SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Alaska - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alaska were 25,948, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 24,328, the U.S. Bureau of Labor St  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in South Dakota -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 25,412, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in South Dakota were 22,744, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Charges Five Senior Leaders of the United Cartels, a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization * Today the Justice Department announced criminal charges against five high-ranking members of the United Cartels. Those charged are Juan Jose Farias Alvarez ("El Abuelo); Alfonso Fernandez Magallon ("Poncho"); Luis Enrique Barragan Chavez ("Wicho / R5"); Edgar Orozco Cabadas ("El Kamon  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * Operation Memphis Streets Aims to Reduce Gang Violence * Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Memphis led a two-week, gang violence reduction initiative dubbed, Operation Memphis Streets, resulting in the arrest of 141 violent fugitives, including 14 wanted for homicide, and clearing 163 arrest warrants in Memphis. From July 14   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript: * * * Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing * KINGSLEY WILSON: Things off the top and then I'll get to your questions. On August 11th, at the direction of the president, the Secretary directed the D.C. National Guard to mobilize and support the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and federal law enforcement partners to address the lawlessness and crime  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Treasury Takes Decisive Action Against Violent Mexican Cartels Action Targets Criminal Groups Responsible for Significant Bloodshed in Mexico * Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning two notorious Mexican cartels--Carteles Unidos (a.k.a. "United Cartels") and Los Viagras--and seven affiliated individuals linked to t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: * * * TVA Awards $655,000 to 179 Schools and Nonprofits to support Youth Robotics Programs KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority and Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc., announced $655,000 in robotics awards for 179 schools and non-profit organizations that serve youth across the TVA's seven-state region. The funds can be used to create a new robotics program or enhance a program that already exists  more