SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND - Co-leading a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for North Dakota to defend the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)'s revised regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the nation's bedrock environmental law. The CEQ's rule, finalized on May 1  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024 entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.8 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,316,877,000 undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2110 for economic ordering quantity material in support of the planned Virginia Class Block VI submarines and in furtherance of the Navy's commitment to the health and stability of the industrial base. Work will be per  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Today's action helps to ensure individuals with mobility impairments have access to mammography examinations. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a settlement with the New Jersey Imaging Network to resolve a civil rights complaint from an individual who uses a wheelchair, and was denied mammography because of her disabil  more

MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Sean Evans, 514th Air Mobility Wing JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- The 514th Aeromedical Staging Squadron of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, recently spent their annual tour at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, where they worked alongside their Navy counterparts in the intensive care unit and emergency department for two weeks. Capt. Kandace D. Fantroy, a clini  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G062519) on Aug. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three JOHN DOE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION, Defendant and Respondent. OPINION Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Ronald L. Bauer, Judge. (Retired Judge of Orange Super. Ct. assigned by the Chief   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Scammers Worked in Call Centers that Phoned American Seniors, Stole Millions of Dollars * * * Three residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges relating to their participation in a sprawling "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: An Essex County man was sentenced to 440 months in prison for his role in three murders in furtherance of a large-scale narcotics enterprise, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Leevander Wade, 44, of East Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz on Feb. 22, 2024, to racketeering conspiracy. Judge  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Aug. 5, 2024, by Administrator Samantha Power at the swearing-in ceremony for Margaret Sancho as Mission Director for Sudan: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Thank you so much Monde [Muyangwa]. And thank you for always being here, and for looking out for your people, and the incredible people in this Agency. I'm delighted to be here. And I really want to thank our Charge in Sudan Colleen Cren  more

MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Sean Evans, 514th Air Mobility Wing JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Tech. Sgt. Norman Beidler, an air transportation craftsman with the 88th Aerial Port Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, recently returned from his second deployment to Iraq, where he faced the challenges of a combat zone. Stationed at Al Asad Airbase, Beidler described the experience as both demand  more