WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Edward Barnett, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, killed during World War II was accounted for May 5, 2023. In the summer of 1943, Barnett served with the 66th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Libera  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a special inspection at the Honeywell uranium conversion facility in Metropolis, Illinois, to assess a uranium hexafluoride leak that occurred at the plant Sept. 2. At 8:06 a.m. Central time, a chemical alarm alerted Honeywell plant staff to a uranium hexafluoride - known as UF6 - leak. Control room operators notified plant management, and the facility acti  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release: A federal jury in Nashville has convicted Doctor Benjamin T. Toh, 68, of Chicago, Illinois, for his role in a more than $9.5 million health care fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. The defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2022. He was convicted of conspiracy to   more