MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Felicia Przydzial, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs McConnell's Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 972 received the 2023 Small Chapter of the Year award for the third year in a row at the 2024 AFSA Summit in Houston. "The Air Force Sergeants Association is a quality of life for all service members- active, guard, reserve, retired and t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Conservation Partnership Advances the Establishment of the First Wild Population in More Than 30 Years * * * Six sihek (Guam kingfisher) are now officially living in the wild in the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll. This release marks the first time since the 1980s these beautiful birds will reside in the wild. The release is the result of years   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:24-cv-02437; D. Kan. filed Sept. 23, 2024) involving Anthem Holdings Co. and Anthem Hayek Blanchard: * * * SEC Charges Oklahoma Resident and Company in $5 Million Securities Fraud * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Oklahoma-based Anthem Holdings Company and its founder and CEO Anthem Hayek Blanchard with defrauding investors of over $5 million in two securitie  more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico issued the following news release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has approved an initial set of 78 communities across 47 states, territories, and the District of Columbia for designation under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. San Juan, in the District of Puerto Rico, has been designated as a participant in this initiative. The Justice Department -   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: James B. Nutter & Company, a former mortgage lender located in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 by knowingly underwriting Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development   more