ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Feb. 22, 2024: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. All numbers reported below for 2023 are approximate until the Bank announces audited financial results in its Form 10-K, which is expected to be filed with the Securities and Excha  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in New Hampshire for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to flooding and excessive moisture that occurred June 15 through Nov. 1, 2023.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Fourteen men - residents of Georgia, Florida and Alabama - were charged for participating in a major dog fighting event that occurred in April 2022 in Donalsonville, Georgia. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia unsealed the indictment in conjunction with arrests that occurred this week. The defendants are: * Tamichael Elijah, 47, of Donalsonville, Georgia; * Marvin Pulley III, 52, o  more

COLUMBUS, Georgia, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: Six days after opening a complaint inspection at a Columbus auto parts manufacturer in August 2023, federal safety investigators learned that a 41-year-old maintenance technician at the site endured severe injuries from an electrical transformer explosion and opened a second investigation. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administrati  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A federal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte charges Antoine Johnson, 48, and Kimberly Maddox, 43, formerly of Huntersville, N.C., currently residing in Georgia, with fraudulently obtaining approximately $2 million in bank loans and COVID-19 pandemic relief funds, announced Dena J. King U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Nor  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Michigan for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to tornado, rain, hail, and high winds that occurred on July 14, 2023. Low-intere  more