HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Jennifer Gonzalez On May 3, Lt. Col. Caitlin Reilly took command of the 319th Special Operations Squadron colloquially known as Slayers; simultaneously the squadron transitioned from the 1st Special Operations Group to the 492nd Special Operations Wing as part of a previously announced force restructure by Air Force Special Operations Command to ensure it is postured to rapidly deploy   more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Jennifer Gonzalez On May 3, Lt. Col. Caitlin Reilly took command of the 319th Special Operations Squadron colloquially known as Slayers; simultaneously the squadron transitioned from the 1st Special Operations Group to the 492nd Special Operations Wing as part of a previously announced force restructure by Air Force Special Operations Command to ensure it is postured to rapidly deploy   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 7, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Florida - Third Quarter 2023": * * * From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 564,943, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Florida were 505,174, the U.S. Bure  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 7, 2024: By Matthew Olay, DOD News Senior leadership from U.S. Special Operations Command today emphasized the significant role that partnership plays in accomplishing the mission of special operations forces during keynote remarks at the start of Special Operations Forces Week 2024 in Tampa, Florida. While delivering a joint speech to roughly 3,000 convention attendees, Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton and Army Co  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digitex Futures Exchange (Digitex Futures) pleaded guilty today in federal court to willfully causing Digitex Futures to violate the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to establish and implement an anti-money-laundering program. From 2018 through April 2022, Adam Colin Todd, 50, illegally operated Digitex Futu  more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: Michael Anthony Sheppard, 45, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, oxycodone, and marijuana. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the N  more

ORLANDO, Florida, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Avinash Singh (42, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering. Singh faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count and up to 10 years in federal prison for each money laundering count. Singh has also agreed to an order of forfeitu  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 6 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - At approximately 10:47 a.m. (Sanaa time) on May 6, 2024, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists over the Red Sea. It was determined the UAS presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions are taken to protect   more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 7 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on May 7, 2024, at 1:15 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict. The combined joint operation included Jordanian provided food and three U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft. U.S. C-130's dropped more  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay more than $97 million in restitution and to forfeit more than $30 million and the proceeds from the sale of a yacht for conspiring to commit health care fraud and conspiring to p  more