FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: GRAFENWOEHR, Germany The 76th Operational Response Command's 472nd Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Battalion, supported U.S. and partnered forces throughout September during exercise Avenger Triad 24. Avenger Triad is a command post exercise led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa where organizations test and enhance their ability to synchronize U.S. and NATO warfigh  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Improve Access to a Clean, Reliable Electric Grid and Safe Drinking Water for Millions in Rural and Tribal Communities JEANNETTE, Penn., Oct. 2, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is investing in 116 projects across the nation to expand access to a clean and reliable electric grid, safe drinking water and good-paying jo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in defending a Biden Administration rule expanding healthcare access to deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) recipients - or Dreamers - by making them eligible for participation in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplace. According to the UC Berkeley La  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory tes  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Oct. 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding $85.9 million in grants to states to support pipeline and underground natural gas storage (UNGS) inspection activities carried out by state inspectors covering more than 85 percent of the nation's 3.3-million-mile pipeline s  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured more than $700,000 in a multistate action against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. The action comes after allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs related to urine drug testing that was not medically necessary or tainted by  more

ROCKFORD, Illinois, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: The owner of a Chicago laboratory has pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. ZISHAN ALVI, 45, of Inverness, Ill., owned and operated a laboratory in Chicago that performed testing for Covid-19. From February 2021 through February 2022, Alvi caused claims to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An Illinois man pleaded guilty today for his role in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. According to court documents, Zishan Alvi, 45, of Inverness, owned and operated a laboratory in Chicago that performed testing for COVID-19. From February 2021 through February 2022, Alvi caused claims to be submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Precision. Precisio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Company settles OSHA investigation that cost four workers' lives * * * WAUKEGAN, IL - Chemical products manufacturer AB Specialty Silicones LLC will pay $1.3 million in penalties after an explosion and fire at its Waukegan plant in May 2019 claimed the lives of four workers. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration rea  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory   more

ABERDEEN, Mississippi, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: Derrick Stewart, Jr., 20, was sentenced on Tuesday afternoon to 10 years in prison for firearms trafficking and conspiracy to traffic firearms. The investigation began after agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives noticed a high volume of firearms recovered in crimes in the city of Chicago, Illinois had been pu  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has awarded and is currently managing 16 regional direct air capture (DAC) Hub projects throughout the country, putting into use the technologies developed by the Lab and partner organizations to address climate change. Following the selection of 14 feasibility (TA-1) and 5 design (TA-2) phase DAC Hub projects by NETL and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carb  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom today announced funding awards totaling nearly $82 million in their Global Centers competition. 2024 Global Centers awards focus on advancing bioeconomy research to solve global challenges, whether by increasing crop resilience, converting plant matter   more