WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: GROTON, Conn. The U.S. Navy Submarine Force's newest attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797) was delivered to the Navy on Dec. 22, 2024, marking the 12th battle force ship delivered to the Navy this calendar year. SSN 797 is the 24th Virginia-class submarine (VCS) co-produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding through a long-standing teaming agreement and the 13th att  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: SSN 797 is the 24th Virginia-class submarine (VCS) co-produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding through a long-standing teaming agreement and the 13th attack submarine delivered by GDEB. The boat's delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilder to the Navy. The submarine and crew will now undertake a series of tests and trials before commissioning i  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage for employees of certain federal contractors. In April 2021, President Biden issued an executive order increasing the minimum wage for these workers to $15 and directing the U.S. Department of Labor to implement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:24-civ-02022; D. Conn. filed Dec. 20, 2024) involving Dolphin Associates III LLC and Donald T. Netter: * * * SEC Charges Connecticut Investment Adviser and its Principal for Improperly Withholding Investor Funds, Charging Excessive Fees, and Misleading Investors * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Connecticut-based Dolphin Associates III, LLC, and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Medal of Honor was created during the Civil War, a conflict that divided the nation and led to the distribution of 1,525 of the new medals to service members for their heroism. Nine of those medals were bestowed upon some of the gunship USS Agawam's crew members, whose brave actions kickstarted the First Battle of Fort Fisher, in North Carolina. For most of the Civil War, Fort Fisher saw very little combat, b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TARA SEVERINO, 58, of West Haven, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to two years of probation, the first six months of which Severino must serve in home confinement, for diverting n  more