WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on July 9, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the agency's celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: * * * Thank you, Kevonne, for that introduction, and for your leadership of the Office for Civil Rights in the Office of Justice Programs. I am honored to welcome everyone to this program marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sixty-one years ago, o  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A Birmingham-area man has been sentenced for defrauding more than a dozen victims whose homes he had promised to build, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. U.S. District Judge Annemarie Carney Axon sentenced Cecil Wayne Sanford, 58, of Birmingham, to 58 months in prison. Sanf  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: Another man has been sentenced in a series of cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud and kickback conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Mile  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The White House issued the following remarks on July 9, 2024, by Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan at the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum held at the Chamber of Commerce: * * * MR. SULLIVAN: Well, good afternoon. And thank you, everyone, for being here. And, Keith, thank you very much for the kind introduction. I also want to thank the entire team here at the Chamber of Commerce for bringing us together today, because this is a re  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, is awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ003424D0022) with a ceiling of $460,000,000. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The Strategic Capabilities Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense intends to utilize Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laborato  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Program honors 25 miners lost in disasters in Alabama in 2001, West Virginia in 2006 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced up to $1 million in funding available in Brookwood-Sago grants to support the delivery of education and training to the nation's mining community to help them identify, avoid and prevent unsafe and unhealthy workin  more

MOUNDVILLE, Alabama, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Ballard Contractors did not ensure rigging equipment had rating for 8,575-pound load * * * A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found an industrial concrete construction contractor failed to follow required safety procedures that could have prevented a 65-year-old worker from suffering fatal injuries when a shipping contain  more

AUGUSTA, Georgia, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Burke County man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sharing digital videos of child sexual abuse. Kadarion Davonte Ellison, 27, of Waynesboro, Ga., who worked as a patient care technician at an Augusta hospital, was sentenced to 126 months in prison after pleading guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography, said  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 11 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news release: Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a grant of nearly $200,000 to a non-profit organization that provides training to law enforcement on methods for combatting sex trafficking. Covenant Rescue Group is based in Jefferson County and offers its training to law enforcement agencies statewide. Its instructors are former law enforcement officers and special operations veterans. Along wi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration has weaseled its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further their radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on w  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Tyrique Barquet, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs In a role that is crucial to the mission and security at Maxwell Air Force Base, Staff Sgt. Miranda Stillion shines within the 42nd Security Forces Squadron. Stillion serves as the 42nd SFS military working dog trainer and plays a crucial role ensuring the security of the base. Role and Mission Support Her primary responsi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) today awarded $1,183,993.50 to eight recipients of Preservation Planning Grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program, helping recipients from the metropolitan edge of New York City to the grasslands of Las Animas County, Colorado, preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict. "The diverse grant opportun  more

MOUNDVILLE, Alabama, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 4 issued the following news release: A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found an industrial concrete construction contractor failed to follow required safety procedures that could have prevented a 65-year-old worker from suffering fatal injuries when a shipping container weighing more than four tons fell and struck the employee at a job site near Tuscalo  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition urged the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 11 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news on July 10, 2024: Last week, Secretary of State Wes Allen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry to cross-check the states' voter files and identify individuals registered to vote in both states. Once an individual has been identified as a potentially ineligible voter, the Secretary of State's office will begin the voter removal process in accordance with t  more