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Climate Change is Affecting North American Fish
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- Written by USGS USGS
- Published: 02 July 2016 02 July 2016
Washington, DC - Climate change is already affecting inland fish across North America -- including some fish that are popular with anglers. Scientists are seeing a variety of changes in how inland fish reproduce, grow and where they can live, according to four new studies published today in a special issue of Fisheries magazine.
Travel Advisory - Be a “Ready Traveler”
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 02 July 2016 02 July 2016
Tucson, Arizona - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding travelers planning trips across the border into the United States during the upcoming holidays to make sure they have proper documents and to anticipate heavy traffic.
Elementary school teacher federally charged with receiving child pornography
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- Written by ICE ICE
- Published: 02 July 2016 02 July 2016
Fort Worth, Texas - A Dallas-area elementary school teacher remains in federal custody Wednesday following his arrest last week on a federal complaint, filed June 24, which charges him with receiving child pornography.
DHS Announces Grant Allocations for Fiscal Year 2016 Preparedness Grants
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 02 July 2016 02 July 2016
Washington, DC - As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, Secretary Jeh Johnson announced final allocations of $275 million for six Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, in addition to the more than $1.3 billion in non-competitive grant funding announced by Secretary Johnson in February, total more than $1.6 billion in FY 2016 to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies, and the private sector with their preparedness efforts.
NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars
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- Written by Cheryl Warner Cheryl Warner
- Published: 02 July 2016 02 July 2016
Promontory, Utah - A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS’s first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018, a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars.