavior Normally, materials expand when heated. Higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate, bounce around and take up a larger volume. However, for one specific phase of plutonium -- called delta-plutonium -- the opposite inexplicably occurs: it shrinks above room temperature. As part of  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Supercomputers Take on Life Near Greenland's Most Active Glacier As Greenland's ice retreats, it's fueling tiny ocean organisms. To test why, scientists turned to a computer model out of JPL and MIT that's been called a laboratory in itself. Runoff from Greenland's ice sheet is kicking nutrients up from the ocean depths and boosting phytoplankton growth, a new NASA-supported study ha  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Mars Vista As Clear As Day 'Float rocks,' sand ripples, and vast distances are among the sights to see in the latest high-resolution panorama by the six-wheeled scientist. The imaging team of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took advantage of clear skies on the Red Planet to capture one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far. Visible in the mosaic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * STB Grants Amtrak Request to Dismiss Sunset Limited On-Time Performance Proceeding Following Settlement The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has granted a request from Amtrak to dismiss with prejudice Amtrak's complaint regarding the on-time performance (OTP) of Amtrak's Sunset Limited service and to close the Board's related i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service issued the following Economic Information Bulletin on April 29, 2025, entitled "The Agricultural and Economic Value of Water." Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Water is an essential resource that sustains not only agriculture and human communities but also the natural environment. It provides a suite of ecosystem services, such as recreation and habitat for wildlife, that affect the well-being of the  more