BOSTON — Northeast Coast Guard units and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement personnel are increasing focus this year on the enforcement of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP), to detect and deter illegally placed…

Consumers were told they could earn income through online businesses Five deceptive marketers and the companies they ran are banned from selling business coaching programs and investment opportunities, and from credit card laundering and telemarketing, under a settlement with the…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard repatriated 12 Dominican nationals Sunday to the Dominican Republic following the interdiction of a migrant vessel in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico. “The quick response and coordination between the Coast Guard…

Trio Marketed Laser Devices to Elderly Consumers as Cure-All Three defendants who marketed and sold light-emitting medical devices as a cure-all to consumers, primarily targeting the elderly, were sentenced on April 20, 2018 by a federal judge in Rapid City,…

The ringleader of an operation that lured people into an expensive negative-option scam using a low-cost “trial” offer for tooth whiteners and other products is banned from negative-option sales under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement order…

MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew repatriated 50 Haitian migrants Tuesday to the Haitian Coast Guard. The repatriation is a result of an interdiction conducted by both the U.S. Coast Guard and Cuban Border Guard, in which the…

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. – The Unified Command has been notified by Enbridge officials that further structural analysis conducted by Enbridge indicates that small dents exist in their pipeline infrastructure. Enbridge has notified the Unified Command that the damage poses no…

"We can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity." President Donald J. Trump ACTION TOWARD REFORM: President Trump’s Executive Order on Economic Mobility takes the first steps toward welfare reform in…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Partnerships & Public Engagement (OPPE) is offering up to $8.4 million in available funding for training and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers. Funding is made…

Stroudsburg, PA -- An indictment has been unsealed charging Ross Roggio, 49, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and Roggio Consulting Company, LLC, a firm with which Ross Roggio was associated, for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to illegally export firearm parts, firearm…

Casper, WY - On March 21, 2018, a federal district court in Casper, Wyoming, found that the Wyoming Military Department (WMD) discriminated against former employee Amanda Dykes by subjecting her to sexual harassment and constructively discharging her. The verdict was…

The chief of staff for a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives has been convicted for obstructing a congressional investigation into the alleged misappropriation of Congressional funds to pay for campaign activity. David G. Bowser, 45, of Arlington,…