FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina, March 5 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By MaryTherese Griffin For a six foot-five infantryman, Staff Sgt. Abel Baez's pain is just something he dealt with for quite a long time. "I'm infantry... we go by the motto if you got pain drink water - if you still have pain drink more water." All joking aside, Baez explained how he dealt with years of pain from an ACL and meniscus tear that was surgically fixed but not healed as it should. "I tore m  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 5 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after sending a letter on behalf of himself and the 26 other Republican state attorneys general to Meta demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content: "According to The Wall Street Journal, Meta's own staff raised alarms after Instagram enabled those running 'parent-managed minor a  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Survival rates for new business establishments vary from year to year due to several factors, including the business cycle, industry, and location. In recent years, 1 year survival rates (that is, an establishment still in business one year after the year in which the establishment was born) were generally lowest for establishments born in 2001 and  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 5 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named David Teeples as senior vice president and general counsel. Teeples joined the Dallas Fed in 2017 as vice president and deputy general counsel, and he has served as interim general counsel since August 2023. As general counsel, Teeples will be responsible for leading the Dallas Fed's Legal Department and serve as adviser to Bank leadersh  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments: Gen. James J. Mingus to vice chief of staff of the Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Lt. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp to director's advisor for Military Affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as commanding general, U.  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, March 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently welcomed aviation icon Fat Albert and its team for scheduled inspections and maintenance, which gave FRCE a unique opportunity to learn from the "best of the best." FRCE's Minor Depot Inspection (MDI) Team worked alongside the Blue Angels Fat Albert Maintenance Team to complete annual maintenance and inspections on F  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news statement on March 4, 2024: * * * JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) announced today that it has abandoned its $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines Inc. (Spirit). In January, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocked the transaction because it violated "the core principle of antitrust law: to protect the United States' markets - and its market participants - from anticompetitive ha  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on March 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after his district court victory led JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines to abandon their plans for a $3.8 billion merger. "Prices for airline tickets are sky high, and more competition means more options. This result means this merger won't increase the cost of flying. My office will always fig  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced legal actions to help protect North Carolinians' housing and homeownership. He is suing Canary General Contracting and Design for deceiving Charlotte homeowners and launching an investigation into real estate software company RealPage over concerns about anticompetitive conduct to raise the cost of rental housing. Canary   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: The 2024 North Carolina Main Street Conference is bringing community and economic development leaders together March 12-14 in downtown Goldsboro. The three-day annual conference, which is organized by the North Carolina Department of Commerce and its N.C. Main Street and Rural Planning Center, examines downtown revitalization and economic development strategies. The  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following statement on March 4, 2024: * * * As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and increase access to treatment, NC Medicaid will now cover an additional treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis, Extencilline. This new coverage is being added to address the ongoing nati  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina (USAO-EDNC) collected $18,157,710.06 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Of this amount, $11,126,086.93 was collected in criminal actions and $7,031,623.13 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, EDNC worked with other U.S. Attorney's Offices and  more