WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 20, 2024. In December 1943, Tedone was a member of the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group during World War II. On Dec. 1, he was serving as a gunner onboard a B-24J  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Connecticut State Police Colonel Daniel Loughman today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging ANDRE O. JOHNSON, 28, of Windsor, with firearm and drug o  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 11 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news on July 10, 2024: * * * Donation will support students facing food insecurity across CSCU's 17 campuses * * * CSCU announced today that it received a $159,000 donation from Stop & Shop to support CSCU's on-campus school food pantries in providing nutritious food options and basic necessities to students in need statewide. "We hope that by increasing our donation this year even more studen  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 11 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * The CTDOT State Local Bridge Program provides 50% funding to reconstruct locally-owned bridges. * * * The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today announced more than $15.8 million in grants for 18 projects in Connecticut under the state-funded State Local Bridge Program. The State Local Bridge Program is a cost-matching grant program that pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Philippines. The Philippines is a country not eligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products entered th  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Defendant Evaded Taxes on $1.4 Million in Fishing Income Between 2011 and 2021 * * * A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today to evading taxes on income he earned as a commercial fisherman. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brian Kobus, of Durham, Connecticut, worked as a commercial fisherman and deckhand for fishing companies in Massachusetts. After each fi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The Justice Department today announced that Rite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) and 10 subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to settle the government's allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) and Controlled Substances Act (CSA) asserted in United States ex rel. White et al. v. Rite Aid Corp., et al., No. 1:21-cv-1239 (N.D. Ohio). Under the settlement, the government will be paid $7.5 mil  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 10 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Online businesses cannot be allowed to evade state consumer protection laws that help level the playing field for everyday consumers against big corporations. But the lower court in this case essentially found that because online companies do business everywhere, they can be held accountable nowhere. I was proud to stand with AG Ford and these 29 other Attorneys General in  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 11 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is the first effort of its kind. Next steps include a strategic action plan for promoting interregional transmission projects. * * * Connecticut today joined a total of 10 Northeast states in signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) (https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/wp-conten  more