WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news on July 1, 2024: Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university research partners developed a near chromosome-level genome for the Mojave poppy bee, a specialist pollinator of conservation concern, according to a recent Journal of Heredity paper. Putting together the Mojave poppy bee genome is part of   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Yelovich, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud federal health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid. The charges   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release: The Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) seized approximately 170,000 fentanyl pills in Utah operations last month. In less than two weeks in June, 170,000 fentanyl pills were seized across the state. This represents 25.6% of the total fentanyl pill seizures in Utah in all of 2023. A record 664,000+ fentan  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing a seventh round of Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) totaling $289 million to 129 airports across 40 states, improving the safety and efficiency of air travel. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's AIG program, part of t  more