HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 27 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined 29 other state Attorneys General to reach a settlement with Baron, Inc., which operates as Cameo, for failing to ensure consumers knew that videos promoting products were paid endorsements purchased through their service. The settlement requires Cameo to develop and maintain an extensive system to ensure compliance with all state consumer protectio  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a nationwide agreement in principle on monetary terms that will require opioid manufacturer Indivior to pay up to $86 million nationally to address its role in the opioid epidemic. The attorneys general allege that Indivior failed to properly monitor and report suspicious opioid orders, causing its buprenorp  more

ALBANY, New York, July 27 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across New York and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder, which can feed opioid addictions when abused and cause  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Idaho and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Attorney General Labrador and a multistate coalition of attorneys gen  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Miyares today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Virginia and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Attorney General Miyares and a multistate coalition of attorney  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across Illinois and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder. However, as Raoul and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general allege, I  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses Brunswick, Maine, July 26, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced from the Brunswick Farmers Market today that USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for Americ  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Funding for 19 transformational projects to reach multiple states and territories under NOAA's Climate-Ready Coasts initiative as part of Investing in America agenda Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced today that the Department of Commerce and NOAA are recommending $575 million in funding across 19 projects to boost climate resilience in the nation's coastal and Great Lakes states and territorie  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $325,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract FA8672-19-D-0001 for the StormBreaker(r) Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II, GBU-53/B). The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $275,000,000 to $600,000,000. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: In an effort to codify the success and significant gains made in line with the Operational Imperatives, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stood up the Integrated Capabilities Office July 19. Driven by the need to rapidly modernize the DAF to meet emerging challenges in an era of Great Power Competition, the ICO seeks to institutionalize the speed, agility and rapi  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: July 26, 2024DR-4787-WV NR-004FEMA News Desk: 215-931-5597FEMAR3NewsDesk@fema.dhs.gov News release CHARLESTON, W.Va. Homeowners typically apply for disaster assistance for structural damages to their property, such as roofs or floors. But other parts of a residence or private property, not covered by insurance, can also be repaired or replaced under FEMA progr  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Defense Innovation Unit, which stood up in 2015, has proven that it can help solve military problems with commercial technology and make a difference on the battlefield, said, Doug Beck, director of DIU and senior advisor to the defense secretary. The focus now at DIU is to deliver to the warfighter those most critical solutions at speed and scale to achieve true strategic effect, said Beck, who spoke at the A  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history - delivered by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. * * * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced The MetroHealth System and The Trust for Public Land in Ohio will receive $17,191,775 and $3,000,000 respective  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release: A new economic report commissioned by Early Matters NEO, a group composed of Northeast Ohio's economic and child care system leaders, highlights Cuyahoga County's unaffordable and insufficient child care system for children under the age of five and its wide-reaching impact. Citing that "everyone pays the price" when expensive and scarce child care forces parents make difficult choices, the report details how family   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. John P. Ryhter, 22, of Bedford, Ohio, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Apr. 8, 2024. In Dec. 1950, Ryhter was a member of Battery A, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action after his unit engaged in int  more