CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: GUAM Liberation Day is Guam's most significant commemorative event, and July 21st, 2024, marked 80 years since the U.S. military delivered the island from Imperial Japanese occupation during World War II. Soldiers from Task Force Talon, the U.S. Army missile defense unit on the island, had the special honor of not only taking part in this year's festivities, but als  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * New Jersey to Look for New Potential Uses as the New Jersey Training School and Female Secure Care and Intake Facility Set to Close * * * With plans progressing for new youth facilities in New Jersey and two existing facilities set to close, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the creation of the Youth Justice Working Group: From Secure Care  more

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * 13 Individuals Arrested for Roles in Multistate Operation that Sold Assault Weapons, Ghost Guns, and Cocaine AG's Investigation Recovered 74 Firearms, Including Assault Weapons and Ghost Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the takedown of a multistate gun and drug trafficking network that sold assault weapons, ghost guns and   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 23, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.87 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 23, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.64 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Burea  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Admera Health LLC has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions to third party independent contractor marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Admera will pay an additional $147,851 to individual states for claims paid to Admera by state Medicaid programs.  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * The Next New Jersey Program Provides Tax Credits to Innovative AI Companies * * * ROSELAND - Governor Phil Murphy today signed A4558/S3432 (https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4558_R1.PDF), establishing the Next New Jersey Program that will attract new investment into the state's artificial intelligence (AI) industry, creating new jobs and economic opp  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * $2.4 Million Awarded to 133 New Jersey-Based Employers for Summer 2024 Cohort * * * Today, the Murphy Administration is announcing that 133 New Jersey-based employers have received grants through the Career Accelerator Internship Grant Program ("Career Accelerator") to provide 574 paid summer internships to New Jersey college students, including those who currently attend  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Three men were sentenced today for various conspiracy and firearms offenses in connection with a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility. Paul James Kryscuk, 38, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, Rhode Island, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for ai  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia have reached an $863,934 civil settlement with certain substance use disorder treatment clinics serving patients from Virginia to resolve allegations that these clinics submitted false and fraudulent claims to the Medicaid program. The clinics - Crossroads Treatment Center of Petersburg P.C., ARS Treatment Centers of New Jersey P.C., Crossroads Treatment Ce  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued the following news release: * * * Investigation found CSC Holdings Inc. based hiring on gender * * * NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor announced its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with a federal provider of cable and telecommunications services to resolve allegations of gender-based hiring discrimination at the company's Hau  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $2.4 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Mohamed A. Awad, 61, of Ocala, Florida, pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2023, before Judge Michael A. Shipp  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and providing material support to terrorists. "We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushd  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today released footage from two police body-worn cameras related to the death of a Mercer County man during a police encounter on March 8, 2024, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The decedent has been previously identified as Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton. The fatal police-involved shooting is under investigation by the Office of Pub  more