SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 1 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release: * * * Balloon Fiesta attendees praise New Mexico's visitor experience * SANTA FE, NM - Out-of-state visitors to New Mexico for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta gave the state high marks for safety and quality of service according to the results of the New Mexico Tourism Department's annual Balloon Fiesta visitor survey. Each year during Balloon Fiesta, NMTD conducts an on-sit  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 38) on November 27, 2025, entitled "Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Organic Walnuts -- Washington and California, 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * Summary What is already known about this topic? Outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producin  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * From inception to ignition and beyond: Suhas Bhandarkar's target fabrication career Tiny parts and absolute meticulousness define Suhas Bhandarkar's award-winning 20-year career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As group leader for Target Fabrication Science and Technology (S&T), he leads a team that helps transform LLNL's physicists' bold ide  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia arrests Salvadoran criminal alien convicted of child cruelty, intent to deliver fentanyl, attempted robbery and attempted money laundering * WASHINGTON ERO Philadelphia arrested Arnoldo Antonio Prieto-Lopez, a 51-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador with a decades-long record, including a federal conviction for possession o  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL conducts milestone nuclear survivability experiment at NIF, moving weapons modernization forward Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has conducted an experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to assess the ability of U.S. nuclear weapons to survive encounters with adversary missile defenses and reach their targets. This experiment demon  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Anglers Catch Salmon for Science as Tracking Reveals Risks Facing Adult Fall Chinook Research detects water temperatures that may affect salmon survival. * Many thousands of fall-run Chinook salmon migrated beneath the Golden Gate Bridge into the upper Sacramento River to spawn this fall. About 100 of the adult fish carried small tags that signaled their location as they went. A monit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Over Thanksgiving Weekend, ICE Arrested Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Rapists, Pedophiles, and Murderers * Despite what the media and sanctuary politicians claim, 70% of ICE arrests are of criminal illegal aliens convicted or charged with a crime in the U.S. WASHINGTON While millions of Americans enjoyed their holiday weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Exposes Illegally Issued Non-Domiciled CDLs in Minnesota * Minnesota has two choices: follow the law or lose funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today exposed that one third of Minnesota's non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) reviewed by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) were iss  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Announces New and Improved Portal for Universities to Report Foreign Funding * Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) notified institutions of higher education of a new foreign funding reporting portal, set to launch on January 2, 2026. Pursuant to Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, postsecondary institutions receiving federal financial assistance m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Fact Sheet 2025-3052, Ver. 1.1, titled 'Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Santa Maria Basin Province, California, 2024,' presenting new estimates of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the onshore and State waters portion of the basin. The document, issued in November 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior and USGS as part of the National and Global Petroleum Assessment, credits a   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued Fact Sheet 2025-3013 in August 2025, titled 'Plate Tectonics and Volcanism in Western California,' authored by Seth Burgess under the U.S. Department of the Interior and the USGS California Volcano Observatory. The document explains how the volcanic rock record across western California reveals the interplay between shifting plate boundaries and volcanism over the past 40 million years. Linking Faults, Plates, and Volcanoes West  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued Fact Sheet 2025-3042 in September 2025 titled 'Preserving and Increasing Water Resources--Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams in Baja California Sur, Mexico,' authored by Alma Anides Morales, Laura M. Norman, and Thomas J. Mack. The document, produced under the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey, details how "natural infrastructures in dryland streams" are being used and studied in the Los Planes wate  more