MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Two dozen cadets devoted the week of Aug. 3-10 to exploring aviation careers and business relations at Civil Air Patrol's Aviation & Aeronautics Business Academy. Cadets and staff came from 20 wings and all eight CAP regions, along with a squadron based in Germany. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens, New York, hosted the academy -- previously on hiatus since 2015 -- fo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, Peace Bridge border crossing, arrested a United States citizen who was in possession of multiple firearms. Weapons discovered by CBP officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo, New York. On Saturday, CBP officers encountered a passenger vehicle operated by a 36-yea  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges with The Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) for repeatedly failing to correctly report millions of swap transactions to a registered swap data repository, in violation of a prior CFTC order against BNYM, and for failing to properly supervise its swap dealer business as required by the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will host an in-person Career Forum for law school students and recent J.D. graduates on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. This event will feature a fireside chat with Sharon Bowen, former CFTC Commissioner and current Chair of the New York Stock Exchange, alongside CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. In conjunction with the Career Forum, the CFTC is lau  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City arrested a noncitizen Aug. 20 wanted in the Dominican Republic for homicide charges. The individual was arrested outside his residence in Long Island. He was apprehended by ERO officers after a brief foot pursuit. "Our coordination with Dominican authorities resulted in the arrest of this individual wh  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: * * * Defendant Did Not Pay Nearly $1M in Taxes * * * A New York man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by concealing income from the IRS. According to court documents and statements made in court, Aniello Strocchia, of Maspeth, owned and operated an auto repair shop. From 2013 to 2017, Strocchia cashed, with the help of others, more t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of GLENN GRIFFIN, the owner, president, and principal of Griffin's Landscaping Corporation, and ROBERT DYCKMAN, the former Assistant General Foreman for the Town of Cortlandt, in a scheme in which DYCKMAN gave GRIFFIN unauthorized access to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe storm and flooding from August 18 to August 19, 2024. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available for the state of New York to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe storm and flooding from Aug. 18-19, 2024. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency   more