ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs If one were to throw a dart at a map of the world, there is a good chance it would land in close proximity to an Air Force assignment held by Col. Grant Mizell. Mizell's tours throughout his career have included stints in Texas, Arkansas, California, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Washington, D.C. Add Tennessee to the list.   more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, June 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: A Kinston man was sentenced today to 240 months imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography following a multi-agency investigation showing that the man had possessed and/or distributed at least 132 images and 43 videos of child pornography often involving children under the age of 12.   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Stephen J. Baker, DLA Aviation Public Affairs, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden team welcomed their new commander during a change of command ceremony June 13 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Air Force Brig. Gen. Sean Tyler, DLA Aviation commander, officiated a one-hour ceremony at The Landing base club where roughly 200 attendees  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

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in what was the largest amphibious invasio  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