MOBILE, Alabama, June 14 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charges That the Companies Discriminated Against Employees Because of Their Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity * * * Harmony Hospitality LLC, which operates a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Dothan, Alabama, and LAS Hardwoods, a hardwood flooring company in the Chicago area, violated federal civil rights law when they each discriminated again  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 14 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Susan Cole as a district associate judge in Judicial District 8A. Cole, of Moravia, Iowa, serves as the Appanoose County Attorney. She received her undergraduate degree and law degree from Drake University. Cole fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Kirk A. Daily. Judicial District 8A includes Appanoose, Davi  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute pled guilty on June 12, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City. Jose L. Velez, Sr., age 39, from Omaha, Nebraska, was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, Velez admitted on or about February 23, 2024, he knowingly  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Dominique Burow, 37, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty June 12, 2024, in federal court, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, evidence showed that from January 2022 through February 2023, Burow and others distributed at least 5 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Sioux City area. Evidence showed that twice in 2022, Burow distributed or  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 14 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 42 other attorneys general secured a $700 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over allegations related to marketing of the company's baby powder and body powder products containing talc. Ohio will receive $27.7 million as part of the settlement. "Transparency is non-negotiable when it comes to consumer safety," Yost said. "Selling harmful products without disc  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced two civil settlements, nearing a total of $2 million, which are the latest actions in the national investigation into the improper billing involving the RST Sanexas neoGEN-Series device ("Sanexas"). The settlements announced today involve chiropractic clinics that principally used Sanexas  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: To expand international education opportunities for American students, the U.S. Department of State announced today that 37 grants totaling nearly $1.3 million were awarded to U.S. colleges and universities through the 2024 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program grant competition. IDEAS grants enable higher education institutions to create and expand study abroad programs that  more