SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued the following news release: * * * Adopted Recommendation Provides Clarity to Election Offices on Usage of HAVA Grants for Improvements that Previously May Have Been Cost Prohibitive * * * On August 28, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) held an in-person public meeting on issues facing voters with disabilities ahead of the 2024 presidential election titled, "Closing the Accessibility Gap: V  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris administration today announced the approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project the nation's tenth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden's leadership. With today's approval, the Department has approved more than 15 gigawatts of clean energy from offshore wind energy projects equivalent to half of the capacity needed to achieve President Biden's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will evaluate a Biennial Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise for communities around the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The exercise will occur during the week of September 10, 2024, to assess the ability of the State of Maryland to respond to an emergency a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Tyrell Lamont Bailey, 27, of Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, was arrested last night and charged by criminal complaint with multiple counts in connection with a handgun he discarded along I-295 in Northeast Washington D.C. The firearm later discharged and killed Investigator Wayne David, 52, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The charges were announced by U.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Rodger Bonilla Vargas, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for maintaining a stash house for a cocaine trafficker, facilitating the distribution of large quantities of cocaine throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Wash  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Three alleged conspirators - Chidi Olujie, 36, a Nigerian citizen and resident of Maryland and the District of Columbia, Jennifer Chibueze, 36, a Nigerian citizen and resident of Maryland, and Jessica Nortey, 32, a Ghanaian citizen and resident of Maryland - are charged with conspiring to launder over $1 million in proceeds from a romance scam and other online frauds, according  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Trayveon James Johnson, 20, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for participating in a wide-spread narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills purchased in Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District of Columbia. Johnson was one of 2  more