Yuma News
White House Press Secretary on the Visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
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- Published: 13 March 2018 13 March 2018
Washington, DC - President Donald J. Trump will welcome Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on March 20, 2018.
President Donald J. Trump’s Call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada
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- Published: 13 March 2018 13 March 2018
Washington, DC - President Donald J. Trump spoke today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada regarding the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum that the President announced last week.
Defendants Settle FTC Charges in ‘Money Now Funding’ Credit Card Laundering Scheme
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- Published: 12 March 2018 12 March 2018
Phoenix, Arizona - Michael Abdelmesseh and KMA Merchant Services LLC have agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for laundering credit card charges for Money Now Funding (MNF), a business opportunity scheme that falsely promised consumers they would make thousands of dollars helping small businesses get loans.
Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls to host U.S.-Mexico Economic Development Summit
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- Published: 12 March 2018 12 March 2018
Yuma, Arizona - City of Yuma Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls will host an Economic Development Regional Summit aimed to strengthen cross-border partnerships and boost communication between leaders in the mega-region. The Summit includes communities from Arizona, Baja California, California and Sonora. Details are included below:
SECNAV Names Newest Destroyer in Honor of U.S. Marine
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- Written by SECNAV Public Affairs SECNAV Public Affairs
- Published: 12 March 2018 12 March 2018
Washington, DC - Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named the next Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Navy Cross recipient Lance Cpl. Patrick Gallagher.
FDA authorizes, with special controls, direct-to-consumer test that reports three mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes
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- Written by Deborah Kotz Deborah Kotz
- Published: 12 March 2018 12 March 2018
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized the Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk (GHR) Report for BRCA1/BRCA2 (Selected Variants). It is the first direct-to-consumer (DTC) test to report on three specific BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations that are most common in people of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent. These three mutations, however, are not the most common BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations in the general population.
NIH experts call for transformative research approach to end tuberculosis
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- Written by Jennifer Routh Jennifer Routh
- Published: 12 March 2018 12 March 2018
Washington, DC - A more intensive biomedical research approach is necessary to control and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis (TB), according to a perspective published in the March 2018 issue of The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.