INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK, Indiana, Jan. 25 -- The National Park Service Indiana Dunes National Park issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Join a birding expert from the Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society on Saturday, February 3rd and March 2nd from 8:30 am to 10:30 am at Indiana Dunes National Park. Look for and learn to identify some of the water birds visiting Lake Michigan. Meet at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion. No experience required. Bring your binoculars and cha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * * Employers: Superior Ventures Unlimited LLC operating as Subway, Miranda Barajas-Brazil * Actions: U.S. Department of Labor enforcement of an administrative subpoena issued for Fair Labor Standards Act investigation * Courts: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division * Court Action: On Jan. 5, 2024, Judge Paul Maloney of the U  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Michigan businessman today of aggravated identity theft for placing the name and address of another man with the same name in legal documents to avoid a settlement payment of more than $6 million. According to documents and evidence presented at trial, Hassan Kamal Fayad, of Dearborn, operated three medical practices and a transportation business. To fund busines  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A Northville man pleaded guilty today to providing a financial institution with false documentation in connection with a bank loan, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Cheyvoryea Gibson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Field Division Theodore Toloff, 65, entered his guilty plea t  more

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that a federal jury convicted Nathan Weeden, 23, of Houghton, Michigan for conspiring with others and defacing Temple Jacob - a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan - with swastikas and symbols associated with The Base, a multi-state, white supremacist group. "Today's swift convict  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A Detroit man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison today for leading a drug organization that trafficked methamphetamine across the country, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. United States District Judge David M. Lawson sentenced the leader of that organization for his role overseeing the drug conspiracy and in a separate $2.1 million pa  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Michigan State University (MSU) and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) honored the winners of the 2023 "Distinguished Trailblazers in the Sciences" competition during a virtual ceremony on Jan. 22, 2024. The outreach activity is open to middle and high schoo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Michigan man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jason Howland, 47, of Clinton Township, Michigan, is c  more