WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO -- A superseding indictment was partially unsealed in the Southern District of California March 5 charging alleged drug trafficker Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 22, with murdering two people to prevent them from testifying in drug trafficking cases in federal court in San Diego. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administratio  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Illinois - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.7 percent in Illinois,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Indiana - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.3 percent in Indiana, co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Iowa - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.5 percent in Iowa, signific  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.1 percent in Michigan,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Minnesota - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.3 percent in Minnesota  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Nebraska - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.5 percent in Nebraska,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in North Dakota - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.0 percent in North   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Ohio - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.0 percent in Ohio, signific  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Dakota - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 3.9 percent in South   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Wisconsin - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.6 percent in Wisconsin  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In 2023, annual average unemployment rates decreased in 6 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios increased in 10 states and were little changed in 40 states and the District. The U.S. jobless rate was unchanged over the year at 3.6 percent, while the national em  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: A federal grand jury indicted Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, charging him with four counts of theft of trade secrets in connection with an alleged plan to steal from Google LLC (Google) proprietary information related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The announcement was made by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland this afternoo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers and frauds. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocki  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following readout of Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks' visit to California on March 5, 2024: * * * Pentagon Spokesman Eric Pahon provided the following readout: Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks visited Camp Pendleton and Fort Irwin, California on March 4-5 to engage with senior Army leadership running Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PCC4) and participating in the Global Information Dominance Experimentation (GIDE) serie  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding the Louisiana Superfund site Exide Baton Rouge to the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of known sites throughout the United States and its territories where releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants pose significant threats to human health and the environment. By adding this site to the NPL, EPA   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 7 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today is leading a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general calling on Meta to protect users' accounts from scammers. Attorney General Moody, along with 39 other attorneys general, is demanding Meta address the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today led a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) calling on the company to review its data security practices for protecting users' accounts after a recent rise of  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 7 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein and 40 other bipartisan attorneys general today called on Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to thoroughly review their data security practices after a rise in scammers taking over and locking users out of their accounts. From 2022 to 2023, the North Carolina Department of Justice saw a 330 percent increase in complaints related to   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in calling on Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), to take immediate action to address the recent rise of takeovers of user accounts by scammers on both Facebook and Instagram. In a letter sent to Meta today, Attorney General Formella and the multistate coalition a  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram account takeovers by scammers and frauds. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the rightf  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research chemist, Braden C. Giordano, Ph.D., is the recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Grant. Giordano, a member of a team led by the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, St. Louis, was awarded the $650,000 grant for continued rese  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 7 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers and frauds. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the r  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * NIH-funded trial shows promising outcomes with treatment started promptly after birth. * * * Four children have remained free of detectable HIV for more than one year after their antiretroviral therapy (ART) was paused to see if they could achieve HIV remission, according to a presentation today at the 2024 Conference on Ret  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Feb. 20-23, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions Home Depot USA, Inc. (18-CA-273796; 373 NLRB No. 25) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583c6ebac) Minneapolis, MN, February 21, 2024. A full-Board majority (Chairman McFerran and Members Prouty and Wilcox; Member Kaplan, dissenting in part), reversing the Administrative Law Judge, found that the Respondent violated Section 8(  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 7 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general sent a letter Tuesday to Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) asking for a data security review following major increases in scammers taking over accounts on Facebook and Instagram. Account takeovers take place when bad actors break into a user's account, change the password and effect  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that she and forty other Attorneys General have sent a letter to social media giant, Meta, asking for an investigation into the increase of "account takeover" incidents -- when hackers lock consumers out of accounts, steal personal information, and post harmful content. In the letter, the Attorneys General present data to show the activity has i  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on March 6, 2024: The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced that it will hold a statewide Health Equity Summit with partner Harrisburg University from April 4-5 in Harrisburg and online. The theme of the summit is "Joy and Justice." "Health equity is at the heart of the work of the Department of Health, so I am excited about this upcoming summit. It is an opportunity for collaborati  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry discovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and three handguns concealed in one vehicle. On Monday, March 4 at approximately 10:40 p.m., CBP officers were conducting pre-primary inspections and encountered a 38-year-old woman driving a 2019 SUV   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for March 6, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT M. CAMPBELL Deputy Secretary Campbell attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES RICHARD R. VERMA 2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Verma attends the U.S. International Development Financ  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for March 7, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN 11:15 a.m. Secretary Blinken meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the Department of State. (CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) Final access time for video cameras, stills, and writers is 10:30 a.m. at the 23rd street entrance. The camera spray will be streamed live on the Department homepage (https://www.state.gov./) and YouTube Channel (https://www.yo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti recently joined a coalition of 27 state attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc., (Meta) demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content. "My office is already suing Meta for its harms to children's mental health, and this latest report only adds to my concern about the risks Meta poses to Tennessee kids,"  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Los Angeles woman has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her alleged conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her alleged 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. Kayla Reifschneider, 27, of Los A  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: National parks from coast to coast will host special events this year with Ada Limon, the nation's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. In partnership with the Library of Congress and the Poetry Society of America, Limon's "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks" initiative will feature site-specific poetry installations in seven national parks. "Generations of artists have been in  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 7 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: National Groundwater Awareness Week is next week, and in the spirit of promoting groundwater knowledge, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is excited to announce that its innovative groundwater mapping project is complete and will provide critical information about our underground water supply. The Statewide Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey Proj  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 2nd (F2c) Class Lawrence J. Overley, 21, of Los Angeles, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 16, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Overley was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japane  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 7 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes has joined Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and a coalition of 25 other state attorneys general on a letter to Meta demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content. "New information has emerged about Instagram's blatant disregard for child safety, even after Meta has claimed to have implemented safeguards to stop child sex abuse material or CSAM on its  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 7 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram account takeovers by scammers and frauds. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the rightful owner.  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The White House issued the following news release: First Lady Jill Biden will welcome guests to join her in the viewing box for President Biden's State of the Union Address on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Each of these individuals were invited by the White House because they personify issues or themes to be addressed by the President in his speech, or they embody the Biden-Harris Administration's policies at work for the American people. The Second Gentleman, Mr. Douglas Emho  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 5, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Protects Stability and Sustainability of Colorado River Basin, Advances Water Conservation Across the West - President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Will Save 3-Million-Acre-Feet of Water by 2026, Enhancing Drought Resilience and Strengthening Water Security The Biden-Harris Administration is leading a comprehensive effort to make Western communities more   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The White House issued the following readout of a roundtable on March 5, 2024, on lowering healthcare costs and bringing transparency to prescription drug middlemen: * * * President Biden believes that every American deserves access to affordable, high-quality health care. It's unacceptable that Americans pay two to three times more than people in other countries for the same prescription drugs. That's why the Biden-Harris Administration has made it a priority to bring   more