In the first prosecution of its kind in the nation, a well-known member of the botnet underground was charged with using botnets armies of compromised computers to steal the identities of victims across the country by extracting information from their…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, has announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. About 1,200 units of…

ATLANTA -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $219,800 in penalties against Tires Into Recycled Energy & Supplies Inc., Jackson, Ga., for willful, serious and other violations of federal workplace safety standards. OSHA…

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A Queens-based contractor faces $30,850 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a cave-in hazard at a Bronx jobsite. FXR Construction Corp., doing business as DEV Construction, of…

WASHINGTON An immigration judge in Chicago has ordered Chicago resident Osyp Firishchak removed from the United States for his role in a Ukrainian police unit that assisted in the annihilation of over 100,000 Jews in Nazi-occupied Lviv, Poland (now in…

R.S. Audley Inc. cited for 6th excavation safety violation in past 5 years CONCORD, N.H. - A Bow, N.H., contractor's alleged failure to provide adequate cave-in protection for employees working in a nine-foot deep drainage pipe excavation on Route 11…

WASHINGTONA Leominster, Mass., man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to a misdemeanor charge for his role in unlawfully killing and transporting a black bear (Ursus americanus) across state lines in violation of the Lacey Act, the…

WASHINGTON A seventh defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation D-Elite, the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network using BitTorrent technology, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division…

WASHINGTON - The decision of choosing a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner is serious business, both for shoppers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Whether a turkey is sold at a grocery store or ordered by Internet or catalogue, check…

Marfa, Texas Border Patrol agents assigned to the Marfa Sectors Sierra Blanca station seized over a ton of marijuana in two separate incidents Saturday and Sunday. Both seizures occurred at the stations checkpoint on Interstate 10. Saturday evening about 5…

U.S. Labor Department's OSHA cites Georgia contractor after fatal fall at Niagara Falls, N.Y., construction site BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A Georgia-based contractor faces $40,000 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following…

VA Continuing Diabetes Education Drive WASHINGTON - Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield said today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to expand its efforts to prevent and control diabetes as part of an ongoing campaign to…