NARVIK, Norway, April 30 -- The Army's 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the lead organization for all sustainment activities in Europe, issued the following news: By Maj. Vonnie Wright, 21st Theater Sustainment Command The 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, in collaboration with the Norwegian Armed Forces, successfully conducted the initial push of onward movement of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division off the port here April 27 to initiate training operat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on April 29, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring April 28, 2024, as "Workers' Memorial Day." * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: On Workers' Memorial Day, we acknowledge, remember, and honor all those who lost their lives or were injured on the job, and renew our commitment to securing safe and healthy working conditions for all wo  more

FRESNO, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Ruben Mireles, 48, of Clovis, was sentenced today to one year in prison for stealing $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief money, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Mireles owned and operated a farm labor contracting business in Kings County. His business initially went by the name Vista Pacific Labor Soluti  more

FRESNO, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Elias Soliz, 26, of Madera, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 3, 2023, Soliz knowingly distributed one fentanyl pill to J.M. in Madera. J.M. suffered a fatal overdose just a few hours later. Law enforcement searched Soliz' ph  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Murat Kurashev, 37, a Russian national who resided in Sacramento, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. "This sentence holds Kurashev accountable for attempting to provide material support to a desig  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment on April 25, 2024, against Michael Andrew Scott, 38, of Fair Oaks, charging him with wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed today following Scott's arrest. According to court documents, between June 2018 and June 2022, Scott devised a sche  more

FRESNO, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Andrew Satariano, 43, of Modesto, was sentenced today to 19 years and seven months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Sept. 4, 2021, police tried to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle Satariano was driving. Satariano stopped briefl  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 30 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: Through grant funding received by the CSCU Library Consortium, all students, faculty, and staff in the CSCU System have gained permanent online access to more than a thousand e-books focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion. The newly accessible e-books include recent works from major academic publishers such as MIT Press, Duke University Press, Princeton University Press, and t  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Mario Ernesto Benitez, 29, and Diamante Markell Hall, 29, both of Washington D.C., were sentenced today to 120 months in prison for their roles in a large-scale narcotics conspiracy that trafficked kilogram quantities of fentanyl and additional amounts of cocaine from Southern California to the metropolitan region. The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorn  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on April 29, 2024: Today, students from Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts, and BASIS Independent Bellevue in Bellevue, Washington won the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) 34th National Science Bowl(R) (NSB) nationwide academic competition that tests students' knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. "Congratulations to the wonderfully brilliant minds from BASIS Independent Bellevue and L  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) was an influential American chemist most renowned for discovering plutonium in 1940. He also helped produce and isolate several additional synthetic transuranium elements and defined the actinide series. Seaborg received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951, had an element named after him (Seaborgium), and chaired the Atomic Energy Commission.  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the following letter on April 29, 2024: * * * Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Fiscal Year 2023 Report to Congress April 2024 Message from the Secretary This is the U.S. Department of Energy's (Department or DOE), including the National Nuclear Security Administration, Fiscal Year 2023 annual report to Congress addressing the activities related to the Defense Nuc  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 (TNSrep) -- The Homeland Security Inspector General issued the following report (No. OIG-24-23) on April 18, 2024, entitled "Results of an Unannounced Inspection of ICE's Golden State Annex in McFarland, California." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR: Patrick J. Lechleitner, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement FROM: Joseph V. Cuffari, Ph.D., Inspector General SUBJECT: Results of an Unannounced Inspection   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The Office of Health Care Affordability's Board voted last week to cap health care cost increases in California - a nation-leading effort to rein in increasing health care costs and make critical care more affordable for people. The 3% cap would be phased in over five years to ensure minimal disruptions and maximum compliance, starting with 3.5% in 2025. "Making quality he  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Davenport man was sentenced on April 17, 2024, to 360 months in federal prison, for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and/or possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and felon in possession of firearms. According to public court documents evidence pres  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: A new comic book from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) illustrator John Jett tells the story of how a Lab experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) made history. This 2024 issue of Ignition is an exciting sequel to Jett's award-winning comic book, released in 2018, that made the scientific research conducted at NIF accessible to a broad rang  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will provide technical assistance to 30 disadvantaged communities in west Fresno County to provide a future in clean-energy projects, including carbon capture and storage. The project is part of the Department of Energy's Local Energy Action Program (LEAP) that aims to facilitate sustained community-wide economic and   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Lawrence Levon Jones, age 45, of Raleigh, was sentenced to 480 months in prison for his role as a leader of a Raleigh-based drug organization that sourced drugs from Los Angeles, California, and Newark, New Jersey. Jones was convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking and firearms offenses in December 2023. He has eight prior fe  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general in urging UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (United), the nation's largest health insurer, to better protect patients, providers, and pharmacies harmed by the recent cyberattack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare. Following the cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February 2024 that disrupted health car  more

ALBANY, New York, April 23 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order approving designation (Case No. 24-C-0043): * * * Petition of TruConnect Communications, Inc. for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier. ORDER APPROVING DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION By petition dated January 17, 2024, pursuant to Sec.214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. Sec.214) and Public Serv  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- NASA issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: In preparation for the arrival of NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. NASA will provide live coverage of the move beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app (https://www.nasa.gov/apps/), YouTube (htt  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's West Coast Regional Office issued the following feature story: * * * U.S. Representative Jared Huffman and NOAA leaders recognize North Coast Coho Project. * * * A novel Trout Unlimited partnership to help save California's southernmost coho salmon from extinction has won national recognition from NOAA Fisheries. NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Janet Coit presented the Partnership in the Spotlight   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: * * * Case continues agency's efforts to combat COVID-related health product scams * * * The sellers of a supposed N95-grade face mask called the Zephyr will pay more than $1.1 million to provide full refunds to consumers nationwide, as well as a civil penalty, under a proposed settlement the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The stipulated order settling the complaint also bars  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on April 22, 2024. Edward Ward, 52, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in federal prison, followe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Kansas following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of a severe winter storm that occurred Jan. 8 - 16, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Pr  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in the Hoopa Valley Tribe following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of a severe winter storm that occurred Jan. 30 - 31, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business A  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 5 - 29, announced Administrator Isabella C  more

SANTA ANA, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Two men, one from Orange County and the other from Texas, were sentenced today to lengthy prison terms for using the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell more than 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs to more than 1,000 customers across the country, causing several fatal overdoses in the process. Michael Ta, 25, of We  more

SANTA ANA, California, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The owner and operator of addiction treatment facilities in Orange County is expected to be arraigned today on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he paid nearly $175,000 in illegal kickbacks to so-called "body brokers" in exchange for finding him new patients. Scott Raffa, 57, of Newport Beach, was arrested Saturday at Los Angeles Inte  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Mental Health issued the following research highlight on April 29, 2024: People who experience sensory hypersensitivity have a heightened awareness of and reactivity to sensory stimuli, such as sound, sight, touch, and taste. Sensory hypersensitivity is a symptom often associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as more than 90% of children who have ASD experience this sensory ch  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 30 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following news release: The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 80 health care professions (e.g., dentists, nurses, counselors). Information abo  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Delivers on Permitting Progress to Build America's Infrastructure and Clean Energy Future Faster, Safer, and Cleaner During the previous Administration, important projects stalled; Under the Biden-Harris Administration, projects are moving more quickly President Biden's Investing in America agenda is making once-in-a-generation investments in America's infrastructure and our c  more