ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "Florida Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Florida had 518,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 522,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Florida   more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: By Michelle Gigante Two dead bodies in separate death investigations with a storm threatening to erase vital evidence. These were the scenes encountered by crime scene investigators at the debut of the Battle of the Badges competition. Inspired by the competitive spirit of investigators and drawing parallels from the popular TV show, "Crime Scene Kitchen," the Air Force Office of Special Inves  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: An indictment was unsealed in the Southern District of Florida today charging a Bahamian national for his alleged role in a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in multiple migrant deaths. As a result of extensive coordination and cooperation between U.S. and Bahamian authorities, Vandrick Nelson Smith, also known as Muggy and Vans, 33,  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An indictment was unsealed in the Southern District of Florida today charging a Bahamian national for his alleged role in a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in multiple migrant deaths. As a result of extensive coordination and cooperation between U.S. and Bahamian authorities, Vandrick Nelson Smith, also known as Muggy and Vans, 33, was arrested on March 6 in The Bahamas pursuant to a request by t  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal court in Montana entered a $9.9 million penalty on Tuesday against a man found responsible for causing thousands of unlawful and malicious "spoofed" robocalls to consumers across the nation. The court also imposed an injunction prohibiting any future violations of the Truth in Caller ID Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case arose out of an investigation conducted by the Federal Com  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits and genetic tests that were ineligible for reimbursement and procured by paying illegal kickbacks and bribes. According to court documents, Robert M. Clark, 29, of Pompano Beach, was the figurehead owner of Clear Choice Diagnostics Inc. (Clear Choice). Clark and his co-conspir  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ordered a man to remove a shipping container and floating docks on which it rested from Lake Worth Lagoon near Palm Beach, Florida. A 2021 complaint (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-florida-man-flagrant-violations-rivers-and-harbors-act) alleged that Fane Lozman violated the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA) by placing the ship  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: By Maj. Jessica Gross & 1st Lt. Cassandra Saphore Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs Air Force Special Operations Command, in collaboration with the United States Space Force Special Operations Element (USSFSOE), unveiled the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron full suite of capabilities for the first time during its annual Emerald Warrior exercise, underscoring the u  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Peterson Fils-Aime (37, Orange Park) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing over 5 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Fils-Aime entered a guilty plea on December 12, 2023. According to court records, Fils-Aime was the subject of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investiga  more

PARKLAND, Florida, March 23 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on gun safety measures during her visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: So, let me start by thanking the families for your courage and your bravery and the leadership that you have so selflessly given and demonstrated, born out of inconceivable loss and pain and suffering. Thank you for the generosity of your time today to spend time with me and my the- -- my team and -  more