WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice and USDA's Office of the General Counsel, has entered into a settlement agreement with Zachery Keeler, owner of Even Keel Exotics in Temperance, Michigan. As part of this agreement, a Consent Decision & Order was entered   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, a federal jury convicted five defendants - Lauren Handy, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia; John Hinshaw, 67, of Levittown, New York; Heather Idoni, 61, of Linden, Michigan; William Goodman, 52, of Bronx, New York; and Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - of both offenses in a two-count indictment charging them with federal civil rights offen  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: * * * Owner Regularly Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged * * * Eden Foods, Inc., will pay more than $182,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to obtain relief for former employees at the natural foods company's Clinton, Michigan headquarters, the federal agency announced today. Acco  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A federal jury convicted five defendants today of federal civil rights offenses in connection with a reproductive health care clinic invasion in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2020. The defendants were each convicted of a felony conspiracy against rights and a Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act offense. According to evidence presented at trial, Lauren Handy, 28, of Alexandria,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A Michigan company and its president pleaded guilty today for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Detroit, Clarkston-based F. Allied Construction Company Inc. (Allied) and its president, Andrew Foster, conspired with two asphalt paving companies and their emp  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56693) involving Alliance Healthcare Services, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Alliance Healthcare Services Licensee: Alliance Healthcare Services Region: 3 State: MI License #: 47-25570-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Kay Kassel HQ OPS Officer: Lawrence Criscione Notification Date: 08/23/2023 Notification Time: 09:30 [ET] Event Date: 08/21/2023 Event Time: 07:00 [EDT] Last Update Date:   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56693) involving Alliance Healthcare Services, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Alliance Healthcare Services Licensee: Alliance Healthcare Services Region: 3 State: MI License #: 47-25570-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Kay Kassel HQ OPS Officer: Lawrence Criscione Notification Date: 08/23/2023 Notification Time: 09:30 [ET] Event Date: 08/21/2023 Event Time: 07:00 [EDT] Last Update Date:   more