WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: American leadership rallies its allies and partners and inspires ordinary people around the world to work together toward a brighter future, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, who delivered the keynote address today at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. Autocrats worldwide and terrorist groups want to weaken America's leadership and its alliances and partnerships, he said. "O more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Proposed Investment Would Support the Creation of the Largest SiC Semiconductor Factory for Bosch and Create up to 1,700 Jobs in California Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Bosch have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $225 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed inves more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Historic funding will help California reduce air pollution and combat climate change, while advancing career access, equity, and justice * * * SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 11, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has tentatively selected 13 California applicants to receive $135.2 million total in grants to help purchase 455 zero-emission vehicles through the  more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma. The finding solves a 44-year-old mystery about the subsurface origins of the moon's most demonstrative geolo more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The road ahead will be even more scientifically intriguing, and probably somewhat easier-going, now that the six-wheeler has completed its long climb to the top. * * * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater's rim at a location the science team calls "Lookout Hill" and rolling toward its first science stop after the monthslong climb. The rover made the ascent  more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL computing staff members Hector Suarez (middle) and William Castillo (right) talk HPC at the Tapia Conference career fair in San Diego, California. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy The National Center for Computational Sciences, located at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, made a strong showing at computing conferences this fall. Staff f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain women's flats with colored outsoles thereof. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the Commission's notice of investigation. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Gavrieli Brands LLC of Culver City, California on November 13, 2024. The complaint was amended on November  more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: A Norfolk woman was sentenced today to 14 years and six months in prison for fentanyl trafficking. According to court documents, in December 2023, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) intercepted a parcel containing one pound of cocaine that was sent from a UPS store in Chula Vista, California, to an address in Norfolk. On Dec. 13, 2023, a con more PR