OAKLAND, California, Dec. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, filed a brief in support of a federal law that prohibits firearms dealers from selling handguns and handgun ammunition to persons under the age of 21. The case, McCoy v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and addresse  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Temitope S. Adeboye, 32, of Indianapolis has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to Wire Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and other false identity documents offenses. In 2020, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"). The CARES Act provided for the  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release on Dec. 29, 2023: The November Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 113.2, decreased 0.1 percent from October and 15 percent from November 2022. At 99.8, the Crop Production Index is down 3.0 percent from last month and 20 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 134.0, increas  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of a television interview on Dec. 29, 2023, on CNN This Morning: * * * Phil Mattingly: As top White House officials and their Mexican counterparts are set to continue border talks next month in the U.S., big city democratic mayors are stepping up their pleas-- urgent pleas-- for more federal help over the wave of migrants seeking asylum. [Video plays.] Mayor Eric Adams: For many months we were able to keep th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-02739-210) on Dec. 13, 2023, entitled "Significant Deficiencies Found in VA's Denver Logistics Center Inventory Management Operations and Systems." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary VA's Denver Logistics Center (DLC) provides supply chain management and logistics services for VA. Specifically, the DLC obtains and distributes goods for the Veterans Health Administratio  more