WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantined Area in California * Subject: To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas quaranti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1406) entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2025": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 2 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and   more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 18 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Novel probe captures every scene of a plasma movie all at once Plasma, ionized gas and the fourth state of matter, makes up over 99 percent of the ordinary matter in the universe. Understanding its properties is critical for developing fusion energy sources, modeling astrophysical objects like stars and improving manufacturing techniques for semicon  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 18 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * eX(2) Technology and Arizona Partners Announce Agreement With Cox Communications To Expand Broadband Access 20-Year Agreement Will Support Northern Arizona E-Rate Project and Underscore Ongoing Statewide Broadband Expansion * eX(2) Technology, a Vivacity company, in partnership with Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), today announc  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * How Argonne is helping to expand the Quantum Prairie In the International Year of Quantum, the U.S. Midwest looks ahead to the next wave in the information technology revolution * Argonne is an integral part of a growing network of research institutions, companies and nonprofits dedicated to expanding quantum information science. California's Silicon Valley is  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000 The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of exoplanets -- planets outside our solar system -- tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the wo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following readout on Sept. 17, 2026: * * * Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence to Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Today, John K. Hurley, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, will visit the U.S.-Mexico Border in San Diego, California, where he will meet with law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern Dis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * United States Files Suit Against California-Based Health Plan for Alleged False Claims to California's Medicaid Program * The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act in a lawsuit against Local Initiative Health Authority for Inland Empire Health Plan doing business as Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), a California Local Initiative Health Plan based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif  more