CLEVELAND The Coast Guard and local first responders are searching the area near the New Buffalo, Michigan, beach breakwall for a missing kayaker Saturday evening after two others were rescued from heavy waves. Missing is Mitchell Fajman, 18, hometown unknown.…

WASHINGTON Miami-area residents Angel Gonzalez and Jorge Zamora, who were the owners and operators of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., were sentenced yesterday and today to 42 months in prison and 46 months in prison, respectively, for…

Investigation Has Yielded Charges Against 10 Individuals to Date WASHINGTON Two California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and to commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure…

WASHINGTON Osman Norales, Genaro De La Fuente, Francisco Ramirez and Ulises Linares were indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States. The indictment was unsealed in the Central District of California today. According to the allegations in the…

Former Sheriff Guilty On Extortion, Money Laundering, and Drug Trafficking Charges LONDON, Ky. Former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge was sentenced today to 186 months in federal prison for his involvement in numerous illegal activities during his tenure as Sheriff.…

by Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has authorized raising the force protection level for military installations mainly in the United States, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Sept. 7. Army Gen.…

TAMPA BAY, Fla. - Coast Guard members from Sector St. Petersburg partnered with state and county officials during a joint agency exercise in the Port of Tampa, Wednesday. The goal of the joint agency exercise was to test the abilities…

WASHINGTON Neal Wayne Bear Groom, former sheriff of the Worth County, Mo., Sheriffs Office, pleaded guilty to depriving eight Missouri women of their civil rights by coercing the women to expose parts of their bodies to him, which was in…

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Department of the Interior will commit more than $43.1 million for a variety of conservation and recreation improvement projects throughout Nevada and Lake Tahoe. The funding is a result of the Southern Nevada Public Land…

VICTORIA, Texas Following one and one‐half days of trial testimony and approximately three and one‐half hours of deliberation, a federal jury has returned its verdict finding Seaside Aquaculture Inc., a fish farm located in Palacios, Texas, and its owner, Khanh…

by Angela Pope AFNORTH Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- Severe weather on July 29 flooded a hiking path on Mount Whitney near Lone Pine, Calif., leaving 60 hikers stranded. Officials with the California Emergency Management Agency…

by Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol Air Mobility Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AFNS) -- Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Brett and Staff Sgt. George Reinas practiced as an Air Force sniper team on a range here, July 27.…