WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update on June 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision for the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled "Giant African Snail Cooperative Eradication Program in Florida." The EA analyzes the potential environmental effects of a coopera  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on June 26, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News The White House yesterday recognized several Defense Department initiatives for advancing President Biden's goals for building sustainability and climate resilience across the federal government. The White House Council on Environmental Quality awarded the Presidential Federal Sustainability Award to Edwards Air Force Base in California and Tyndall Air Force Base in Flor  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: Darnell Devaughn Burnett, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to serve 150 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 100 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing heroin, a quantity o  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: Three Treasure Coast residents recently pled guilty in federal court for their respective involvement in a string of robberies of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers for their Postal keys. On June 12, Jamal Travon Brown Weathers, 23, of Fort Pierce, Fla., pled guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, armed Postal/U.S. property robbery, and bra  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 27 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By MaryTherese Griffin U.S. Army Spc. Janmiguel Torres-Cruz is having the time of his life at the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports. "I couldn't sleep the last two days," said Torres-Cruz. "There are so many amazing Soldiers and veterans. To compete and be here - It's a selective team, and I'm proud to be part of it!" Torres-Cruz was selected to be on Team Army after th  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer's visit to Federal Correctional Institution Coleman on June 25, 2024: * * * On June 25, Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer and members of her team visited Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Coleman, the largest Federal Complex in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) located in Sumterville, Florida. The Pardon Attorney and her team provided a series of educational sessions about   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday. The GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) will benefit the nation by providing continuous coverage of weather and hazardous environmental conditions across much of the Western Hemisphere. The satellite launched on a SpaceX Falco  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57177) involving Saint Lucie Nuclear Plant, Florida: * * * Facility: Saint Lucie Region: 2 State: FL Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [1] CE,[2] CE NRC Notified By: Reese Kilian HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 06/18/2024 Notification Time: 06:52 [ET] Event Date: 06/18/2024 Event Time: 03:17 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/24/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sectio  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A Florida man and member of the Proud Boys organization was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau today announced a settlement to resolve its investigation into whether Verizon Wireless violated FCC rules by failing to deliver 911 calls during an outage in December 2022, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As Congress and the Commission have found, robust and reliable 911 service i  more