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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ILL. A.G. RAOUL DEFENDS RULE TO STRENGTHEN PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION STANDARDS
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Four Guatemalan Nationals Charged in Large-Scale Retail Theft Schemes in Multiple States
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Four Guatemalan nationals have been charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen goods, having allegedly participated, with others, in a large-scale scheme to steal and re-sell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers in mu  more

U.S., Indian Naval War Colleges to Co-Host Regional Alumni Symposium
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, April 16 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) and Indian Naval War College will hold the Indo-American Naval War College Conference in Goa, India, April 16-18. The conference is part of NWC's regional alumni symposium (RAS) series and marks the 21st RAS since the program's inception. Participation in the Indo-American Naval War College Conference is open to select international alumni and invited guests and will feature ke  more

University System of Georgia: Notice of Data Breach
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 16 -- The University System of Georgia issued the following agency statement on April 15, 2024: * * * This website notice is intended to provide the same information included in the notification letters to individuals for whom the University System of Georgia (USG) has insufficient or out-of-date contact information. USG was involved in an incident that may affect the security of certain individuals' personal information. We want to provide affected individuals informat  more