KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Keesler Air Force Base (81st Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs The majority of Airmen attend technical school at the 81st Training Group's home base here at Keesler, but the courses of certain occupations take place in various locations around the country. Airmen in Administration, under the 335th Training Squadron, obtain essential skills in Postal Operations at  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: GULFPORT, Miss. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans officers initiated an investigation that led to the indictment of a convicted child sexual abuser. On April 23, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging former Mexican citizen Felix Aguilar-Matias with naturalization an  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Monroe Division), challenging the Biden administration's final Title IX regulations. Published today, the regulations unlawfully rewrite Title IX to undermine it  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 30 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on April 29, 2024: Today, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading the charge against the Biden administration's illegal expansion of Title IX rules, which would apply burdensome requirements on nearly every school, college, and university in Louisiana and across the nation. This would deprive women and girls of the equal educational opportunities they struggled for decades to secure, a  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Jackson County man was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 70 grams of methamphetamine. James Richard Morgan, 42, of Jackson County, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on September 11, 2018, Morgan and co-defendant Karlos Brown sold 70 grams of 42% pure metham  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: A New Orleans, Louisiana woman pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one ounce of fentanyl. According to court documents, Angelle McLaughlin, 30, was caught in the parking garage of a Mississippi casino engaging in a drug transaction. McLaughlin traveled with two other individuals from Louisiana to the  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justin Campfield, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Transporting personnel and materiel onshore is one of the most daunting missions military planners can face. Add ice, mud, and extreme temperature swings that are hallmarks of the Arctic, and you can begin to understand the challenges being tackled by a team of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Developm  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general in urging UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (United), the nation's largest health insurer, to better protect patients, providers, and pharmacies harmed by the recent cyberattack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare. Following the cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February 2024 that disrupted health car  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- NASA issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director since January. "John will build on his nearly 35 years of federal service to lead our talented workforce at Stennis," said Nelson. "So much of NASA runs through Stennis. It is where we hone new and exciting c  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Cherokee County was the recent recipient of a Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant that will provide significant funding to plan and design approximately 26 miles of trail associated with the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVVI) corridor and Carolina Thread Trail (CTT). The Federal Lands Access Program was created to improve state and local  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Kaley Skaggs, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center In today's world, soft targets and crowded spaces are major concerns of safety for law enforcement and federal agencies. As terrorists and extremist groups turn to less sophisticated methods to inflict harm, the use of vehicles in these types of attacks has shown the potential for catastrophic damages to   more

BJERKVIK, Norway, April 30 -- The Army's 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the lead organization for all sustainment activities in Europe, issued the following news: By Maj. Vonnie Wright, 21st Theater Sustainment Command In a display of international collaboration the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, Norwegian Armed Forces and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division joined forces to construct and maneuver across a medium girder bridge April 26-28 here testing joint mob  more