ATLANTA, Georgia, June 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 24, 2024, entitled "Florida Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Florida had 520,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 527,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Florida was 5.0 p  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 23 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - Iranian-backed Houthis struck the M/V TRANS WORLD NAVIGATOR, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned, and operated bulk cargo carrier in a suspected uncrewed aerial system (UAS) attack. Today, at 4:00 a.m. (Sanaa time), the crew reported minor injuries and moderate damage to the ship, but the vessel has continued underway. M/V TRANSWORLD NAVIGATOR most recently docked in Malaysia and wa  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: "Queen" of the Gang Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison Joly Germine, 31, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today to 420 months in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of U.S. export laws, and the laundering of ransoms paid for U.S. hostages held by the notoriously violent Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo. Eliande Tunis, 46, of  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Athletes and their family members, volunteers, and staff assembled to kick off the start of the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, which began June 21, 2024. The DOD Warrior Games are an annual series of adaptive sports events and a platform for competition, but they are also an avenue o  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By MaryTherese Griffin U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Jack Peko never thought he would need a Soldier Recovery Unit, nor did he ever think he would be competing in the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games. Peko a stroke on November 3, 2022, and is recovering at the Ft. Riley Kansas SRU, where he learned about adaptive sports. He is in Orlando on Team Army, competing in the Warrior Games. "It's so great to represent  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Joly Germine, 31, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of U.S. export laws, and the laundering of ransoms paid for U.S. hostages held by the notoriously violent Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo. Eliande Tunis, 46, of Pompano Beach, Florida, wh  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 24 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) personnel continue to support the multinational, USAID-led mission to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. DOD operations have continued uninterrupted since re-anchoring the temporary pier to the beach in Gaza on June 19. Today, operations at the pier will pause for scheduled maintenance activities. Over the  more