WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P30-10) by Isabelle R. Notter and Sara Robinson entitled "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2021." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Based on median household income estimates for the 3,142 counties in the United States, 73.1 percent (2,298 counties) did not experience a significant change in real median household income between 2007 - the year before the Great Recession - and 2021. In the sam  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Shipping Company Fined $2M for Maritime Pollution Offense * V.Ships Norway A.S. (V.SHIPS) pleaded guilty today to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and was sentenced to pay a $2 million fine. V.Ships admitted that oily bilge water and oily waste was discharged from the Motor Tanker Swift Winchester ( M/T Swift Winchester ) and the discharges were omitted from the Oil Record Book.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * Twenty Years After Katrina: NOAA Satellite Advancements for Hurricane Forecasts and Tracking Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and coastal Mississippi. It was one of the deadliest hurricanes on record and remains the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane seas  more