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

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

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- 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 (Service) Office of Conservation Investment has determined that the proposed project entitled, Federal Land Disposal and Replacement of Hydro #2 Game Production Area, in Lawrence County, South Dakota, will not have a significant impact on the human environment and will not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement pu  more