WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 13, 2024, entitled "Procurement List; Additions and Deletions." ACTION: Additions to and deletions from the Procurement List. SUMMARY: This action adds service(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and deletes product(s) from the  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command issued the following news release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal jury convicted a Kansas man of assault with a deadly weapon following an incident on a United States Army installation. In November 2023, Jordan Thompson, 24, assaulted an adult male victim while at Fort Riley in Junction City, Kansas. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Thompson was involved in a domestic dispute with his estrang  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Following a 26-day trial, a jury in Kansas convicted Kaaba Majeed, 50, Yunus Rassoul, 39, James Staton, 62, Randolph Rodney Hadley, 49, Daniel Aubrey Jenkins, 43, and Dana Peach, 60, of conspiracy to commit forced labor. The jury additionally convicted Kaaba Majeed of five counts of forced labor. Two other co-defendants, Etenia Kinard, 48, and Jacelyn Greenwell, 45, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Micron Technology and Samsung, announced $42.4 million in grants for its Future of Semiconductors (NSF FuSe2) competition. The investment will fuel groundbreaking research and education across various semiconductor technologies, advancing U.S. leadership in semiconductor research and innovation and addre  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Henry C. Leventis, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today that he has submitted his resignation to President Biden effective October 4, 2024. "I am eternally grateful to President Biden, Attorney General Garland, and Senators Blackburn and Hagerty for the opportunity to lead the United States Attorney'  more