LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 14 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing several arrests in central Arkansas as a result of coordinated operations between his office, local and federal law enforcement agencies, and private-industry partners: "Over the past month, coordinated 'blitzes' have resulted in 17 arrests in North Little Rock, Little Rock, and Conway of i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "Americans are dealing with the impacts of more and more extreme weather caused by climate change--affecting their lives and our infrastructure," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "With these funds, the Biden-Harris Administration is helping communities rebuild key transportation links and make them more resilient for the future." FHWA's Emergency Rel  more

MACON, Georgia, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: Five indictments unsealed this afternoon charge 19 defendants in alleged armed drug trafficking conspiracies and substantive drug distribution activities with ties to Zohannon, a hybrid criminal street gang in Columbus, resulting from Operation Sweet Silence, an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation. According to the indictments and other co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA's Watts on the Moon Challenge, designed to advance the nation's lunar exploration goals under the Artemis campaign by challenging United States innovators to develop breakthrough power transmission and energy storage technologies that could enable long-duration Moon missions, concludes on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland. "For astronauts to maintain a sustained presence on the Moon during Artem  more