TRAVIS AFB, California, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Scott Warner, 621st Continency Response Wing Public Affairs Dressed in military-issued operational camouflage pattern clothing, a thick interceptor body armor vest with multiple ballistic plates inside, a radio, an advanced combat helmet and a M-4 carbine to protect and defend USAF interests. This is the ideal uniform of a deployed USAF Airman. Temperatures reached as high as 10  more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington, July 11 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Lt. Col. Jennifer J. Bocanegra, I Corps Public Affairs The First Corps has added a Command Chief Warrant Officer (CCWO) to its command team, enhancing Warrant Officer mentorship, recruitment, education, and staffing throughout the Corps and its subordinate units. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas F. Oroho, a seasoned officer with an extensive background in aviation maintenance and leadersh  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Allied Electric LLC,* Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4028); D&D Construction Inc.,* Waipahu, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4029); EPC Service, Inc.,* Aiea, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4030); Mija Construction Services, LLC,* Newbury Park, California (N62478-24-D-4031); Niking Corp.,* Wahiawa, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4032); Southwest Construction and Property Management,* Waianae, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4033); and Tri Coast-Pac  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 Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * 46 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across key industries and provide workers with access to the new, good-  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Ocean State Jobbers, Inc., doing business as Ocean State Job Lot, a corporation based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,   more

NEW YORK, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of three organizations in New York and New Jersey to receive a total of $300,000 in grant funding for Environmental Education projects. "Advancing environmental education advances EPA's mission because it better equips our communities with the information they need to protect public health today and in the future," s  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-207): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Georgia (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-202): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Oklahoma (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-205): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Texas (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by  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

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-2792/A-3697 (Cruz-Perez, Turner/Spearman, Park, Simmons) - Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes S-2793/A-3698 (Cruz-Perez, Turner/Rey  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Project Will Add Outdoor Charging Facility at Meadowlands Bus Garage to Accommodate up to 67 Electric Buses and Prepare Garage for up to 130 Electric Buses * * * The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that it has awarded a $99.5 million grant to NJ TRANSIT to modernize the 31-year-old Meadowlands Bus Garage in Secaucus to accommodate electric buses, consi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A federal jury in New Jersey convicted the former CEO of SCWorx Corp. (SCWorx), a publicly traded health care company, today for his role in a scheme to mislead investors about SCWorx's procurement of COVID-19 rapid test kits in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Marc Schessel, 64, of New Paltz, New York, caused SCWorx to   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

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that Rite Aid Corporation and Rite Aid subsidiaries, Elixir Insurance Company, RX Options LLC and RX Solutions LLC, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to accurately report drug rebates to the Medicare Program. As part of the settlement, Elixir Insurance and Rite Aid will pay the United States $10  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 11 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * $75,000 grant will be used to document properties and sites related to African American recreation and tourism statewide * * * The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of the Michigan Strategic Fund has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Historic Preservation Fund's African American Civil Rights History program administered by the National Park Serv  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

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A federal jury today convicted the former chief executive officer of SCWorx Corp. (SCWorx), a publicly traded health care company, on two counts of securities fraud for his participation in a scheme to mislead investors about SCWorx's procurement of COVID-19 rapid test kits in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for illegally possessing methamphetamine for distribution and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Dywann Pugh, 44, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before former-U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan  more

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul joined state and federal officials as the Gateway Development Commission signed a $6.88 billion maximum full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration. The grant supports the Hudson Tunnel Project, which will build two additional tracks and rehabilitate the existing two tracks, resulting in four modern tracks between New York and New Jersey tha  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Four separate indictments were unsealed today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn charging five defendants with crimes related to the fraudulent theft and deposit of checks issued by the United States Department of the Treasury. As alleged in the indictments, two of the defendants, both former United States Postal Service (USPS) employees, all  more

NEW YORK, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VITALY FARGESEN and IGOR PALATNIK were sentenced to 4 years and 78 months in prison, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska for participating in a fraudulent scheme to defraud investors in CanaFarma Corp. and, later, CanaFarma Hemp Prod  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

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio posted the following news release on July 10, 2024: The Justice Department announced that Rite Aid Corporation and Rite Aid subsidiaries, Elixir Insurance Company, RX Options LLC and RX Solutions LLC, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to accurately report drug rebates to the Medicare Program. As part of the settlement, Elixir Insurance and Rite   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Continuing their efforts to halt the unlicensed practice of medicine in spa-like settings, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs ("Division") announced today that the owner of a Passaic County skin-care spa has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and accept a 10-year ban on operating a skin care specialty spa in New Jersey in ord  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- The New Jersey State Board of Education issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The New Jersey State Board of Education (State Board) today selected the board's leadership for the coming school year. Kathy Goldenberg will continue to serve as board president and Nedd James Johnson, Ed.D., was named vice president. In addition to the selection of president and vice president, the State Board swore in a new member, Dr. Claudine Keenan of Galloway, Atlan  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today released recordings from a police body-worn camera and two 911 calls relating to a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on December 5, 2023 in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. The decedent has been previously identified as Shannon Rose, 39, of Manchester. The fatal police encounter is under investigation by  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on July 9, 2024: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. Really sorry for the delay. I just got out of the Oval Office with the president, who wanted me to relay a few me- -- a few new messages to you all on Hurricane Beryl. This is important to him, and he knows it's important to the people of Texas, so he wanted to make sure that, be- -- before I came o  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby: * * * Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Hello. Happy Monday. It's going to be a great week. I have -- I have very long things -- l- -- long toppers at the top. Just warning you all. No falling asleep, please. Okay. So, we've gotten more strong economic news in recent days. On Fri  more