COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Agency Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Cites hospital for not protecting workers at Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion * * * A Columbus children's hospital failed to protect employees -- including nurses and mental health professionals -- from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found. Respond  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA Region 5 States and Tribes to receive nearly $1.6 million * * * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $10.6 million in grant funding to help coastal and Great Lakes communities protect the health of beachgoers this summer. A total of nearly $1.6 million will go to the states of Illinois ($258,000), Indiana ($222,000), Michigan ($298,000), Minnesota ($217,000), Ohio   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $4.6 million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Ohio while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected eight comm  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, May 27 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: The Navy has released a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the homeporting of the Columbia Class submarines at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay. The Navy proposes to establish facilities and functions at NSB Kings Bay to support the homeporting of Columbia Class submarines as replacements for the retiring Ohio Class submarines currently homeported at NSB Kings Bay. Under the Proposed Acti  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: Jessica Watkins and Kenneth Harrelson were sentenced today on felony charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Watkins, 40, of Woodstock, Ohio, was sentence  more