WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Pfc. Henry J. McConnell, 28, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2023. In early 1942, McConnell was assigned to the 2nd Observation Squadron in the Philippines, when Japanese forces invaded the Philipp  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: A clinical social worker today admitted to a federal judge that she helped devise and execute a scheme that shortchanged Rhode Island and Massachusetts substance abuse disorder patients out of counseling and treatment services while, at the same time, defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurers out of more than $3.5 million do  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: A Providence man who took delivery of a locked case inside of which he expected to find thirteen kilos of cocaine, and who later participated in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Center has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Emmanuel Nolasco, 37, previous  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: An indictment unsealed in federal court in Providence today charges Michael Darrah, a benefits service representative with the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs in Providence, with three counts of bribery and one count each of extortion, gratuity received by a public official, and witness tampering, announced United States Attorney Zach  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island posted the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in several jurisdictions for the Nov. 7 general election. The department will assign federal observers to monitor the election in Union County, New Jersey, to observe the county's compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Earlier this year, a federal court  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: * * * Cutting edge technological surveys in Wyoming shed light on energy and mineral potential, as well as increased understanding of geologic hazards * * * Scientists in Wyoming are wrapping up a banner year for geologic data acquisition for the state with three large airborne geophysical surveys covering an area of roughly 7,000 square miles. For comp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - The cylindrical canvas sea bag, now a faded shade of green, has been all over the globe, from France to Cuba, Libya to Canada and pockets in between. It once carried the belongings -- photographs, love letters and mementos -- of Paul Phillip Cournoyer, who served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s. These days, the bag itself is a beloved possession of Cournoyer's granddaughter, Ryann Co  more