Dallas-Area Groups Trini Tax Business Allegedly Claimed Improper Tax Credits for Customers The Justice Department has sued two Dallas tax return preparers, seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit alleges that Ricardo…

San Diego U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found about 67 pounds of marijuana hidden in bags of cement Wednesday at the San Ysidro port of entry. On September 5 at about 5:30 a.m., a 19-year-old male Mexican citizen, and…

By PEO(JSF) Public Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully completed a major prerequisite test for in-flight performance Aug. 15. BF-2 completed…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Forest Service is co-sponsoring a live educational webcast Sept. 18 from Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas, home of the worlds largest bat colony, to help students across the country learn about one of the most misunderstood…

Service Seeks Comments on a Proposal to Designate 318 Acres of Critical Habitat Sacramento The Franciscan manzanita (Arctostaphylos franciscana) was given protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) today and listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and…

Grants Will Help to Establish or Expand Local Watershed Management Groups WASHINGTON - Eight entities have been selected to receive $333,500 in grants under the Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program. These grants will aid in the establishment…

FORT. MYERS BEACH, Fla. Six men were rescued by a good Samaritan after their boat capsized 30 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fla., Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a report from a good Samaritan aboard…

NEW YORK A Coast Guard boat crew assisted 2 kayakers, actor Russell Crowe and his friend, near Huntington Bay, Long Island, N.Y., Saturday evening. A Coast Guard Station Eatons Necks, N.Y., rescue boat crew was on patrol in Huntington Bay…

LAS VEGAS - This evening at approximately 6:00 PM, the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Interagency Communication Center received an emergency call reporting a single vehicle rollover accident on Northshore Road in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. National Park Service…

CLEVELAND The Coast Guard, in conjunction with local partner agencies, is searching for a missing 14-year-old boy in Lake Michigan Sunday evening. The Coast Guard is not releasing the name or hometown of the boy, and there is no imagery…

The Wyoming population of gray wolves is recovered and no longer warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Beginning September 30th, wolves in Wyoming will be managed by the state under an approved management plan, as they are in…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Forest Service is giving $3.5 million in grants as part of a new program to support jobs and healthy forests in communities across the U.S. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program provides financial assistance grants…