Washington, DC - The National Institutes of Health has partnered with London-based Wellcome Trust to launch a global science competition for new products or services to advance “open science,” a movement to make scientific research data broadly accessible to the public. Up to six teams of technology experts and researchers stand to win $80,000 each to develop their ideas into a prototype or to advance an existing early stage prototype.

Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at a dinner in honor of Indonesian President Joko Widodo hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at 7:00 p.m. on October 26, 2015, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC - Gregory Joel Sitzmann, 65, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for his role as the leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring that operated for at least 14 years out of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Bahamas, France, Italy, Spain and other countries. 

Washington, DC - In this week's address, the President laid out the importance of serving as good stewards of the environment and maintaining the planet for generations to come.  Since taking office the President has prioritized protecting the places that make America special.  He has repeatedly said that no challenge poses a greater threat to our future than a changing climate, which is why he’s taken bold actions at home and encouraged historic action abroad on the issue. 

Washington, DC - A 39-year-old West African man convicted of  having ties to terrorism was deported Tuesday to Guinea-Bissau by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers assigned to the New York Field Office.

Imperial, California - Police in Concord, MA recently went on a ticket writing spree-citing pedestrians and motorists alike.  But, says the Association of Mature American Citizens, it was all in a good cause-to encourage good behavior in a positive fashion.