BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Lt. Nicholas Hance Members of the Uniformed Services University's Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) met separately with representatives from both Germany and India to continue strengthening its international partnerships recently. AFRRI continued its long-standing collaboration with Germany's Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology (BIR), located in Munich. BIR serves as the  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 18, 2024, by Commissioner Mary T. Boyle: * * * Today the Commission voted unanimously to issue a final rule to set performance requirements for nursing pillows. That is good news for infants and for caregivers who use and rely on these products multiple times a day. Although nursing pillows are primarily intended to support infants during breast or bottle feeding, they are sometimes u  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 18, 2024, by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: * * * Preventing infants from dying in unsafe consumer products is my top priority as a Commissioner. Today, the Agency honored its duty by adopting a strong rule to protect babies from the suffocation risks posed by poorly designed nursing pillows. And our action today protects parents' right to choose among many safe options for feeding   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: GLEN BURNIE, Md. Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended an unlawfully present 36-year-old Honduran noncitizen convicted of sex crimes against a Maryland minor. Officers from ERO Baltimore arrested Henry Danilo Hernandez-Lazo Sept. 5 in Glen Burnie. "ERO Baltimore is focused on prioritizing public safety by apprehending and removing egregiou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket No. 23-237; WT Docket 02-378) on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * The Region 20 Public Safety 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive in-person planning meetings on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Beginning at 10:00 am, the meetings will be held at the Department of Information Technology (1st floor/conference rooms A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-301) on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Re: Short Term Network Change Certification Received Verizon Maryland LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that short term public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * Claim Seeks Over $100M in Costs Incurred to Reopen Access to the Port of Baltimore and Punitive Damages for the Owner and Operator's Reckless Conduct * * * The Justice Department filed a civil claim today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and opera  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Sharon Holland Dr. Louis N. Pangaro, professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Award for Excellence in Medical Education. This prestigious award is the AAMC's highest honor, recognizing individuals whose contributions have had a profound impact on advancing medical education. Pangaro's   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: On September 17, 2024, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced David Warren, a/k/a "Meshawn," age 32, of Baltimore to 467 months in federal prison, followed by 5years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family ("BGF") gang. The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, United Sta  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Earlier today, the Justice Department filed a civil claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In the early morning hours of March 26, the Motor Vessel DALI left  more

GREENBELT, Maryland, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Newton Ofioritse Jemide, a Nigerian national, was extradited from France to the United States on September 13, 2024 to face federal charges for wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal benefits. Jemide had his initial appearance on September 16, 2024, and is currently detained pending trial. The extradition was announce  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) -- Leaders representing the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Navy shared their perspectives alongside industry experts on the growing importance of space operations and the challenges of integrating space into broader military strategies during a panel at the Air and Space Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 16. Air Marshal Paul Godfrey, assistant chi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded a contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC of Houston, to support the agency's lunar relay systems as part of the Near Space Network, operated by the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This Subcategory 2.2 GEO to Cislunar Relay Services is a new firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order contract. The contract has a base period of five years with an ad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $4.8 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Maryland to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyze economic opportunity.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year marks the 75th anniversary of NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory, located in College Park, Maryland with field stations in Tennessee, Idaho and Nevada. Here are six facts about the lab. ARL is one of NOAA's oldest labs, was a product of the Cold War. ARL's research focus is on the boundary layer, the part of the atmosphere from a few feet below the soil up to 2-3  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Emmeline James NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) -- U.S. Space Force senior leaders discussed the Personnel Management Act during a panel at the Air and Space Force's Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18. The Space Force Personnel Management Act (PMA) was approved by Congress and signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. When fully implem  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Sharon Holland Researchers from the Uniformed Services University (USU) were honored for their outstanding contributions to military health research through the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) team awards and Young Investigator Competition awards, showcasing USU's commitment to advancing the health and readiness of our nation's warfighters. The Medical Assessment and Readi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Baltimore District issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- The Washington Aqueduct earned multiple taste test awards for drinking water produced at its Dalecarlia and McMillan Water Treatment Plants at the Chesapeake Section of the American Water Works Association 2024 Tri-Association Conference held in Ocean City, Maryland, Aug. 27-30, 2024. Dalecarlia and McMillan Water Treatment Plants were named first and second pla  more