MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Eric Meiers, director of the Department of Nuclear Studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology, is the Headquarters Air Force-level winner of the 2023 Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Award, Civilian Category III of the Year. This annual award, administered by Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integratio  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 12 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes and 42 other state attorneys general reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. "Today's settlement is a significant victory for Arizonans and consumers nationwide," said Attorney General Mayes. "For decades, Johnson & Joh  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Randel Gordon's arrival at Arnold Air Force Base evoked a feeling he experienced only one other time in his nearly 30-year Air Force career. The first time Gordon experienced the sentiment was in 2011 after he and his wife deboarded a plane in Honolulu, Hawaii, prior to the start of his Air Force assig  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past two months, up 5.2 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Honolulu area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent for the two months endin  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.9 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past two months, up 4.0 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Riverside area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent for the two months end  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, San Diego Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past two months, up 3.2 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the San Diego area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5 percent for the two months end  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.3 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 13 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research For excellence in research areas such as rocket engines and autonomous vehicles, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISE  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 12 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting petition for modification (Case No. 24-05-040) on June 11, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Approval of 2024-2031 Energy Efficiency Business Plan and 2024-2027 Portfolio Plan (U39M). And Related Matters. DECISION GRANTING SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY'S PETITION FOR MODIFIC  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 12 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (Case No. 24-05-022) on June 10, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Modify General Order 66-D. ORDER INSTITUTING RULEMAKING TO MODIFY GENERAL ORDER 66-D Summary This rulemaking is opened to examine and modify General Order (GO) 66-D, specifically as it relates to the California Public Utilities Commission's pr  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Leonard Darnell George was convicted by a federal jury late Monday, June 10, of accepting bribes to allow vehicles containing methamphetamine and other illicit drugs to pass through the border into the U.S. George was also convicted of allowing vehicles with unauthorized individuals to pas  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Multiple nonprofit organizations--including two private country clubs and two homeowners associations--have paid $5,809,021.60 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims and obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans for which they were not eligible. Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced six projects selected to receive approximately $9.3 million in federal funding to develop cutting-edge technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization,  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Today, in San Diego, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, and the California Water Resources Control Board announced a $37 million investment in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to support the South Mission Storm Drain and Green Infrastructure project. This investment will strengthen  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 13 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Planning and preparations are being finalized for the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), a multinational exercise involving 29 nations and more than 25,000 personnel, set to run June 27 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2024 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, who will serve as the Combined Task Force commander. Vice Adm. John Wa  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on June 11, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, Report and Order" (WC Docket No. 23-234): * * * Our schools possess massive amounts of data about students, including their social security numbers, health records, disciplinary records, and other personally identifiable information. Accordingly, schools are target rich environment  more

JEFFERSON, Wisconsin, June 13 -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. issued the following news on June 12, 2024: Gov. Tony Evers today joined Kikkoman Chairman and honorary CEO Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, representatives from the Kikkoman Corporation, and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, as well as local elected leaders and stakeholders, for a groundbreaking ceremony for Kikkoman Foods Inc.'s (KFI) new state-of-the-art manufacturing and production fa  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged That Square Barrels Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Gay Employees * * * Aged Artisans LLC and Surfeit Group LLC, doing business as Square Barrels, a former Honolulu-based restaurant, and their outsourced human resources company, ALTRES, Inc., doing business as SimplicityHR, have agreed to pay $115,000 and provide other relief to resol  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A California man who used the mail to send dangerous drugs to Iowa was sentenced June 11, 2024, to more than seven years in federal prison. Tyler Vuong Le, age 28, from Anaheim California, received the prison term after a January 3, 2024, guilty plea to distribution of a controlled substance. In a plea agreement, Le admitted he mailed packages on multiple occasio  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 12 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G063462) on June 11, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three In re ANDREW M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. S.M. et al., Defendants and Respondents; ANDREW M., a Minor, etc., Appellant. OPINION Appeal from an order of the   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 12 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. 30-2022-01298571) on June 10, 2024: * * * THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ADAM T. FOSTER, Defendant and Appellant. OPINION Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Kevin Haskins, Judge. Affirmed. Law Offices of Paul Taylor Smith and Paul Taylor Smith, under appointment by the Appellate Division of the Orange County Superior Court, for Defendant and Appellant  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A California man was sentenced today to two years in prison for submitting more than $1 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for prescription drugs that were never dispensed to beneficiaries. According to court documents, Paul Mansour, 56, of Sierra Madre, was a pharmacist who co-owned Mansour Partners Inc., doing business as Best Buy Drugs (Best Buy). From January 2017 to Ju  more

SAN JACINTO, California, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska company employed agricultural workers in construction illegally * * * A federal judge has reaffirmed the U.S. Department of Labor's finding that a Nebraska construction company operating in Southern California blatantly and willfully discriminated against U.S. workers by bringing Mexican workers to the U.S. under false pretenses, shortchanging their wages   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the selection of Lanie Paquin as deputy regional director for technical services for the California-Great Basin Region. Paquin previously served as area manager for the Snake River Area Office, where she oversaw the management, development and protection of water and related resources for Reclamation projects across  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 12 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: As part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general, Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a letter sent by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy (R-NY) and co-sponsored  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Ray McPadden to serve as the superintendent of Mojave National Preserve in Kelso, Calif., starting July 28, 2024. McPadden most recently served as the superintendent of Kobuk Valley National Park, Noatak National Preserve, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument, which span 9 million acres of Alaska's B  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The White House issued the following news release: The President is announcing his intent to nominate three individuals to federal district courts--all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President's promise to ensure that the nation's courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country--both in terms of personal and professional backgr  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson today led a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general in a letter by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy (R-NY) and  more

MENLO PARK, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers have released 10 terabytes of data from the OpenUniverse project, which has created a detailed simulation of the universe astrophysicists can use to help calibrate expectations from two major new telescopes. Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using supercomputers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne Na  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men, one from New York and one from California, were convicted on June 11, 2024, of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. A third man from New York was convicted of misdemeanor charges. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened t  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is distributing more than $14 million in Clean Vessel Act grants to improve water quality and increase opportunities for fishing, shellfish harvests and safe swimming in the nation's waterways. By helping recreational boaters properly dispose of sewage, this year's grants will improve conditions for local communities, wildlife and recr  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a news call via teleconference on June 11, 2024, announcing an action on medical debt: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you and greetings to everyone. Thank you for joining us to address an issue that is critical to the financial health and well-being of millions of Americans and that issue being medical debt. Today, more than 100 million Americans struggle with medical debt. Usually, medical debt is the resul  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 13 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on June 12, 2024, in a moderated conversation at Johnson C. Smith University with Michael Ealy and Bakari Sellers on the nationwide economic opportunity tour: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good afternoon! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Indeed. (Laughs.) Can we please applaud Desmond as he walks off the stage? (Applause.) I have to say, Desmond, you are just -- you are just an  more