SOMERSET, New Jersey, May 30 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Jennifer Cragg More than 200 veterans, active-duty service members, civilians and Gold Star families attended a patriotic "Proud to be an American Day" event hosted by the Thomas J. Kavanaugh Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 and Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School, May 23. Navy and Marine Corps Sailors participating in Fleet Week New York (FWNY) attended the event. Vice A  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of March 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, and 1st quarter oversales. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. For March 2024, 0.9% of   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CINCINNATI, OH - Championship rings have always been treasured items among sports fans and collectors alike. Unfortunately, buying these rings come at a great cost if you can get your hands on one, or in this instance 345 of them. Third party retailers often take advantage of this type of merchandise by selling counterfeit championship baseball, football, basketball,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 14 attorneys general, today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster, who was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas when protesting racial injustice. A jury found Perry guilty of murder in April 2023, but earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of seven attorneys general, filed an amicus brief supporting Ohio voters challenging a state law that makes it a crime to help others return absentee and mail-in ballots in most situations. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee or mail-in ballot, with narrow exceptions for postal workers or cer  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper today announced Deanna Moran's appointment as Chief Coastal Resilience Officer within the Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). In this position, she will lead the state's new ResilientCoasts initiative, a holistic and proactive strategy to guide state and local coastal resili  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing a brief in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose opposing an Ohio law that makes it a crime to help others return absentee ballots in most situations. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee ballot unless the person doing so is a postal worker o  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and resisting his arrest with a deadly or dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Miguel Nunez, 50, of Bronx, New York, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to a superseding information charging him wi  more

NEW YORK, May 29 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 13 attorneys general today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster, who was protesting racial injustice when he was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas. A jury found Mr. Perry guilty of murder in April 2023, but earlier this month, Texas Governor G  more

NEW YORK, May 30 (TNSres) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on May 29, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Kevin D. Kim today closed out "NYC Small Business Month" by announcing the administration's investment of $10 million to seed the city's next major small business loan fund, the "NYC Future Fund." The fund will accelerate the growth of hundreds of new small businesses in New York City by a  more

BAYONNE, New Jersey, May 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New York District issued the following news release: $50 Million Through Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to Help Rebuild Piers, Keep Berths Clear Separate $32 Million Project Advances Deepening of Gravesend Anchorage Allowing for Large Container Ships to Stop Closer to the Seaport, Shorten Journeys and Improve Productivity Port Authority and U.S. Army Corps Sign Future-Oriented Pre-Construction Engineering and Design Agreement to A  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Expand Access to Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Climate Businesses Through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. is making the largest public investment in climate action in history. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the largest-ever investment in climate action, introduced and expanded grants, loans, tax incen  more