Washington Man Charged with Harassing Endangered Monk Seal “Lani” by Hurling Large Rock at Her Head
Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
Gretchen Whitmer ally hit with 16 criminal charges for misuse of $20 MILLION 'business accelerator' grant Whitmer approved
Public Safety Response to Memorial Drive on May 11; Suspect Taken Into Custody
Public Safety Advisory Heightened Threat: Fentanyl Mixed with Emerging Synthetic Drugs
National News
Oct 10, 2012
NRCS Unveils National Effort to Promote Healthy Soil Benefits CARROLL, Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Dave White visited a family-owned farm in Ohio to announce the start of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort meant to highlight the benefits…
Oct 3, 2012
Agency participates in international Operation Pangea V to protect consumers from potentially dangerous, unapproved drugs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 4,100 Internet pharmacies…
Sep 27, 2012
Washington Effective September 30, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security and the Canada Border Services Agency will begin the Phase I pilot of the Entry/Exit program as outlined in the Beyond the Border Action Plan. Routine biographic information will be…
Sep 27, 2012
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Long Island physician William J. Conway has been charged with causing the deaths of two patients through the distribution of the highly addictive pain-killer oxycodone. The indictment also charges Conways former office assistant, Robert Hachemeister, with…
Sep 26, 2012
by 2nd Lt. Meredith Dilley 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Sheppard Air Force Base will receive more than $10 million in funds from Air Education and Training Command to support several demolition and renovation…
Sep 26, 2012
MIAMI The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute interdicted 2,921 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of $35 million and detained four suspected Honduran drug smugglers while on patrol in international waters off the coast of Honduras…
Sep 19, 2012
WASHINGTON A Detroit-area doctor was charged and arrested today in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $40 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physician home visits and home health services. In addition to the arrest,…
Sep 6, 2012
By Lance Cpl. Phillip Clark, 2nd Marine Division MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. The first thing Staff Sgt. Matthew E. Faircloth did once he regained consciousness after being shot in the head in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2011…
Sep 5, 2012
TULSA, OKLA. The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with ATF special agents from the Dallas Field Division were requested by the Tulsa Fire Department to join in the investigation of…
Sep 5, 2012
FORT WORTH, TXRyan Walker Grant, 34, of Kennedale, Texas, has plead guilty to one count of murder-for-hire. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release. Sentencing…
Sep 5, 2012
By Capt. Brian Villiard, MCIOC Public Affairs, Marine Corps Information Operation Center MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. Four Marines from the Marine Corps Information Operations Center returned home Sept. 6 after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. Information Operations planners, Maj.…
Sep 4, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE Chief United States District Judge Bruce D. Black sentenced Douglas F. Vaughan, 64, of Albuquerque, to 12 years in federal prison for wire and mail fraud charges that involved a Ponzi scheme in which Vaughan fraudulently obtained more than…