SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 21 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 14 attorneys general, submitted a multi-state letter to congressional leaders supporting the passage of the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm Act (CATCH Act) and encouraging Congress to take additional steps to stop the flow of illegally trafficked firearms from the United States into the Caribbean. T  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 12 attorneys general, is calling on members of Congress to take action to stop gun trafficking from the U.S. to Caribbean countries. Raoul and the coalition issued a letter to Congress today outlining a number of measures Congress can take to help reduce gun trafficking and violence in the Caribbean. "The proposals we   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: A federal jury in North Carolina convicted a man today for his role in orchestrating a years-long telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Roger Roger, 40, of Costa Rica, led a fraudulent telemarketing scheme in which co-conspirators, who falsely posed as U.S. governmen  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * AG James Leads 12 AGs to Support the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm (CATCH) Act to Help Stop Gun Trafficking and Reduce Gun Violence * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 12 attorneys general calling on Congress to take action to stop gun trafficking from the United States to Caribbean countries. In their letter,   more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Three Oregon men were sentenced to federal prison Thursday for distributing fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a Medford teenager. Hunter Fenstermaker, 23, a Medford resident, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and six years' supervised release; Napoleon Gomez, 22, also of Medford, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and six yea  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command hosted the annual Senior Leaders Forum (SLF) for the State Partnership Program (SPP) here, Sept. 10-16. SPP links a state's National Guard with the military or security forces of a partner country in a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship that supports theater campaign plan objectives. SPP establishes connections between National Guard units an  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 21 -- The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Wild Fish Conservancy, and The Conservation Angler have settled litigation alleging some WDFW hatchery programs were operated inconsistent with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The litigation focused on federally-funded Mitchell Act and Select Area Fishery Enhancement (SAFE) hatc  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 21 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: OSHKOSH, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Baumann Block in the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 2024. The building was constructed circa 1894 as a grocery store and a nickelodeon theater, known as the Star Theater, built within the grocery space in 1910 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County. The Baumann Block is a distinctive example  more