WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: STERLING, Va. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Police arrested a Texas woman on November 23 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered over 71 pounds of marijuana in her baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport. MWAA Police charged Du Li Park, 30, of The Colony, Texas, with felony possession with intent to distribute, tra  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Children who are subject to constant relocation are typically from a military family, right? This isn't true for U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Charles Houck and others like him. From the ages of 6 to 12, Houck was placed into foster care due to unfortunate circumstances. As a result, he moved often--staying in different group homes in several states. From 12 to 15, he was briefly   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission today announced a court order requiring GOAT, a leading online marketplace for sneakers, apparel, and accessories, to pay more than $2 million for violating an agency rule requiring companies to have reasonable shipping practices. The FTC's complaint also alleges GOAT offered "Buyer Protection" for consumers that received deficient products but did not put a system in place to hon  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-06-22-01004) on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "California Used CARES Act Funds for Unallowable Nutrition Services Program Expenditures" filed under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are excerpts: * * * Report Highlights Why OIG Did This Audit * The COVID-19 pandemic created extraordinary challenges for the delivery of health care and human services to the American peop  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The last time anyone saw Marine Corps Sgt. James Edmund Johnson, he was fighting with all his might in frozen North Korea to make sure his fellow Marines could get away from an enemy that would have ravaged them. Johnson never made it home from that battle, but his fighting spirit and unwavering devotion led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. Johnson was born on Jan. 1, 1926, in Pocatello, Idaho, to John J  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Khoo, the Co-Director of Task Force KleptoCapture, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the filing of a civil forfeiture Complaint against over $3.4 million  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * President Biden's Trip to Angola On the occasion of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s visit to Angola, we celebrate the transformation and deepening of the U.S.-Angola relationship. This trip marks the first visit ever by a sitting U.S. president to the Republic of Angola, and the first visit of a U.S. president to sub-Saharan Africa since 2015. This visit comes on the heels of a meeting in N  more