BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: * * * Manufacturer and Staffing Agency Ignored Multiple Sexually-Hostile Work Environment Complaints and Retaliated Against Females Who Complained, Federal Agency Charges * * * Delaware-based Mueller Co., LLC and South Carolina-based IH Services, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting female IH Services employees to a hostile work environment based on sex and retaliati  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: A former deputy sheriff with the Dallas County, Alabama, Sheriff's Office pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Alabama for sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty. According to the superseding information and plea documents, on Jan. 30, 2020, Joshua Davidson, 32, while on duty as a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff, placed the victim in custody and drove her down a dark road to  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey is providing more than $1 million to map critical mineral resources in Alabama in partnership with the Geological Survey of Alabama. The funding comes from a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment in the USGS Mineral Resources Program's Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), which dedicates more than $74 million for new mapping work each yea  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 4 -- Air University issued the following news: Air University welcomed Chief Master Sgt. of the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence Hassan Ali Mohamed Bisho Al Booshi and his team for tours and immersion briefings on the Air Force's enlisted professional military education programs at the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, April 22-26, 2023. The visit further strengthens the partnership between the two nations. Chief Bisho was keenly interested   more