Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Pennsylvania Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday November 06, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Army Medical Developer, Pennsylvania Native Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By T. T. Parish Family, friends, colleagues, and teammates joined U.S. Army Maj. Andrea Mountney, a military deputy project manager with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, for her promotion to lieutenant colonel during the ceremony here, Fort Detrick, Maryland, Nov. 1, 2024. USAMMDA, the DoD's premier developer of world-class military medical capabilities, develops, delivers, and fields critical   more

FBI Statement on Inauthentic Use of Bureau Name, Insignia in Promoting False Election-Related Narratives
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The FBI issued the following agency statement on Nov. 5, 2024: * * * The FBI was made aware of two instances of its name and insignia being misused in promoting false narratives surrounding the election. The first is a fabricated news clip purporting to be a terrorist warning issued by the FBI. The fabricated news clip reports falsely that the FBI purportedly stated that Americans should "vote remotely" due to a high terror threat at polling stations. This video is not au  more

Following Casey's Push for Injunction, Court Temporarily Halts Charleroi Plant Closure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, Casey released a report exposing how private equity machinations have culminated in decision to close Charleroi Pyrex plant Casey called for federal investigation into the shady business dealings and injunction to protect PA workers Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey released the following statement after a federal district court issued a temporary restraining order against Anchor Ho  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Farrell Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine Near Public Housing
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: A resident of Farrell, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for cocaine trafficking within 1,000 feet of a public housing location, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Cleo Johnson, 33, also ordering Johnson to serve six yea  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Thirteen Defendants Charged With Conspiring to Distribute Oxycodone, Some Through an Interstate Drug Trafficking Operation
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: Twelve western Pennsylvania residents and one Indiana resident have been charged by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone in two separate but related Indictments--charging one count and 22 counts, respectively--announced today by United States Attorney Eric G. Ols  more

USU School of Medicine Dean Adds Modern Commentary to New Edition of Edward D. Churchill's Surgeon to Soldiers
BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 6 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Claire Pak The influential wartime memoir, Surgeon to Soldiers: Diary and Records of the Surgical Consultant, Allied Force Headquarters, World War II, written by Dr. Edward D. Churchill, has been republished with insightful commentary from Dr. Eric Elster, dean of the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine, and Dr. Jeremy Cannon, professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsy  more