WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rates increased in 2 states in November 2024 January 28, 2025 Job openings rates increased in 2 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 46 states and the District of Columbia in November 2024. The national job openings rate (4.8 percent) was little changed over the month. The increases in job openings rates occurred   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, sentenced a Jamaican citizen yesterday to prison for operating a Jamaica-based fraudulent lottery scheme. Antony Linton Stewart, 40, pleaded guilty on Aug. 3, 2023, to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in the Western District of North Carolina. On Jan. 27, U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad sentenced Stewart to 84 months in prison.   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon announced today that the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC) collected $11,766,028.87 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2024. Of this amount, $10,606,536.43 was collected in criminal actions and $1,159,492.44 was collected in civil actions. The MDNC also worked with oth  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Substance Abuse Treatment Labs, located in Greensboro, and its owner, Paul Fribush, have agreed to pay $850,000 to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing North Carolina Medicaid for medically unnecessary urine drug screening tests (UDT), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Randall Galyon. The United States and the Sta  more