WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today a crackdown on telemarketing operations responsible for billions of illegal calls to U.S. consumers. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General and other law enforcement partners, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the Dis  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, July 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Haley Malay, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs "After decades of near-continuous combat operations, we must align Air Force processes and force presentation to better support readiness, the generation of combat power, and warfighting," said Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, Air Force Chief of Staff. "Innovative Airmen are diligently building better ways to present Air For  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraskans care for their neighbors. They both cherish personal privacy but also understand the need for efficient, effective law enforcement. Our office invites responses and inquiries of the work we do. Unfortunately, the current understanding of the Attorney General signing a recent Mississippi-led letter is being shaped by misleading rhetoric. HIPAA protects the privacy of your medical i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced two interim leadership appointments at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Beginning immediately, Tony Green will serve as the interim director for the Division of Children and Family Services. Previously, Director Green has served as a deputy director as well as interim director for that division. He currently ove  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Mohamed Gamar Ahmed, 20, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 18, 2023, to 48 months' imprisonment for possession of cocaine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, and to a consecutive 60-month term of imprisonment for possession of firearms in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime. After his   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Anna Idigima, 38, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 21 years and 10 months', (262 months'), imprisonment, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, resulting in s  more