JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, July 11 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: President Donald J. Trump named a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst robotics engineer a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) July 2. Dr. James Hing, Advanced Technology Projects Branch head in the NAWCAD Lakehurst Support Equipment (SE) and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) depart  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A doctor based in Gainesville, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud for ordering genetic tests for patients he never saw or treated, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Matthew S. Ellis, 53, of Gainesville, Florida, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Ellis made his initial appea  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, husband and wife were indicted today in connection with a scheme to market and distribute misbranded drugs and unapproved new drugs and manufacture drugs in an unregistered facility, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Keith Kovaleski, 55, and Sylvia Kovaleski, 41, of South Amboy, New Jersey, each were charged with one count of  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a phony check scheme that resulted in the theft of over $2 million in merchandise from multiple home improvement stores throughout the country, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. John Muyeka, 44, of Sayreville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to a superseding information cha  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54135) involving IsoMedix Ops dba Steris Appl Steril Tech, Whippany, New Jersey: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - POOL WATER CONDUCTIVITY EXCEEDS LIMIT The following was received via e-mail: "At approximately 1800 EDT on 6/25/2019, the conductivity of the underwater pool irradiator water rose to 308 microSiemens/cm and remained in this range throughout the night. This was in conjunction with low flow   more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, July 7 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Air Force One departure at the Morristown Municipal Airport: THE PRESIDENT: We've had great economic numbers that came out. You saw that over the weekend; you saw it on Friday. We have just spectacular economic numbers. We're doing better than any nation on the planet. And we're very honored by that. In addition to which, we're paying interest rates, which the previous administration essentially didn't pa  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Fusion energy could be a "game changer" as a possible future option for generating clean, safe, and abundant electric energy, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said during a visit to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) on July 8. Kim, whose New Jersey District 3 includes 53 municipalities in Burlington and Ocean counties, said he wanted to visit the Laboratory becau  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in Ne  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following news release: Four executives of two information technology staffing companies have been arrested on charges of fraudulently using the H-1B visa program to gain an unfair advantage over competitors, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced yesterday. Vijay Mane, 39, of Princeton, New Jersey; Venkataramana Mannam, 47, of Edison, New Jersey; Fernando Silva, 53, o  more