SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 3 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, Randy Grossman, issued the following news release: U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Enrico DeGuzman pleaded guilty to a bribery charge today, admitting that he accepted more than $67,000 in extravagant meals, drinks, entertainment and hotel stays in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis. DeGuzman admitted that in return for this and other things of value,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- The American University Investigative Reporting Workshop issued the following news: In this analysis for IRW, anthropologist David Vine, author of "The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State" (University of California Press), details the U.S. presence in and around Afghanistan. Misleading and premature is how we should characterize media reports suggesting that U.S. military forces are withdrawi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The National Marine Fisheries Service released its final rule today modifying regulations to reduce the number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales killed in lobster gear off the coast of New England. The rule requires conversion to new gear that uses weaker ropes the agency hopes will reduce the severity of entanglements. But the ability of weak rope to reduce harm from entan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife filed additional legal claims against the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to prevent critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from getting tangled up and killed in lobster gear. Entanglement in commercial fishing gear is the leading cause of death for right  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: A lawsuit filed today seeks to stop the owner of four dams on Maine's Kennebec River from violating federal law. Operations at the dams are killing endangered Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish critical to the state's commercial fishing industry and the health of the Gulf of Maine. The massive, multinational energy corporation Brookfield Renewable Partners (Brookfield) o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSPol) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Defenders of Wildlife have filed an updated lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to prevent critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from getting tangled up and killed in lobster gear. Entanglement in commercial fishing gear is the leading cause of death for right whales. Fewer   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: A lawsuit filed today seeks to stop the owner of four dams on Maine's Kennebec River from violating federal law. Operations at the dams are killing endangered Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish critical to the state's commercial fishing industry and the health of the Gulf of Maine. The massive, multinational energy corporation Brookfield Renewable Partners (Brookf  more

TYSONS, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- TEGNA, a broadcast, digital media and marketing services company, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) announced today that Quest, a 24/7 adventure and exploration multicast network, has launched an ad-supported free streaming service. The streaming app offers on demand programming from a vast catalog of factual entertainment, science, history and engineering programs, and daring adventure-reality series. The Quest app is avai  more