WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article: * * * U.S. Obesity Rate Changes Differ for Rural and Urban Areas, as Well as Across Regions By Mariah Ehmke and Brandon J. Restrepo Highlights * Despite a slight decline in the U.S. overall obesity rate from March 2022-2023 to March 2023-2024, rural obesity rates rose 0.5 percentage points during the same time. * The U.S. obesity rates in rural areas were higher than urban rat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement: * * * Chairman Carr Welcomes President Trump's LA28 Olympics EO FCC Teams Are Already Hard at Work on Spectrum Management and Other Work Related to the Upcoming Games * August 5, 2025--FCC Chairman Brendan Carr today joined President Trump and members of his cabinet at the signing of a new Executive Order establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics. The EO names the FCC Chairm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Introduces Legislation to Boost Transparency of Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Empower Patients with Better Data * Download audio HERE BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to enhance access to information regarding the safety and quality of inpatient psychiatric care faci more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- Trinity University and University of Texas Austin campus Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) and Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (VPL) have completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects held in their collections. This action is a prerequisite for their eventual return to culturally affiliated Indigenous communities, as stipulated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The now-complet more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Innovative traineeships prepare the next generation of STEM leaders in AI, quantum, biotech and more The U.S. National Science Foundation announced $45 million to fund 15 new awards through the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program, with projects focusing on artificial intelligence, quantum, biotechnology and translational science. These represent NRT's most significant annual inve more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- The University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus has finalized an inventory of human remains and items, concluding they are culturally tied to 29 Native American tribes. This conclusion, made under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), will allow for the return of the remains and objects. The remains represent at least two individuals--an adult female and an adult male--that were removed from the Bendon site in Benzie County, Michigan. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued a document titled 'Optimizing critical mineral recovery at modern mines', a fact sheet prepared by Nadine Piatak, Sarah Jane White, Sarah Hayes, and Robert R. Seal, II. The document, Fact Sheet 2025-3026, details USGS initiatives to evaluate the potential for recovering critical minerals from mine waste. This information was released in May 2025. Critical minerals are vital for the U.S. economy, national defense, and energ more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), titled 'Hydrogeology, Water Budget, and Simulated Groundwater Availability in the Salt Fork Arkansas River and Chikaskia River Alluvial Aquifers, Northern Oklahoma, 1980-2020,' has been released. The authors are Nicole C. Gammill and S. Jerrod Smith. The report, designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5043, provides an analysis of groundwater resources in northern Oklahoma. The study, prepared in cooper more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- A report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), has developed a hydrogeologic framework and conceptual model of the 'Red River Alluvial Aquifer East of Lake Texoma, Southeastern Oklahoma, 1980-2022.' The study, authored by Chloe Codner, Nicole C. Gammill, Isaac A. Dale, Amy S. Morris, Ethan A. Kirby, Grant M. Graves, Evin J. Fetkovich, Derrick L. Wagner, Jon E. Sanford, and Colin A. Baciocco, is documen more PR