MADISON, Wisconsin, July 19 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced a new addition to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Canine team with Accelerant Detection Canine (ADC) Bo. Bo joins ADC Tutty as the second ADC in the State of Wisconsin. Bo assists Special Agents and other fire investigators across the State of Wisconsin that require the detection of a  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * New projects will strengthen resilience for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including tribes and underserved communities. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is recommending nearly $220 million in funding, and an additional $66 million in future year funding, to support 32 transforma  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000 and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guaran  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 19 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: Do you have TRICARE For Life? If so, you may know that Medicare and TRICARE For Life work together to minimize your out-of-pocket expenses. After Medicare processes your claim, it forwards the claim to TRICARE For Life for processing. This eliminates the need for you to file a claim. But if you also have other health insurance, also known as "OHI," you may have to submit a claim in order to receive reimbursement  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations D.C. removed a 42-year-old Mexican fugitive wanted by authorities in his home country for rape. Deportation officers removed Alejandro Piedras-Padilla from the United States to Mexico July 17. "Alejandro Piedras-Padilla attempted to flee justice in Mexico by hiding out in Virginia," said ERO D.C. Field Office Director Liana   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on July 18, 2024: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today released the following statement after signing HB 6004 and SB 6012, legislation to repeal eligibility changes made to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program (VMSDEP) and other tuition waiver programs. "We stand resolute with our veterans, first responders, and their families. Today, with my signature, we took the necess  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 19 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Karthik Suresh earns the 2023 JSA Thesis Prize for his analysis of the neutral b1 meson at GlueX * * * A doctoral dissertation on meson decay in the ongoing GlueX Collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has just earned the prestigious 2023 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Thesis Prize. Award-win  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in the LockBit ransomware group--at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world--and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide. "Today's convictions reflect the latest returns on the Department's investment in disrupting ransomware threats, prioritizing victims, and holding  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court to participating in the LockBit ransomware group - at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world - and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide. According to court documents: Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, a Russian national of Chechen R  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 19 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * Board Action Bulletin Maintains 18-percent Loan Interest Rate Ceiling for Federal Credit Unions * * * The National Credit Union Administration Board held its fifth open meeting of 2024 and approved a proposed rule on incentive-based compensation and a revised proposed rule on succession planning. The NCUA Board also approved maintaining the current interest rat  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 19 -- The National Credit Union Administration posted the following joint news release on July 18, 2024, with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve System: Five federal regulatory agencies today issued final guidance addressing reconsiderations of value (ROVs) for residential real estate transactions. The guidance advises on policies and procedures  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 19 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Project marks future phase of oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay * * * The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that it has recommended awarding $10 million to fund new reef construction for a Maryland Department of Natural Resources oyster sanctuary in the Chesapeake Bay. The four-year grant will provide infrastructure funding for building reef bases   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA is recommending nearly $220 million in funding for 32 transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects this year, as well as an additional $66 million in funding in future years. The projects are funded under the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. This is a historic investment in strengthening the climate resilience   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: NORFOLK, Va. They were interesting, and they were a bit unusual, but most of all they violated U.S. vehicle safety laws and were turned away recently in Norfolk, Va., by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) inspectors. This tuk tuk style vehicle was among the 14 imports seized for violating federal m  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia issued the following statement on July 18, 2024: * * * Today, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation, which was signed into law by Governor Youngkin, to repeal changes to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program. In addition, the legislation increased the allocation to $65 million per year to fund the program for the next two years. This is the first time the program has received  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: A Sterling woman was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine and straw purchasing firearms and ammunition for convicted felons. From at least June 2022 through August 2023, Kaitlyn Marie Hammond, 26, her husband Carrington Hammond, 30, and co-conspirator Mohamed Amine Haddou, 29, received frequent and la  more

PORTAGE, Michigan, July 19 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 17, 2024, in a moderated conversation with Amanda Stratton and Olivia Troye at a political event held at Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum: * * * MS. TROYE: All right. I get to kick this off. It's an honor. I'm here as a conservative, pro-choice woman. And I don't think 10, 5, or even maybe 2 years ago, we would have been talking about reproductive rights in elections, because it was seen as to  more