MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Col. Christopher Rondeau assumed command of Air University Detachment 1 at the Air Force Institute of Technology on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during a ceremony on July 31, 2024. As AFIT's senior military leader, he is responsible for maintaining good order and discipline among approximately 1,800 active-duty faculty, staff and stud  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A former Centre police officer has been charged in connection with a scheme to plant drugs on innocent motorists in order to manufacture drug arrests, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. A one-count information filed in U.S. District Court charges Michael Kilgore, 40, of Centre, with conspiracy to distri  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - July 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.2 percent in July; up 2.9 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The monthly increase i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced the release of the 119th Congress Block Equivalency Files. These files are the whole 2020 Census tabulation block representations of the 119th Congressional District plans as submitted by the states to the Census Bureau. The .ZIP file contains a national block equivalency file and individual state files for the five states (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina)   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Circle K Stores Inc. failed to protect employee from workplace violence * * * ORLANDO, FL - A subsidiary of one of the world's best-known operators of convenience stores and fueling stations could have prevented a store cashier in Orlando from suffering a serious gunshot injury by following the company's own established safety procedures, a U.S. Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Mar-Jac Poultry withdraws contest of citations; require added supervision, training * * * HATTIESBURG, Miss. -The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with a Hattiesburg poultry processing plant that requires the company to pay $164,814 in fines and implement enhanced safety measures to protect their employees from well-known machi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: To mark progress toward the first crewed flight test around the Moon in more than 50 years for the benefit of humanity, NASA will welcome media Wednesday, Aug. 21, to see a key adapter for the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter connects the rocket's core stage to the upper stage and helps protect the upper stage's engine   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The U.S. Army Installation Management Command was recently recognized as a recipient of the Army Superior Unit award for actions taken during the global coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and 2021. As COVID-19 cases surged around the globe in early 2020, the U.S. military, like other organizations, took radical steps to stop the spread of the disease. Most  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently approved the release of nearly $19 million in emergency funding to address current wildlife rabies outbreaks in multiple States. This new infusion of funding will also allow USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to establish a sufficient stockpile of oral rabies vaccination (ORV) baits for f  more