HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news on Aug. 29, 2024: Today, Air Force Special Operations Command released an Accident Investigation Board report on an CV-22B Osprey mishap that occurred Aug. 17, 2023, at Inyokern Airfield, California. The aircraft and crew were assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing's 20th Special Operations Squadron, at Cannon AFB, N.M. The mishap resulted in minor injuries to one maintenan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. (APS), an asphalt paving company with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee, agreed to pay $1.25 million and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: As a result of a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida, a federal court has ordered so-called "trucking automation" company RivX to cease its operations over allegations the firm has scammed consumers out of millions of dollars with deceptive promises of trucking industry investment opportunities. The complaint filed by the FTC and the Florida Office of Attorney General alleg  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. All Disaster Recovery Centers will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day. All centers except the one at Sarasota Christian Church will operate 9 a.m. noon on Sunday, Sept. 1. The center at Sarasota Christian Church will be closed Sept. 1. Centers will resume their normal schedules Sept. 3. For Disaster Recovery Center locatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Independent Contractors Who Worked with the Preparer Previously Agreed to Two-Year Injunctions * * * The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a permanent injunction today against Miami tax return preparer Richard Louis, which bars him from preparing federal income tax returns, working for or having any ownership stake in any tax preparation business, assi  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group rescued two civilian Iranian mariners in international waters, Aug 23. At about 7:00 a.m. local (UTC+3) Aug. 23, the Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group rescued two mariners in distress in the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of operations (AOR). A rigid inflatable boat (RIB) from   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A Great Falls man pled guilty on July 23 to wire fraud and a Florida man was sentenced yesterday for his role in the wire fraud conspiracy. According to court documents, Rick Tariq Rahim, 56, defrauded customers who wanted to invest using Rahim's automated trading bots, some of which traded forex, and by "copying" Rahim's supposed trading act  more