WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Florida under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Florida are working together to offer over $8 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resil  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A former doctor and her wife pleaded guilty today to crimes involving the medical practice they ran in north Alabama for many years. United States Attorney Prim Escalona, FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton Peeples, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer, and Special Agent in Charge Tamela Miles of the Department of Health and H  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 10, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Among large metropolitan areas that are divided into metropolitan divisions, growth in nonfarm payroll employment over the year ended April 2024 ranged from 0.1 percent in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan; and San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California, metropolitan areas t  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: Today, hip-hop artist and music producer Rodney McClain, a/k/a "Money Rod," a/k/a "$Rod," 35, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in relation to his COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. As part of the plea, McClain, of Fulton County, Georgia, admitted in 2020, he caused a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application to be submitted for his company, Dreams C  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: Yesterday, a federal judge in Miami, sentenced Tania Cesar, a local physical therapist assistant (PTA), to 39 months in prison and three years of supervised release after a jury found her guilty of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, and five counts of healthcare fraud. According to evidence presented during a weeklong trial last February, o  more

TAMPA, Florida, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Alexander Alli (39, Riverview) to 13 months in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent receipt of COVID-19 relief funds. The Court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $82,400, the proceeds of the fraud. Alli was found guilty by a jury on March 13, 2024.  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 10 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - In the past 24 hours, partner forces successfully destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthis into the Gulf of Aden. There were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels. 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 fre  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District invites Project Delivery Team members, stakeholders, partners, and members of the public to attend a virtual Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.. As part of the ongo  more