Van Nuys Airport Opens Doors to Local Students for Second Year of Youth Leadership Academy
The four-session program gives high school students from surrounding communities a direct path into aviation careers Van Nuys Airport welcomed local high school students to the second annual Youth Leadership…
TODAY: State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Shares Update From Family of Joseph Londono Rodriguez; Renews Call for the Return of Deaf Child and His Family to the United States
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is continuing to call for the return of Joseph Londono Rodriguez, a six-year-old Deaf student with learning disabilities, to his school community at…
Senator Collins Statement on DHS Negotiations
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown: “The Democrats’ decision to…
Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf Concludes Sixty-Sixth Session
NEW YORK, 16 March (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its sixty-sixth session from 9…
Cannibalism Takes Major Bite Out of Young Blue Crabs, but the Shallows Offer a Refuge
Smithsonian Study Finds Juvenile Crabs Rely on Shrinking Shallow-Water Habitats To Escape Cannibalism by Adults The Chesapeake Bay’s most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1…
The Los Angeles Symphonic Winds Presents “A Sonic Journey to Health and Wellness”
(Conejo/San Fernando Valleys) – – LA WINDS, Los Angeles Symphonic Winds, presents a concert devoted to enhancing wellness through music, on Sunday, April 12, 2016 from 2:30-4:30pm at the Performing…
Padilla, Schiff, Swalwell, Colleagues Demand Answers After Deaf Six-Year-Old Deported Without Hearing Devices
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) joined U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.-14), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.-44),…
A New Era for South Caucasus Commerce Thanks to President Trump’s Leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump’s bold leadership is laying the foundation for a new era of peace and prosperity across the Eurasia region, and the Department of Commerce’s…
National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Seventh Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today”
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Brooklyn-based artist Kameron Neal as the first-prize winner of the seventh national Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Neal’s two-channel video installation “Down the Barrel…
Mount Vernon Announces New “George Washington and a Nation of Farmers” Resource for Communities Nationwide
Free Downloadable Exhibit Now Available for Libraries, Schools, and Garden Clubs Mount Vernon, VA — George Washington’s Mount Vernon last week announced the launch of George Washington and a Nation…