WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness issued the following news on April 12, 2023: Last week, USICH Executive Director Jeff Olivet delivered opening remarks at a Quarterly Update on Housing First hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). The virtual event was open to the public and included speakers and panelists from Houston, Texas; Gulfport, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana; Seattle, Was  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news on April 11, 2023: By Senior Airman Mercedes Porter, 7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 40th Airlift Squadron and 1st Armored Division conducted Operation Night King at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Mar. 26, 2023. "The exercise scenario was a battalion of Abrams were in combat for a few days and were in need of a refuel and resupply," said Capt. Nathaniel Roberts, 40th AS chief of ta  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Jerome Tayborn, 502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Members of the 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, along with Department of Defense contractors, worked together to load a medical module onto a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 8, 2023. The medical module was designed for an RCAF C-130J an  more

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Leaders from the 97th Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, visited with the Career Enlisted Aviators Center of Excellence team at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 4-6, 2023, to discuss the upcoming changes to the career enlisted aviator courses. Altus AFB  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Matthew McGovern, Sixteenth Air Force Public Affairs Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, visited the Sixteenth Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 12. The goal of the trip was to show support for Sixteenth Air Force Airmen and civilians while promoting readiness and alignment throughout the information warfare mission. During   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Dan Hawkins, Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs The Department of Defense's Data Strategy describes an ambitious approach for transforming the Department into a data-driven organization and emphasizes the need to work closely with users in the operational community, particularly the warfighter. Air Education and Training Command officials conti  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs Air and Space Forces families have many unique and interesting neighbors from the big ones with fur and scales to the tiny ones with claws and strange teeth. Humans share the Earth with nearly 8 million animal species. Luckily for military families, many of the most interesting of these are part of our base communities around the glo  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news on April 11, 2023: Delivering a growing, multibillion dollar worldwide Department of the Air Force military construction program in sync with supported weapon systems is a key focus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of AFIMSC, is charged with leading the MILCON and facilities sustainment,  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs Delivering a growing, multibillion dollar worldwide Department of the Air Force military construction program in sync with supported weapon systems is a key focus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of AFIMSC, is charged with le  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs Delivering a growing, multibillion dollar worldwide Department of the Air Force military construction program in sync with supported weapon systems is a key focus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of AFIMSC, is charged with leadin  more

KILLEEN, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Erika Whitaker, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command Thursday, October 6, 2011, left an indelible memory with Army Reserve Master Sgt. Daniel Chafin, an 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command Soldier currently mobilized to Fort Hood, Texas. Forty minutes past midnight, on that day, Chafin, truck commander of a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle crew, along his team, Spc. Joshua Berry, gun  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Area - March 2023": Prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.3 percent for the two months ending in March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ass  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 96 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 293 areas from February 2022 to February 2023. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (10.1 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas (6.6 percent), Pocatello, Idaho (6.3 percent), and Rome, Georgia (6.0 percent). * * * C  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Daniel J. Calderon, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs The Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted its second annual event to celebrate National Biomechanics Day on April 6. "We want to showcase all the technology we have here in our lab and talk about the research in  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Jim Garamone, DOD News The U.S. government is taking the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information very seriously and is working with interagency partners and the intelligence community "to better understand the scope, scale and impact of these leaks," Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said April 13. Even as Ryder was speaking in the P  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: In January 2023, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante directed all Department of Defense organizations to begin full implementation of the DOD Naming Commission recommendations. This directive includes the renaming of nine Army installations by January 1, 2024. DTMO's website content will be updated to reflect the new names on  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Dyess AFB is scheduled to host a Department of Defense led exercise to review and verify policy for the safety and security of U.S. military resources from April 25 to May 24 of 2023. Community members at Dyess AFB and surrounding Abilene area can expect loud noises, tactical vehicle equipment, adjustments to routine operations, and gate availability. "The exercise will allow our p  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: By Maj. Giacomo Michelotti, 82d Training Wing Public Affairs To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Italian Air Force, a group of five T-6 Texan II aircraft, flown by 10 Italian Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training instructors led by Lt. Col. Andrea Cerri, the Italian Senior National Representative, took off from Sheppard AFB on a historic round trip. The mission saw them land and fly over   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The FBI issued the following news release: On April 6-7, 2023, FBI Director Christopher Wray visited the FBI's San Antonio Field Office and Del Rio Resident Agency and met with Special Agent in Charge Oliver E. Rich Jr. and other field office personnel. He also met with local law enforcement partners and members of the media to affirm the FBI's continued commitment to help stem violent crime in the area. "Fighting violent crime, along with the other threats impacting ce  more

EL PASO, Texas, April 13 -- The FBI El Paso Field Office issued the following news release: In a continued effort to address the alarming surge in social media threats directed towards El Paso schools, the FBI El Paso field office, along with our law enforcement and prosecutorial partners, launched a public awareness campaign to educate the public about the consequences of making threats of violence to schools. On April 10, ten digital billboards began showing the new PSA campaign asking the p  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing over $2.5 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from all three application windows, benefiting approximately 8,000 students across the country  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following memorandum opinion and order (MB Docket No. 21-502) on April 11, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Snowflake, Arizona; Millerton, Oklahoma; Powers, Oregon; Mount Enterprise and Paint Rock, Texas; Hardwick, Vermont; and Meeteetse, Wyoming) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Audio D  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Sarah Williams, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The Air Force intelligence career field consists of multiple paths. Cryptologic language analysts, all source intelligence analysts and geospatial intelligence analysts are just a few occupations that play a significant role in Goodfellow's training mission. These different careers work together to gi  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The FBI issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. On April 14, Director Christopher Wray and the FBI Houston Field Office, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Texas, announced the addition of Wilver Villegas-Palomino to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for his alleged involvement in narcoterrorism and drug trafficking activities. Villegas-Palomino, aka Carlos El Puerco, is the 530th addition to the list. The United States  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 11 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Mark Colmenares, 433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs Maj. Bernard Wesley accepted command of the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron during an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 1. Col. Jeanne Bisesi, 433rd Mission Support Group commander, presented the 433rd CES guidon to Wesley and presided over the ceremony.   more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 11 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Deborah Slusher, 433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs Maj. Valerie A. Mafnas officially assumed command of the 74th Aerial Port Squadron during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 1. Col. Jeanne Besesi, 433rd Mission Support Group commander, presided over the ceremony and said Mafnas brings a depth of experience and leadership within   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3071) on April 10, 2023: * * * In Re: RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II) TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Defendant RealPage, Inc., and 34 defendant property managers, owners, operators, and/or lessors (the "lessor defendants") move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Texas./1 Defendants alternatively support ce  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Nine defendants - including three compounding pharmacy owners, a physician, two pharmacists, and three patient recruiters - were sentenced yesterday for their respective roles in a years-long, multi-state scheme to defraud the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) and TRICARE, the health care program for U.S. service members and their families. The sentences include: * Joh  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: A federal jury convicted a Texas physician and clinic office manager yesterday for operating a pill-mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Oscar Lightner, 73, and Andres Martinez Jr., 29, both of Laredo, operated Jomori Health and Wellness (Jomori), a purported Houston pain m  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: A federal jury convicted two Texas men today for their role in a scheme to fraudulently bill TRICARE - the health care program for U.S. service members and their families - for compounded creams that were medically unnecessary and procured through kickbacks and bribes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Brian Carpenter, 56, of Bridgeport, was a podiatrist who   more

LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Laughlin Air Force Base (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman, 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs When it comes to the Air Force, it's not just about fancy planes or high-tech gadgets. At the heart of this elite fighting force are the core values of integrity, service, and excellence. However, how do we live up to these values and ensure that our people constantly grow and improve? The   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Darren LaMarca, issued the following news release: A Texas man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Miguel Mendoza, 33, of Elgin, Texas, was sentenced on April 6, 2023, in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Acc  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: Naval Oceanography Officers attending the Naval Postgraduate School presented their thesis and participated in the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) 2023 conference in San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6. The 2023 Annual DE S&T Symposium focused on sub-systems and component research as well as development aspects of DE in a mixed-access environment. There were symposium sessions at the Open  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56443) involving Defense Health Agency, San Antonio, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Defense Health Agency Licensee: Defense Health Agency Region: 4 City: San Antonio State: TX License #: 45-35423-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Ricardo Reyes HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 03/31/2023 Notification Time: 00:01 [ET] Event Date: 03/27/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT] Last Update D  more

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, April 13 -- The U.S. Army's Regional Health Command-Pacific issued the following news: Lt. Col. Juanita Warman was a warrior with a nurse's heart. Filled with compassion for her fellow service members, she went where the action was to care for them in battle and beyond. Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted its 14th annual nursing conference, named in her honor on Friday, March 24. Having recently left her post at Mad  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall received updates from leaders at Air Force Recruiting Service and visited local recruiters in Universal City, April 4. Kendall's visit comes as concerns are focused on the military service's ability to attract and recruit the force needed for the nation's security requirements. The visit began with Air Force Recruiting Service briefing Kendall on the latest updates for recrui  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Shannon Carabajal, AFIMSC Public Affairs Nearly 200 Air and Space Force installation leaders gathered in San Antonio April 11-13 for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center 2023 Mission Support Leaders' Summit. With a theme of "Strengthening the Department of the Air Force's Power Projection Platforms," the summit fostered collaboration as the group  more

SHERMAN, Texas, April 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Brit Featherston, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: A Denton man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Anthony Joseph Hammer, 34, pleaded guilty on May 3, 2022, to interstate communication of a threat and was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Richard A. Schell. Ac  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: A Fort Worth father who conspired with his son to deal methamphetamine was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. David Devaney, Sr., 59, and David Devaney, Jr., 36, opted for a bench trial and were found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribu  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release: A drug trafficker who left Dallas' Galleria Mall laden with more than 2,000 fentanyl-laced pills was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Jesus Alexander Perez Fuentes, 27, pleaded guilty to in October 2022 to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He was sentenced W  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 12 -- The U.S. Attorney, Jaime Esparza, for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment last week charging four members of a San Antonio family with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. According to court documents, Kenneth Flores, Christopher Flores, Antonio Flores Jr., and Irma Flores, are alleged to have conspired together to defraud the United States   more

MCALLEN, Texas, April 14 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: A 35-year-old U.S. citizen residing in Monterrey, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of smuggling two kilograms of cocaine and six kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. A federal jury deliberated for approximately 45 minutes before convicting, Nestor Alan Garcia before returning a guilty   more

MCALLEN, Texas, April 14 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: An owner of a Rio Grande Valley area home health company has been ordered to prison for his conviction of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Miguel Angel Contreras, 44, McAllen, pleaded guilty April 14, 2016. Today, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez ordered Contreras to serve a 45-month senten  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 14 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release: A 52-year-old Richmond resident has pleaded guilty to four counts of falsifying medical records, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Pate Opara admitted that from February 2018 through July 2019 she repeatedly created fake medical records in response to Medicare requests for information. Opara operated P and P Health Care Services, also known as Opnet H  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 15 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release: Executives and leaders of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) have learned about the dangers of cyberattacks by malicious actors like China, Russia and transnational criminals and how to tackle those attacks, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) along with FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Joe Gangemi, Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs Air Education and Training Command officials unveiled the 2023 Air Force Fiesta medal that will be distributed by Air Force representatives during Fiesta activities in San Antonio April 10-20. The tradition of distributing medals was inspired back in 1946 when King Antonio, a member of Fiesta roya  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Defense Language Institute English Language Center, or DLIELC, is a critical training center for members of the United States military and plays a significant role in advancing the U.S. Army's number one priority - recruiting. "The unique capability the U.S. Army Element provides to the Army's recruiting efforts should be understood throughout the Army's Recr  more

HOHENFELS, Germany, April 14 -- U.S. Army Europe and Africa issued the following news release: The U.S. Army, along with Allies and Partners, will conduct Combined Resolve 18 from April 21 to May 23, 2023, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany. Combined Resolve is a recurring exercise designed to prepare a U.S. Armored Brigade Combat Team in support of NATO deterrence initiatives such as bolstering readiness, responsiveness, and reinforcement. The 2nd Brigade, 1s  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: A Texas man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Robert Wayne Dennis, 63, of Garlan  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is listing the bracted twistflower, a rare annual wildflower native to the southeastern edge of the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Additionally, the Service is announcing a special 4(d) rule that tailors protections for the plant and critical habitat that designates 1,59  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following statement on April 13, 2023, on the Fifth Circuit's decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine vs. Food and Drug Administration: * * * Last night, the Fifth Circuit issued a decision which invalidates the scientific, independent judgment of the FDA about when and how a medicine is available to Americans. The Justice Department has already announced that they are seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court. More t  more