LOS ANGELES, California, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) releases firearms trafficking report, illustrating what types of firearms are being trafficked and who is moving the guns. The third volume of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA), a four-part, examination of commerce in fire  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * Temporary Staffing Company Resolves Federal Charges It Discriminated Against Workers Based on Race, National Origin, Sex and Disability * * * Nationwide staffing agency BaronHR, LLC will pay $2.2 million and enter a consent decree requiring extensive injunctive relief to settle a hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportuni  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Six San Francisco residents have been sentenced to prison for terms ranging from 11 to 32 years for their participation in the criminal activities of the 19th Street/16th Street Surenos enterprise and their respective roles in seven cold-case murders that took place between 2006 and 2013, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ram  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 10 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded California small businesses of the May 9, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in Inyo, Mariposa, San Benito, Sonom  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians in Glenn County, Calif., that requires the Tribe to take immediate action to address issues with its drinking water system and comply with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The Tribe own  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations apprehended a Colombian noncitizen April 2 who was convicted of sex crimes against a California minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old noncitizen sex offender in Revere. "This child sex offender's presence in Massachusetts constitutes a significant threat to the children of our communi  more

SANTA CLARA, California, April 10 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, joined by Santa Clara County Fire Department Fire Chief Suwanna Kerdkaew, Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee, public safety officials, public interest groups, disability rights advocates, and technology experts, highlighted the importance of restoring Net Neutrality during a roundtable discussion Monday to preview the agency's upc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Philips RS North America LLC ("Philips Respironics"), Respironics California LLC, and Philips Holding USA Inc., and Roy Jakobs, CEO of Royal Philips, along with several other individual defendants named in the decre  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A federal grand jury today returned a four-count indictment against a father, his sister, and his son for an alleged kidnapping scheme in which the father pretended to act as an intermediary between the victim hostage's family and the hostage takers while his son and sister crossed the border into the United States to collect the ransom mone  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A California woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. Defendant assisted husband in laundering drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number,  more