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

NEW YORK, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - May 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over two months and 4.0 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Boston area increased 0.6 percent over the two months ending in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  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

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Col. Taona Enriquez will relinquish command of the 66th Air Base Group July 10 at 9 a.m. in the Aero Club hangar, marking the end of her tenure as installation commander and a career in the Air Force. Following the change of command ceremony, a retirement ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachuse  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs, and David Granchelli, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Communications Office The Department of the Air Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed a 50-year lease agreement and contract modification to transition more than 64 acres and 22 buildings from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to MIT Lincoln Laboratory to enable modernizat  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

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: Pennsylvania Director of Outdoor Recreation Nathan Reigner today announced that the Commonwealth's Office of Outdoor Recreation was recently welcomed into Confluence of States, a national coalition of states working to grow the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation economy and drive collective goals and strategies forward. As he promised in his first budget prop  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

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

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 10, 2024, Keniel Santiago, 21, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 60 months' imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Santiago previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroi  more