WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- 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 USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas q  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Lowe's Home Centers to Pay $12.5M Penalty for Lead Paint Violations During Home Renovations Home Improvement Giant Agrees to Comprehensive Nationwide Program to Ensure Lead-Safe Practices * The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe's Home Centers LLC --   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Completes Historic Oil Removal at Dunsmuir Railyard, Restores Sacramento River Shoreline * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed oversight of the removal of approximately 75,000 gallons of oil and 100,000 tons of oil-contaminated soil from the Dunsmuir Railroad site in Dunsmuir, California and restored 1,400 feet of impacted shoreline along the Sacramento River. EPA's cl  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL joins inaugural California Fusion Energy Convening Leaders from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and its Livermore Institute of Fusion Technology (LIFT) shaped the agenda of the first-ever gathering of California fusion energy leaders from across the public sector, industry and academia. "California is, without question, the center of fusio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Lowe's Home Centers to Pay $12.5M Penalty for Lead Paint Violations During Home Renovations * The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe's Home Centers LLC a subsidiary of Lowe's Companies Inc. to resolve alleged violations of EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting rule. The violations stem from renovation work  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Lowe's Home Centers to Pay $12.5M Penalty for Lead Paint Violations During Home Renovations * Home Improvement Giant Agrees to Comprehensive Nationwide Program to Ensure Lead-Safe Practices WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, a subsidiary of Lowe's Com  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars. * NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revisited and raised new questions about a mysterious feature buried beneath thousands of feet of ice at the Red Planet's south pole. In a recent study, researchers conclude  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Navy and the Nation: Five Everyday Technologies Born from Naval Research * WASHINGTON, D.C. In honor of the United States Navy's 250th birthday, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is celebrating five Navy innovations that became groundbreaking technologies and shape the lives of people around the world. From how we drive to how we communicate, NRL's legacy of scientific excellence continues to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: * * * Reclamation to reduce releases from Davis Dam Boulder City, Nev. - Recent rainstorms and lower than expected water demand in southern California and Arizona have caused reductions in the amount of water the Bureau of Reclamation will be releasing from Davis Dam on the lower Colorado River. Hourly releases at Davis Dam, north of Laughlin, Nevada, will be reduced to appr  more

MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 25 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgangers * By Carol Tseng Subscribe to SLAC Breaking News (external link) Key takeaways: * SLAC researchers are developing digital twins for the accelerator's subsystems to improve and speed up the beam tuning process. * Digital twins, powered by AI and physics-based models, offer insights in real or near-real  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Initiates Review of University of California, Berkeley for Potential Clery Act Violations * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (the Department) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) initiated a focused review of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in response to a violent protest that erupted at a November 10, 2025, Turning Point USA event on its  more