SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, joined an amicus brief in the Second Circuit in United States v. Perez, in support of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968's provision that prohibits anyone other than a licensed firearms dealer from transporting or receiving firearms from out of state. The brief argues that 18 U.S. Code secti  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. The coalition filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Steven Perez arguing that federal l  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/41.%20Multi-State%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf?language_id=1) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in supp  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: The Attorney General's Office is investigating a vehicle collision involving a civilian sport utility vehicle and a motorcycle that occurred during a police pursuit on August 13, 2024, in Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey. The adult male operating the motorcycle sustained fatal injuries. His identity is not being released at this time. According to the preliminary informatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Egemen Kolemen, a staff research physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, was awarded the American Nuclear Society's (ANS) 2024 Technical Accomplishment Award for his research on using machine learning for controlling fusion re  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: An Atlantic County health system entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the non-profit company violated the False Claims Act by taking a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. According to the allegations i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that four flight attendants charged in connection with smuggling drug money to the Dominican Republic have pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business. SARAH VALERIO PUJOLS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald o  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency's MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency's MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success) program, formerly the Science Missi  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: The U.S. Navy calls on students across the Southern Maryland region to draw on their innovation and creativity to design Naval Aviation's next jet in an inaugural competition by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). "The aviation pros of Southern Maryland are the foundation of what makes America's N  more