MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. Jessica Mazzamuto, 2nd Marine Logistics Group During the month of August, U.S. Navy LT Jane Njenga, a critical care nurse, and LT Lauren Kalodner, an emergency medicine physician, both with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, are participating in the Uniformed Services University Health Services Military Tropical Medicine (MTM) program. The  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) expanding opportunities for group religious practice throughout the state prison system and allowing access to kosher-for-Passover meals and Seders. The agreement resolves the Justice Department's investigation of NCDAC pursuant to the Religious Land Use and  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina has joined the Justice Department in announcing today an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC), expanding opportunities for group religious practice throughout the state prison system and allowing access to kosher-for-Passover me  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Joe Lewis Jefferson, 49, of Nashville, North Carolina, pled guilty for executing a scheme to defraud a program designed to help struggling North Carolinians stay in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. He faces up to 31 years in prison. On March 27, 2024, Jefferson's wife, Danyael Davis Jefferson, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud fo  more