WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Between June 4, 2024 and today, in federal court in Central Islip, four defendants, Edward Hernandez, Christopher Flagg, Daquan Lloyd and Corey Ortiz pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme to steal millions of dollars from a global financial services company based in Menlo Park, California. The proceedings were  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Craig Vanhook, 34, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,00,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is   more

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging MIGUEL DE JESUS REYES MEDINA a/k/a "Azua," and ERIK ALBERTO LOPEZ VALDEZ with conspiracy to distribute fent  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kevin S. Wise, Jr., 34, of Wilson, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, being a user of a controlled substance in possession of firearms, and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of agency officials' participation in the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: * * * This past week, Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer and Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice participated in the United Nations (UN) High Level Political Forum in New York as part of the official U.S. delegation to the Forum. The UN High Level Political Forum   more

WEST POINT, New York, July 19 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: The Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy will conduct its summer meeting on Friday, July 26 at 9 a.m. at Barth Hall on Camp Buckner. The meeting will be in-person. The board will receive updates on various Academy issues. The USMA Board of Visitors is a federal advisory committee appointed under the provision of Section 7455 of Title 10 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. The Board   more

WEST POINT, New York, July 19 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications As the battlefield continues to rapidly evolve, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has launched two transformations to prepare graduates to lead now and through the next evolution of warfare. First, West Point established the Department of English and World Languages. How we communicate--in any language and across any culture--significantl  more