SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news: U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND -- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi received an inside look into the life of nearly 13,000 Airmen deployed under the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) during his first trip as the CMSAF to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility across the Middle East, July 22-27. Flosi met with active duty, Air Force Reserves a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2873) on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * In Re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* We are presented with three motions in this docket. First, 3M Company moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407(c) to transfer two actions pending in the Northern District of Alabama and listed on Schedule A to the District of South Carolina for inclusion in MDL No. 2873. P  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a fentanyl trafficking organization involved in the manufacturing and distribution of tens of thousands of fentanyl pills that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina. Jasdrual a/k/a "Josh" Perez, 36, plead  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a 21-count indictment against 13 individuals for drug trafficking offenses. The indictment alleges that beginning in January 2016, 13 individuals engaged in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. Ten defendants were arraigned in   more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: An EM contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently onboarded seven new small businesses into the Department of Energy's (DOE) Mentor-Protege Program. Since 2016, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has supported the DOE Mentor-Protege Program, an initiative that assists small businesses in improving their capabilities as subcontractors across the DOE Complex. The   more