WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Combat Veteran to TV Star * Actor Larry Wilcox, best known for his leading role as a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer and later as a CHP captain in the TV series CHiPs, which aired from 1977 to 1983 on NBC, was also a Marine Corps combat veteran. In May 1967, Wilcox went to boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. From 1967 to 1970, as a field artilleryman, he served with the 2nd Bat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Honoring a Pioneer: Dr. George Carruthers' Legacy Reaches Space Again * WASHINGTON, D.C. - NASA is set to launch the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission in September 2025, honoring the late Dr. George R. Carruthers, whose groundbreaking work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) transformed how we observe Earth and space. The observatory will launch on board a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA -   more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Big Ideas Lab podcast delves into advanced lasers It's been laughingly said that "LLNL" stands for "lasers, lasers and nothing but lasers." For physicists Tom Spinka and Jackson Williams, it can certainly feel that way. "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is world-renowned as one of the places to be, if not the place to be, for lasers," Spinka said. LL  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 24 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Enabling an enabling technology With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing (AM) could be revolutionary. However, without a better understanding of how metal AM structures behave as they are 3D printed, the technology remains too unreliable for widespread adoption in m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Mexican national dies in ICE custody after being referred to local hospital day prior * LOS ANGELES -- Ismael Ayala-Uribe, 39, of Mexico, was an illegal alien in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Victor Valley Global Medical Center in Victorville when he was pronounced deceased at 2:32 a.m. Sept. 22. Ayala was detained   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Pipeline Company to Pay Penalty, Continue Cleanup in Agreement with EPA Over Gasoline Spill in Walnut Creek, Calif. * SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (September 23, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with pipeline company SFPP, L.P. to resolve claims of Clean Water Act violations after the company's pipeline discharged over 40,000 gallons of gasoline into t  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Space Systems Command achieves Operational Acceptance for Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Processing: Delivers new OPIR Capabilities to Operators Summary: SSC achieves second Operations Acceptance of FORGE; FORGE Processing delivers new Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) capabilities to the Space Operations Command and the OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * U.S. International Transactions, 2nd Quarter 2025 * Current-Account Balance (Table 1) The U.S. current-account deficit, which reflects the combined balances on trade in goods and services and income flows between U.S. residents and residents of other countries, narrowed by $188.5 billion, or 42.9 percent, to $251.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025, according to   more