Torrance, California - Toyota will announce new details on its plans for research leveraging artificial intelligence at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Seattle, Washington - It has long been suspected that sulfur emissions can brighten clouds. Water droplets tend to clump around particles of sulfuric acid, causing smaller droplets that form brighter, more reflective clouds.

Tijuana, Bala California, Mexico - Last weekend, five suspected members of a criminal cell within the Sinaloa Cartel were arrested in Tijuana as the result of a bi-national information sharing effort between the U.S. Border Patrol and Mexican law enforcement officials with the Municipal Public Security Secretariat and the State Preventive Police.

Chicago, Illinois - An initial read on McDonald’s two-month-old all-day breakfast offering finds that, initially, the program is successful in attracting new or lapsed buyers and increasing lunch visits, according to a study by The NPD Group, a leading global information company. The NPD study, which is based on its receipt harvesting service, Checkout TrackingSM, also found that there was a sizeable lift in breakfast food orders throughout the day.

Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and the President of the World Bank Group Dr. Jim Yong Kim will serve as keynote speakers for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit, which will be held from February 29 - March 2, 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Washington, DC - The United States signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) today with the Dominican Republic that allows for a stronger collaboration between the two countries in securing the global supply chain and recognizes the compatibility between U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the Dominican Republic’s Authorized Economic Operator Program. CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske signed the arrangement on behalf of the United States and Dominican Customs Director General Fernando Fernandez signed on behalf of the Dominican Republic.