PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 8 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Naval Aviation School for Additive Manufacturing (NASAM) marked its official commencement as a naval aviation training facility at an open house in Danville, Virginia, March 5. Established by the Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR) in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR), NASAM is a collaborative learning environment where military maintainers and art  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present, 30-year-old convicted sex offender Feb. 12 in Barnstable. Deportation officers apprehended the Jamaican noncitizen, who was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14 in November 2023, during a nationwide law en  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent increase in Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and b  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has 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. When bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the rightful owner, it is an account   more

HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina, March 8 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Forest Service issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: The N.C. Forest Service is planning to conduct a prescribed burn in Holmes Educational State Forest (ESF) located in Hendersonville. The burn will be conducted as weather and conditions permit during the week of March 11. Prescribed fire is the carefully planned use of fire under strict, predetermined weathe  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 8 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited Hertford County Early College High School as part of "The Year of Public Schools" education tour. The Governor was joined by teachers, students, local and state education leaders and local elected officials as he highlighted the outstanding work being done at Hertford County Early College High School and Hertford County Public Schools and   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 8 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Steel Warehouse Company, a leading steel service center, will create 58 new jobs in Catawba County, Governor Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $30.5 million to locate a state-of-the-art facility in the City of Hickory. "North Carolina's reputation as the best state for business continues to attract industry leaders to operate in our state," said Gov  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement 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. Curtis Logan Tate, 32, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, pleaded guilty in the Distr  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 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 fraudsters. 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. Attorney  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, March 8 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: * * * Resolves Federal Charges That Store Unlawfully Revoked Employee's Use of Store's Electric Cart and Kept Him on Unpaid Leave for Three Years * * * Walmart will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC c  more