WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Project under Justice40 initiative providing benefits to disadvantaged communities. A historic, flood-prone North Carolina community will become more resilient as a result of FEMA approving an $11.2 million grant. Princeville, located below the Tar River, has experienced repetitive flooding since it was incorporated by freed slaves in 1885. During Hurricane   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 26 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: Col. Beth Roxworthy learned lessons throughout her life and military career. From her parents, she learned her core morals and to treat other people with dignity and respect. During her 13 years as an enlisted Soldier, she learned the values of friendship, camaraderie, and working as a team. With each level of command, she learned new lessons on leadership, accountability, empathy, and compassion. And fro  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 25, 2024: Yesterday, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a Boise man with white supremacist ties pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge stemming from his participation in a group that had discussed targeting the power grid in Idaho and had conducted live-fire training near Boise. Jordan Duncan, 29, of Boise, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the manufacturing of a fir  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, convicted a Florida man today for his lead role in an international conspiracy to break into U.S. citizens' homes, violently kidnap and assault them, and steal their Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Remy St Felix, 24, of West Palm Beach, was a leader of a robbery crew that targeted cryptocurrency ow  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Kenter O'Neal Ruff, 45, of Gastonia, N.C., was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for drug distribution, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert M. DeWitt, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Divis  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: A member of the Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Amir Warden, aka "Stamps," aka "Killa," 31, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D.  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Two New York Army Guard medics are now officers and physician assistants after completing an intensive 29-month program run by the U.S Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. First Lts. Adrian Smith and John Gamalski also earned master's degrees through the Interservice Physician Assistants Program, or IPA  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BARFOOT, Virg. - Fort Barfoot - The 94th Training Division, under the 80th Training Command provided oversight and execution of the Petroleum Operations Sustainment Training (POST) program during the Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise (QLLEX) from June 1 - 4, 2024. The 751st Quarter Master Company worked alongside their British counterparts from the 7th Royal Logistics C  more