FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Huddled inside the International Space Station a million feet above the earth's surface, Kate Rubins decided she wanted to go back. In 2021, while on her second space mission, the astronaut chose to return to her roots in the medical science field and apply for a commission in the Army Reserve while continuing her career at NASA. "I thought when I got back to the planet, this was one thing that I really wanted to do," Rubins said. She had worked  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division recently concluded another successful Summer Faculty Research Program, hosting three distinguished professors who conducted navy-relevant research alongside the command's scientists and engineers. This year's program welcomed Dr. Sarah Wolff, an assistance professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Department from The Ohio State University, Dr. Themistoklis Sapsis, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineeri more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) are partnering to warn consumers in the market for a used car to be aware of flood damaged vehicles originating from states recently impacted by hurricanes and flooding. This alert was issued to all consumers who have subscribed to receive consumer information from our office. Consumers can subscribe to th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from the Connected Health Initiative. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Commissioner Robert Califf U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health 10903 New Hampshire Ave Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002 RE: Connected Health Initiative Comments on the Food and Drug Administration's Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices; Draft Gui more ST

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: CAMDEN, N.J. A bus accident on Nov. 12, 2024, resulted in the injuries of ten U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and two civilian drivers on a New Jersey Turnpike in Runnemede, Camden County. Immediate and abundant care was taken in response to the aftermath of the crash. Twelve Soldiers from the 988th Quartermaster Detachment, based out Rockville, Maryland were traveling from their Army Reserve Center to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Newly closed Green and Resilient Retrofit Program transactions will fund crucial repairs and energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements. * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the recent closing of three Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transactions to help finance energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements for affordable rental homes - $5 more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $237,180,455 in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding to support Amtrak projects that will improve rail service between Baltimore and D.C. "Through the historic infrastructure law, we're continuing to invest in Maryland and deliver the resources needed to upgrade our nation's rail netwo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $237,180,455 in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding to support Amtrak projects that will improve rail service between Baltimore and D.C. "Through the historic infrastructure law, we're continuing to invest in Maryland and deliver the resources needed to upgrade our nation's rail network into a saf more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD) and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) today announced $237,180,455 in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding to support Amtrak projects that will improve rail service between Baltimore and D.C. "Through the historic infrastructure law, we're continuing to invest in Maryland and deliver the resources needed  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with a coalition of state attorneys general and the Justice Department, has proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to the benefit of consumers. In December 2020, Maryland joined a bipartisan coalition in filing a lawsuit alleging that Google illegally maintains its monopoly power over gener more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Operation Tornado Alley, a GVRS Investigation Leads to Largest Takedown in Baltimore in Decades * * * Today, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland joined the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City (SAO) -- and its Major Investigations Unit -- the Mayor's Office, Baltimore Police Department (BPD), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Bureau of Alcohol, T more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- NASA issued the following news release: Caption: Artist's concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn's moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA's New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn's moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing our search for the building blocks of life. The firm-fixed-price c more PR

PASADENA, California, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Headed to Jupiter's moon Europa, the spacecraft is operating without a hitch and will reach Mars in just three months for a gravity assist. NASA's Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth. Two science instruments have deployed hardware that will remain at attention, extending out from the spacecraft, for the next decade -- through the cruise to J more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. -- As part of its continuing efforts to incorporate small businesses into its mission of supporting the warfighter, team members from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst recently traveled to Atlantic City for ProcurementCon, an event bringing together government entities and current and potential business partners. In recent years, Lakehurst has worked hard to meet and surpass its g more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Mental Health issued the following Research Highlights on October 24, 2024, entitled "New Hope for Rapid-Acting Depression Treatment." Here are excerpts: * * * Depression symptoms can be hard to manage, especially for people with treatment-resistant depression, a persistent and severe form of the disorder. Fortunately, new therapies are emerging for such hard-to-treat conditions. One of these is the medication ketamine, which numerous NIMH- more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 5 signed by Carrie Safford, Secretary of the Commission. Application for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment request; notice of opportunity  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) shared the following statement today on the passing of Vincent Leggett, founder and president of the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation: "I am deeply saddened by the passing of Vincent Leggett, a devoted historian and conservationist whose passion for the Chesapeake Bay was unmatched. Through his leadership of the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, Vince shed light on the untold stories of Black life along the Bay  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Today, Newsweek published an opinion piece by U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on the need for a people-based approach to foreign policy and competition with the People's Republic of China (PRC). This piece follows Chair Cardin's introduction of the bipartisan INFORM Act - a bill directing the executive branch to share clear, independent info more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, released a statement on El Salvador's recent decision to approve another month-long extension of President Nayib Bukele's national state of exception. Originally developed to address gang violence, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Defendants Caused More Than $58,000 in Damage Within the Rotunda * * * Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green, 27, of Utah, were sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison and 18 months respectively in the February 14, 2024, attack on the U.S. Constitution housed at the National Archives in Washington D.C. The sentencings, which occurred earlier this month, were announced toda more PR