ALBANY, New York, July 25 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * Cameo Failed to Ensure Videos Promoting Products were Properly Labeled as Paid Endorsements * * * 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  more

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  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 24 other States have filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule imposing burdensome regulations on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declin  more

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  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * First Funding Opportunity for the $1.25 Billion Digital Equity Act Competitive Program * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the availability of nearly $1 billion to fund programs that ensure communities have access to devices and skills needed   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the general competition selection of the Southeast Conference of Alaska to receive a $38,646,534 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. The Southeast Conference of Alaska (Alaskan Southern Coastal Communities) is among 25 selected applications to receive $4.3 billion in funding for community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Scientists demonstrate that an innovative technology to scan fish otoliths (ear stones) coupled with trained computer models can determine rockfish ages as well as humans, and even more quickly. This technology, Fourier-transform near-infrared spectroscopy, examines the unique vibrations of molecules in otoliths, especially the way they absorb near-infrared light, to gather detailed chemical   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the Watersheds report, which provides data that supplement the 2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1. Watersheds is the first of six Subject Series reports to be released for this Census of Agriculture. The Watersheds report break  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, July 25 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - NORAD detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two PRC H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 24, 2024. NORAD fighter jets from the United States and Canada conducted the intercept. The Russian and PRC aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian so  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 24, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Environmental Justice with Cleaner Air, Clean Water, and Healthier Communities President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that every person has a right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy community - now and into the future. During his first week in office, President Biden launched the most ambitious environmental justi  more