FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: DALLAS The Army Reserve Medical commanding general gave an overview of his command and the contributions of Army Reserve Soldiers at the Defense Health Information Technology Symposium 2024 held here at the Aug. 19, Army Service Day, held before the Aug. 20 general public opening of the symposium. "We have what I call the "Reserve Advantage," which is typically if you're an IT per  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. Sgt. Emily Newsome knows what it takes to be an Army Reserve "Best Warrior," having competed on behalf of the 99th Readiness Division in the 2023 competition. With this year's conversion to the Best Squad Competition, Newsome returned to compete in the division-level competition this past March in California. "I volunteered to take part in th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The (Department) today announced $179 million in grants focused on supporting academic acceleration for every child, building on the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to improve academic achievement nationwide. These grants include $149 million in new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant (CLSD) awards--the largest number of awards ever for this program--and nearly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * New Mexico Households Can Receive up to $14,000 Through the Home Energy Rebate Programs to Save Energy and Save Money on Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades * * * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that New Mexico has launched its first Home Energy Rebates program, s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Today a federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy alleging that he used excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a WinCo Foods in Lancaster last year. Trevor James Kirk, 31, of Santa Clarita, is charged in a single-count in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: A Palo Alto man was arrested today for sending threats of violence to a United States Congresswoman and a Florida State Representative. The defendant, Aaditya Chand was arrested earlier today. According to the criminal complaint unsealed earlier today, on Feb. 15, 2024, Chand, 22, allegedly used an Instagram account to send direct mes  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following dissent on Sept. 4, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger on the settlement with Uniswap Labs: * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") once again swings its proverbial enforcement "hammer" against another DeFi protocol.[1] Given that the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") and CFTC rules were written for traditional, centralized market infrastructure providers and intermediaries,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nine of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year increases in employment from March 2023 to March 2024. Maricopa County (part of the Phoenix metropolitan area), Arizona, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain (+2.6 percent). Within Maricopa, education and health services had the largest employment increase and rose by 17,477 (+4.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: On your mark. Beep. Those are the sounds Ying Huske, an information technology specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is all too familiar hearing at her daughter's swim meets. Torri Huske, a two-time Olympian, kick-started Team USA's quest for gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by winning the 100-meter butterfly race on July 28, 2024. Torri, who narrowly missed out on the podium in the 2  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Researchers from the NHGRI-funded Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium are exploring how genomic variation affects genome function. * * * While most DNA letters are the same amongst everyone, just under 0.5% are different between any two people. Over the past two decades, researchers have identified hundre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Aug. 26-30, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions Starbucks Corporation (18-CA-299560; 373 NLRB No. 90) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583e0162a) Minneapolis, MN, August 28, 2024. The Board adopted the Administrative Law Judge's conclusion that the Respondent violated Section 8(a)(1) when, after employees filed an election petition, the Respondent coercively interrogated   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-099-R24) on Aug. 30, 2024, entitled "Mail Theft Mitigation and Response- San Francisco, California." Here are excerpts: * * * Background This report presents the results of our audit of Mail Theft Mitigation and Response at the Parkside Station, Rincon Finance Center Station, and Townsend Carrier Annex Station in San Francisco, CA. The stations are in the California 1 District   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson and her companies Creative Legal Fundings in CA and The Ubiquity Group LLC with raising approximately $7 million from more than 130 investors through a fraudulent securities offering targeting members of the Filipino-American community across the United States. According to the SEC's complaint, from app  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4515) on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Portland General Electric Company, Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist pro  more

TACOMA, Washington, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: The leader of a methamphetamine trafficking ring was sentenced Friday August 30, 2024, in U.S. District Court for federal felonies related to his drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Jesus Venegas-Gatica, 37, of Lakewood, Washington was sentenced to 97 months. At the sentencing hearing Chief U.S. District Judge David G. E  more