WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of July 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. For July 2024, 2.9% of flights were cancelled,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA AccentCare, a nationwide home health care service company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, violated federal civil rights laws by paying female employees less than a male colleague because of their sex and retaliating against a female employee who repeatedly complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC's  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies. This year's winners have developed chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances, use less energy, and are more sustainable. "This year's Green   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-316) on Sept. 27, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Florida (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-314) on Sept. 27, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLC d/b/a AT&T Ohio (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-313) on Sept. 27, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Texas (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:24-cv-9497; D.N.J. filed Sept. 27, 2024) involving Robert B. Westbrook: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against U.K. citizen Robert B. Westbrook for hacking into the computer systems of five U.S. public companies to obtain material nonpublic information about their corporate earnings and using that information to make approximately $3.75 million in illi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: As reflected in court documents unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., four Rhode Island men have been charged for their alleged participation in a conspiracy that burglarized and stole millions of dollars' worth of high-end vehicles from automobile and motorcycle dealerships across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connectic  more