Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Tax Return Preparer Operating Stores in Florida and Mississippi
The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Lakeesha Tucker, Lakeesha Tucker LLC, and Simplified Financial Services LLC, from owning, operating, or franchising a tax return preparation…
How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?
Research News Scientists identify core microbiome of commercial tomatoes December 12, 2019 Scientists are homing in on what a healthy human microbiome looks like, mapping the normal bacteria that live…
Submarine cables leading to offshore wind farms transformed into a seismic network
Research News New technology could open the door to seafloor earthquake monitoring December 18, 2019 A team of geoscientists led by Caltech researchers has used fiber optic communications cables at…
Texas Couple Indicted on Forced Labor and Related Charges
Defendants Mohamed Toure, 57, and Denise Cros-Toure, 57, of Ft. Worth, Texas, were charged today in a five-count indictment with forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and conspiracies to…
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Research News Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification before asteroid impact that annihilated dinosaurs December 18, 2019 New evidence gleaned from Antarctic seashells confirms that Earth was…
Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab
Research News Material combines strengths of individual components for a single system capable of rapid shape changes December 19, 2019 A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology…
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Surreptitiously Producing and Distributing Pornographic Audio and Video Recordings of Himself Engaged in Sexual Activity With at Least 80 Others
A Homestead, Florida man who was charged with surreptitiously producing and distributing pornographic audio and video recordings of himself engaging in sexual activity with multiple men, pleaded guilty today in…
Statements on Sethuraman Panchanathan’s nomination as NSF director
Press Statement 19-008 Panchanathan would succeed France Córdova December 19, 2019 On December 18, 2019, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan to serve…