TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 18 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a multistate coalition of attorneys general in fighting to support President Trump's First Amendment rights, as yet another prosecutor looks to silence the former president through an unlawful gag order. Attorney General Moody and the coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief, saying this is not only wrong, but also unconstitutional. Att  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 24-State coalition urging the courts to deny the Special Prosecutor's request for an unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. The gag order wrongfully silences President Trump and denies Americans their right to hear what he has to say ahead of an approaching presidential election. The Special Prosecutor has requested a broa  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 18 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * What do drones and toy turtles have in common? Scientists are using these tools to measure sea turtles in the wild without ever touching them. * * * Drones not only take great photographs--they can also be used to take measurements. In our case, we use them to measure the size of sea turtles seen in the wild. Photogrammetry i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: JEROME WILSON ("WILSON"), age 29, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 11, 2024 to 144 months in prison for drug and firearm violations, followed by five years of supervised release, and a mandatory $400 special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty before U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion, to a four-count superseding  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: HECTOR OMAR SEGURA-LARA ("SEGURA-LARA") age 35, and JOSE ANTONIO ORTEGA-SILVA ("ORTEGA-SILVA"), age 32, both residents of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty on June 13, 2024 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Att  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: COREY BESSIE ("BESSIE"), age 31, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced on June 11, 2024 to 90 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a mandatory $200 special assessment fee. BESSIE had previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec  more