News Tipoffs - North Carolina Editors Newsletter for Thursday July 25, 2024 ( 13 items ) |
Ark. A.G. Griffin Hails Decision in Title IX Case as a Win for Arkansas Women and Girls
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 25 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 24, 2024:
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Griffin: '[Y]et again a federal court has stopped the Biden-Harris administration from going around Congress'
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Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the preliminary injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education halting the implementation
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Army Reserve career counselors excel in challenging mission through teamwork
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The leaders of 4th Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Careers Group established a new incentive for career counselors for the fiscal year 2024 Individual Ready Reserve Mission, and one battalion area already hit the year's mark for the new incentive in the first two quarters.
Starting in the new fiscal year, October of 2024, and for each quarter, Army Reserve career counselors in an area
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Attorney General James Secures $100,000 From Cameo Over Misleading Videos
ALBANY, New York, July 25 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 24, 2024:
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Cameo Failed to Ensure Videos Promoting Products were Properly Labeled as Paid Endorsements
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NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a bipartisan, 30-state settlement with the owner of Cameo, Baron App Inc., for failing to ensure consumers knew that videos promoting products were paid endorsements. Under the settlement agreement, Cameo
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Attorney General Miyares Announces Settlement With Cameo App
RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 24, 2024:
Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a 30-state settlement with Baron App, Inc., doing business as Cameo. The settlement resolves investigations into Cameo's failure to comply with consumer protection laws and FTC Endorsement Guides. The states allege that Cameo failed to provide appropriate disclosures to consumers purchasing personalized video business messag
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT WITH CAMEO FOR VIOLATING CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on July 24, 2024:
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a settlement with Baron App Inc. (Cameo) resolving an investigation into Cameo's violation of consumer protection laws by not providing appropriate disclosures to consumers who purchased video business messages using the popular personalized video service.
As part of the agreed settlement announced by a bipartisan coalition of 30 a
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Contracts for July 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release:
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KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A
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Fine Fellows: Department of the Navy Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions Program Honors Winners at Distinguished Fellows Symposium
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 25 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release:
By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research
Designing stronger, harder microprocessors; creating more effective fuel injectors for naval platforms; incorporating machine learning and artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing.
These are just some of the innovative research areas discussed during academic presentations at the recent Distinguished Fellows Symposium held at the O
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Michael Wood Promoted to Stone Mountain State Park Superintendent
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' Division of Parks and Recreation issued the following news release on July 23, 2024:
The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced that Michael Wood is the new park superintendent at Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes and Alleghany counties. Wood succeeds Jeff Jones, who retired earlier this year.
Park superintendents lead operations and administration at a park and have wide-ranging res
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N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency Affordable Housing Commitment Tops $171.5 Million
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release:
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Building community resilience in hurricane-impacted regions
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The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is building community resilience across North Carolina with more than $171.5 million committed to affordable housing development in hurricane-impacted communities. In total, NCORR is funding 2,182 units of affordable housing. To date, $51.2 million has be
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N.C. U.S. Attorney: Illegal Firearms Trafficker Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release on July 24, 2024:
A Guilford County man was sentenced today for the illegal possession and trafficking of firearms after a months-long investigation into the sale of 20 firearms in Greensboro, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.
MARCUS DEVON DALTON, age 30, was sentenced today after pleading
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PHOTO GALLERY: Retired Army Reserve major general receives President's Lifetime Achievement Award
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news:
Retired Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Phillip M. Churn Sr. accepted the President's Lifetime Achievement Award at Georgetown University in on July 20, 2024. The honor celebrates exceptional volunteers who dedicate their time and talents to addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation through community service, Among Churn's key military assignments was serving as commanding general of t
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To the Rescue: Drones Could Deliver Defibrillators for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
BETHESDA, Maryland, July 25 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news:
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Early studies show unusual approach might speed response times and save lives
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When you look to the sky these days, you never know what you might see -- a bird, a plane, a shooting star, or...a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
That's right: A medical drone.
A team of NHLBI-funded researchers is testing drones to
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White House Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration's Progress Creating a Future Made in America
WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 24, 2024:
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Biden-Harris Administration's Progress Creating a Future Made in America
Since day one, President Biden and Vice President Harris have worked to make "Made in America" a reality. In his first week in office, President Biden signed his Executive Order on Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers, which established the first ever Made in America Office at the
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