WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Nine of the nation's 15 fastest-growing cities were in the South, according to Vintage 2022 Population Estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Of the nine fastest-growing cities in the South, six were in Texas. New estimates for metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas and for housing units at the national, state and county levels were also released today. Heading South:  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, 24, of Plains, Kansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 8, 2023. In the summer of 1943, Elliott was assigned to the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the aircraft on which E  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Joe A. Vinyard, 23, of Loudon County, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 9, 2022. In December 1944, Vinyard was assigned to Company A, 774th Tank Battalion, as a crewmember on an M4 Sherman tank. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces nea  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 19 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador was joined by attorneys general from 18 other states in filing an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The amicus brief supports the National Shooting Sports Foundation's opposition to the New Jersey law seeking to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for criminal firearm misuse of third parties. Attorney General Labrador sai  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 18 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: In an effort to protect the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration's proposed standards which would regulate the types of refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers Americans can use or buy. Ninety-five percent of "standard-size refrigerator-freezers, which account for approxima  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 18 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on May 17, 2023: * * * Governor Jim Pillen joined with Republican Governors in extending support to Texas and Governor Greg Abbott during the unprecedented border crisis. The Governors released the following statement: "The federal government's response, handling the expiration of Title 42, has represented a complete failure of the Biden Administration. While the federal government has abdicated its duti  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Tomas Lorenzo-Cruz, 45, of Mexico, was sentenced on May 16, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his participation in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Lorenzo-Cruz to 135 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the f  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Alfredo Escobar, 40, of Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Possesses with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Escobar to 10 years in prison. There is no parole in the feder  more