WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 21 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Katie Scott The Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management has established a new center dedicated to hypersonic research. The Applied Research Center for Hypersonics (ARCH) aims to deliver cutting-edge interdisciplinary solutions to defense-related challenges in hypersonics through applied research, workforce development, and education. ARCH is now one   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 21 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Katie Scott The Air Force Institute of Technology's Civil Engineer School recently revamped its Advanced Control Systems Cybersecurity course, expanding the curriculum to include new exercises targeting wireless access points, fire alarms, traffic lights and other enhanced material supporting base critical infrastructure protection. Before attending the course, students typically have a basi  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice (No. 2024-46) in Internal Revenue Bulletin (No. 2024-26, dated June 24, 2024): * * * SECTION 1. OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE This notice announces that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Commissioner) has determined that the February 3, 2023, derailment of a freight train operated by a common carrier in East Palestine, Ohio (Derailment), is a qualified disaster for purposes of Sec. 139  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that Joseph Pedaline and YLP LLC, who owned and managed residential rental properties in Youngstown, Ohio, have agreed to pay $199,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act. The department's lawsuit alleged that Joseph Pedaline sexually harassed female tenants from at least 2009 to at least 2020, and that YLP LLC was lia  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - It has been one month since President Joe Biden signed a major disaster declaration for severe weather that struck Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Marshall, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Wayne, and Wetzel counties April 2-6. Since then, FEMA has provided survivors with more than $2.98 million in federal disaster assistance to help them   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Zion Dillahunt, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education guided 28 students to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on June 13, aiming to educate students about the 128 mission partners at WPAFB and highlight potential career opportunities once they complete their academic journeys. SOCHE is an alliance of academic organizations providing  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 22 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged Trucking Companies Discriminated and Retaliated Against a Worker Because of Race and Religion * * * Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit filed by the Equal Em  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Daniel Peterson, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Sixteen Airmen walked across the stage to accept their diplomas from the Community College of the Air Force at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Auditorium, June 13. A total of 52 Wright-Patt Airmen earned an associate degree in their respective career field degree programs for the spring 2024 semester. Lt. Col  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jack Gardner, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The Air Force announced its newest technical sergeant selects -- and the list includes 75 names from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Unit leaders and the base community gathered June 14 to celebrate the group at a release party at the 445th Airlift Wing on base. Col. Dustin Richards, 88th Air Base Wing and insta  more