Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday announced new booster requirements and testing measures to better protect all Californians as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant COVID-19 strain in the nation. The COVID-19 booster requirement for health care workers will mitigate potential staffing shortages while helping to safeguard the state’s hospital capacity and protect the health and safety of Californians. Combined with […]

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment charging a North Carolina man with engaging in a bribery and fraud scheme with a former contracting officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, now known as the U.S. Agency for Global Media. According to court documents, William F. Snow, 70, of […]

Washington, D.C.–Unruly airline passengers may face additional consequences for bad behavior under a new partnership between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  Under the partnership, the FAA will share information of passengers facing fines for unruly behavior with TSA who may remove the passenger from TSA PreCheck screening eligibility, which is […]

Four Indianapolis-area small business lending executives, all of whom worked for Banc-Serv Partners LLC (Banc-Serv) — a defunct lending service provider — were sentenced this month in the Southern District of Indiana for a 13-year conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with its programs to guarantee loans made to small businesses.  […]

Two Florida men pleaded guilty this week in the Northern District of Ohio for leading a nationwide scheme to fraudulently obtain over $35 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to court documents, James R. Stote, 55, […]

Sacramento, CA–California State Parks announced $548.3 million in grant funding to deliver new parks to more than 100 communities and advance the Newsom Administration’s “Outdoors for All” initiative to enable all Californians, regardless of zip code or income, to access parks and open space. Awarded through the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant Program, […]

By AccuWeather Global Weather Center A powerful storm is expected to engulf the West Coast and will have the potential to unleash a month’s worth of rain and feet of snowfall from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada into early this week. Heavy rain and snow will be beneficial for drought relief, but it can […]

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi said Monday that it has closed its investigation into a witness’s alleged recantation of her account of the events leading up to the murder of Emmett Till.  The investigation was conducted in conjunction with the Mississippi District […]

San Francisco, CA–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday approved a settlement agreement with Uber on reporting of data on sexual harassment and assault. The settlement agreement between the CPUC’s Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (CPED); Uber; and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) resolves an Order to Show Cause brought against Uber […]