ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala recognized for contributions to engineering * * * Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers, Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala, have been elected as members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. They are among the 114 new members and 21 international members to be inducted as the class of 2024.  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Great Texas Airshow is just days away on April 6 and 7 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph and promises to be a thrilling show, showcasing a wide variety of aerial performers and static aircraft displays. The C-17 Globemaster and the C-5 Super Galaxy will be among the aerial performers at the event. For a list of aerial performers, static display  more

OAKLAND, California, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: A federal grand jury has charged two defendants with various crimes, including one defendant with extortion and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Francisco Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark; Federal Bureau of In  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 4 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Hank David Langley, 42, of Visalia, California and Thomas Joel Schooley, 39, of Hyrum, Utah, were sentenced to 11-and-a-half years and eight years in federal prison, respectively, for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in eastern Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Langley and Schooley were indicted by a federal gr  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: As part of the annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams, the Internal Revenue Service today renewed its warning to taxpayers concerning pricey Offer in Compromise (OIC) "mills" that aggressively mislead taxpayers into thinking their tax debts can disappear. As in past years, companies running OIC mills continue heavily advertising their promises to settle taxpay  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following order on reconsideration (MB Docket No. 23-4) on April 3, 2024: * * * In the Matter of One Ministries, Inc., For Modification of the Television Market of Station KQSL, Fort Bragg, California ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION By the Chief, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. One Ministries, Inc., (One Ministries or Petitioner), licensee of commercial television station KQSL(DT), Fort Bragg, California (Faci  more

STANFORD, California, April 4 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 3, 2024, by Chair Jerome H. Powell at the Stanford Business, Government, and society forum, Stanford Graduate School of Business: * * * Opening Remarks * * * It is a pleasure to be here today. I will begin with the economy and the road ahead for monetary policy before briefly discussing the Federal Reserve's monetary policy independence. Over the past year, inflation has come down significantly but is   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 4 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research report (No. 605) on April 3, 2024, entitled "How Do Voters Respond to Welfare vis-a-vis Public Good Programs? An Empirical Test for Clientelism." The report was written by senior research economist Anusha Nath, Pranab Bardhan from the University of California, Sandip Mitra from the Indian Statistical Institute and Dilip Mookherjee from Boston University. Here are excerpts:  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 4 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. B329219) on April 3, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Six JASMIN VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SANISURE, INC., Defendant and Appellant. An employer and employee can agree to arbitrate claims related to their employment relationship. But termination of that relationship can revoke the arbitration agreement. And when t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 4 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. B320603) on April 3, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight MONIQUE HOWARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ACCOR MANAGEMENT US, INC., Defendant and Respondent. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Jill Feeney, Judge. Affirmed. Nguyen Theam Lawyers, Minh T. Nguyen; Guenard & Bozarth, Glenn Guenard  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with Securitas Security Services USA Inc. (Securitas), a protective services company with locations throughout the United States. The agreement resolves the department's determination that certain Securitas locations violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against non-U.S. citizens  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 5:20-cv-03788; N.D. Cal. filed June 9, 2020) involving Jason Nielsen: * * * On March 28, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment against Jason C. Nielsen. According to the SEC's complaint, beginning around March 2, 2020, Nielsen attempted to drive the stock price of Arrayit Corporation securities higher using online posts encouraging investors to purchase s  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Raspberry Simpson, a Lawrence Fellow in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate, has been named a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Kavli Fellow. As a new Kavli fellow, Simpson participated recently in the annual NAS Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium in Irvine, California. NAS   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Compton, California man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. According to court documents, Booker Washington, 52, was identified as being a member of a drug-trafficking organization in California that was sending packages of narcotics to Mississippi dating back to 2019. The investigation yielded 5,76  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: An Essex County man was convicted today for ordering and committing three murders and for his role in a large-scale narcotics enterprise, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Michael Healy, 43, of Montclair, New Jersey, was convicted by a federal jury of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiring to murder a feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57049) involving University of California San Francisco Medical Center: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: University of California San Francisco Medical Center Region: 4 City: San Francisco State: CA License #: 1725-38 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Gregg Cohn HQ OPS Officer: Tenisha Meadows Notification Date: 03/25/2024 Notification Time: 15:48 [ET] Event Da  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Secretary Yellen: I think as everyone knows President Biden talked to President Xi yesterday and my trip to meet with my counterpart should be seen as a continuation of a dialogue that we've been engaged in and deepening ever since President Xi and President Biden met in Bali. President Biden charged me with attempting to stabilize our economic relationship, to deepen our communication, and we've been   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration, will display the Quapaw Treaty of 1818 in "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations." The treaty will be installed today, Wednesday, April 3, and will be on view until October 2024. To commemorate the   more

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announces continued public negotiation sessions with the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority for an Operations Agreement and Cost Share Agreement for the B.F. Sisk Dam and Reservoir Expansion Project, which is located on the west side of California's Central Valley near Los Banos. Reclamation and SLDMWA are partnering on   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 4 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of wildfires that occurred Aug. 18 - 25, 2023, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Priva  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 4 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of wildfires that occurred Aug. 18 - 25, 2023, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private nonprofits that provide essen  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks by Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the division of enforcement, at the "SEC Speaks" Conference 2024: * * * As is customary, my remarks this morning are in my official capacity as Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the staff. I want to start by thanking PLI for organ  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- 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 U.S. Army Capt. Erik F. Yde, 32, of San Francisco, California, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 22, 2023. In June 1950, Yde was a member of Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. Yde was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) after his u  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: James Hines, 47, one of eighteen members and associates of the Clarksville chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club who were federally prosecuted for RICO conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering, and other crimes, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison today, announced Henry C. Leventis,   more