JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Aircrews assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing participated in a Joint Forcible Entry exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 5-6. The aircrews displayed their proficiency and the need for Rapid Global Mobility by supporting the multi-faceted capstone event with two C-17 Globemaster III's and a KC-10 Extender, from the 305 AMW. The exercise acts as the culminat  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of Air Mobility Command and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, visited the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Dec. 11. Their visit to the wing was the team's final stop on a two-day visit to JBMDL. Van Ovost and Kruzelnick engaged with Devil Raiders from various units wh  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release on Dec. 18: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the weekly enrollment snapshot that shows over 8.2 million people selected plans by end of the final day of the 2021 Open Enrollment Period on December 15, 2020. This total preliminary enrollment figure is nearly as high as 2020's 8.3 million enrollments, despite the   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period to January 20, 2021 on its proposed cleanup plan for the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund site on the bank of the Passaic River in Newark. The proposed plan includes a combination of technologies and methods to address the cleanup of contaminated soil, soil gas (gas trapped in the soil), groundwater, sewer   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 18: The Federal Communications Commission today announced that its Media Bureau has denied a permanent waiver request of the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule sought by Fox Corp regarding the continued common ownership of WWOR-TV, Secaucus, New Jersey and the New York Post. Instead, the Bureau has granted a temporary waiver to preserve the status quo while the fate of the newspaper/broa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of New Jersey to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on Aug. 4. The President's action makes federal funding available to the state and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2973): IN RE: Elmiron (Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium) Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in the District of New Jersey Dobbins action move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation involving retinal injuries associated with the use of Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium). Plaintiffs seek centralization in the District of New Jersey. Plai  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Dec. 14: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud health insurance companies through a multi-state patient brokering scheme in which he bribed drug-addicted individuals to enroll in drug rehabilitation in exchange for referral fees from the rehabilitation centers, U.S. Attorney Cr  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst (LKE) and Drexel University recently renewed their Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA), extending Drexel's participation in NAWCAD LKE's Capstone Project Program and NAWCAD LKE's recruitment from Drexel's graduate pool. The Capstone Project Program provides the opportunity for Drexel graduate students to  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Dec. 17: A New Jersey man today admitted that he paid a foreign official $100,000 in bribes to secure an improper business advantage and to obtain and retain business contracts, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, and Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr. of the F  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia partnered with the nonprofit racial justice organization, Race Forward, to provide racial equity training for organizations in nine communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia to help them solve challenges related to housing, jobs or wealth in their neighborhoods. As a result of the training, the communities created plans  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Dec. 14: A Sussex County, New Jersey, man will make his initial court appearance today on charges of fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of over $5 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Azhar Sarwar Rana, 30, of Newton, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bank fraud and one count of money launder  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Before she was "Mom-mom" Mills to her grandchildren, Gertrude Indoe Mills was born 27 November 1920 in New Jersey. Last month she celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family. In that celebration came stories of service to the country. Military service was not foreign to the family. Her grandfather served in the Army and her father, who also served in the Army, commanded the local Patterson, New Jersey Ame  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following statement on Dec. 14: * * * The United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced his resignation today, effective at 11:59 p.m., Jan. 5, 2021. Mr. Carpenito made the following statement regarding his departure and tenure in office: Serving as the United States Attorney has been the greatest professional honor of my lifetime. It's a dream for a  more