WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Surface Transportation Board issued a finding on the 2024 financial standing of the nation's largest freight carriers. The Surface Transportation Board announced that two Class I railroads, CSX Transportation Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, and Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Nebraska, met their financial benchmarks. The determination is made annually by the Board, which is required to assess whether a railroad's rate of return on investment meets or exceeds   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given its assent to a state plan that manages emissions from commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators in Florida. This action approves the guidelines submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which will be implemented and enforced within the state. The plan, which was first submitted in 2017 with subsequent additions, outlines rules for existing incineration units. These units are define  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Florida Department of State has completed a comprehensive inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects, leading to a decision to repatriate them to 10 tribes. This action is a result of a determination of cultural affiliation made under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The remains, representing at least 15 individuals, and three ceramic fragments were collected from various locations in Nassau County, Fl  more

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Aug. 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * Mayo Clinic research set to launch aboard NASA mission to International Space Station to explore new therapies for bone loss * JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Mayo Clinic's pioneering exploration of stem cell-based therapies for bone loss is headed to space. Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., is medical director of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy at Mayo Clinic in Florida. He is leadin  more

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida, Aug. 21 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- Disney World issued the following news release: * * * More details revealed for new magic coming to Walt Disney World in 2025 & 2026 * LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Aug. 21, 2025): From the runaway mine train of Big Thunder Mountain to the wild world of Zootopia: Better Zoogether! and the high-speed hijinks of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, the fun never hits the brakes with new adventures racing in around every corn  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Station Sand Key and Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater conduct search and rescue training * Editor's Note: Find all imagery for this release here. Editor's note: All Coast Guard Southeast imagery can be found on DVIDS, here. By Petty Officer 1st Class Riley J. Perkofski CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a habitat conservation plan submitted by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The county is requesting an incidental take permit to allow for the accidental killing or displacement of sand skinks and blue-tailed mole skinks during the construction of a fire station. The two skink species are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the proposed building site is  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has amended three previous notices regarding the return of ancestral human remains and funerary objects. The museum has now determined a cultural affiliation between the items and three specific groups: the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the Seminole Tribe and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. This action is being taken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The initial n  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of ancestral human remains, a step required under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the remains and two tribal entities, paving the way for the return of the ancestors to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The remains, representing two individuals, were discovered  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate a human mandible to three Native American tribes. The remains, identified as belonging to a Native American individual, were discovered during a review of a 1969 fossil collection from the Monkey Jungle Hammock site, a dry sinkhole in Miami-Dade County. The affiliated tribes are the Miccosukee   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate human remains and 257 funerary objects from the Cutler Fossil Site in Miami-Dade County to three Native American tribes. The human remains and associated funerary objects have been identified through consultation as culturally affiliated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Seminole Tribe of F  more