Near-record year for billion-dollar weather disasters
We’re averaging a billion-dollar weather disaster every 17 days as a swarm of storms pushes the U.S. closer to a new record. What You Need...
Day : October 25, 2021
Winter outlook suggests a mild season for most of the U.S.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center published its first winter outlook for the upcoming season. For most of the country, the odds favor a warmer-than-normal winter. What...
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Gives Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s Virtual Conference: Confronting Hate: Strategies for Prevention, Accountability and Justice | OPA
Remarks as Prepared Today we saw the many ways hate rears its ugly head – from online harassment and verbal threats, from church burnings and attacks...
Justice Department Obtains Consent Decree in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Owners of Minneapolis Area Rental Properties | OPA
The Justice Department today announced that it has obtained a consent decree with Reese Pfeiffer and several other defendants to resolve allegations that Pfeiffer violated...
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Gives Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s Virtual Conference: Confronting Hate: Strategies for Prevention, Accountability and Justice | OPA
Remarks as Delivered Good morning. Thank you for joining us for this important event, Confronting Hate: Strategies for Prevention, Accountability, and Justice. We always welcome...
Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements About Relationship with Government Official in China | OPA
A civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal...
Navistar Inc. to Reduce 10,000 Tons of NOx Emissions and Pay $52 Million Civil Penalty in Federal Settlement of Clean Air Act Claims | OPA
Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of...
Tennessee State Senator and Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted for Alleged Campaign Finance Scheme | OPA
A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating...
Chief Financial Officer for Oklahoma Business Found Guilty of Employment Tax Fraud | OPA
A federal jury convicted a North Carolina woman on Oct. 22 of employment tax fraud. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Christina...