DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 election for four positions on the Bank's Board of Directors (Board), which consisted of one member director seat in Louisiana, two-member director seats in Texas and an independent director seat. Each seat has a four-year term commencing January 1, 2025,  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By 4th Combat Camera Squadron, 315th Airlift Wing JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- In a significant step toward enhancing military readiness and coordination, the 1st and 4th Combat Camera Squadrons solidified their partnership with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on November 2. The MOU marked a new chapter in their efforts to bolster Total Force Integration, establishing a combined flying of  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell - October 2024": * * * Area prices rose 1.9 percent over the past 12 months * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell declined 0.4 percent from August to October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach - October 2024": * * * Area prices rose 2.7 percent over the past 12 months * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach rose 0.6 percent from August to October, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.3 percent in October; up 2.5 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.3 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The monthly i  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that GreenBox Systems LLC (GreenBox), an innovative company that provides automated warehouse services to businesses of all sizes, will invest $144 million in a new distribution facility in Jackson. The project will create more than 300 new jobs in Butts County. "Innovative job creators in every industry continue to choose Georgia, and we're pro  more

ALBANY, Georgia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Georgia inmate who is a high ranking member of the Ghostface Gangsters (GFG)--a criminal organization founded in the prison system--pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to directing a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy involving another prisoner and GFG member, as well as a third co-defendant. Donald Jason Miles aka "Crash" aka "Cocho," 39, of Va  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ATLANTA Residents of the 63 Georgia counties affected by Tropical Storm Debby, damage Aug. 4--20, 2024, or Hurricane Helene who were provided Displacement Assistance because they couldn't return to their home after the storms may be eligible for Rental Assistance. Displacement Assistance is money you can use to stay in a hotel or motel, stay with family and fri  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research team led by the University of Maryland has been nominated for the Association for Computing Machinery's Gordon Bell Prize. The team is being recognized for developing a scalable, distributed training framework called AxoNN, which leverages GPUs to rapidly train large language models, or LLMs. Winners of the Gordon Bell Prize will be announced at the Inter  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: An Idaho man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computer servers of 19 victims across the United States, stealing personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to more than 132,000 people, and attempting to extort a Florida orthodontist for payment in Bitcoin by threatening to disclose stolen patient records and other PII. According to court documents, in   more

LONDON, Kentucky, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: A Lynch, Ky., man, Steven Wayne Williams, 41, was sentenced to 180 months in prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, from December 2021 to August 31, 2022, Williams conspired with others to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing bipartisan legislation to help Georgia veterans and their families afford homes. Today, Sens. Ossoff and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan Veterans Home Loan Fairness Act to help veterans and their families qualify for home loans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bipartisan bill would remove the consideration of childcare expenses from debt-to-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 654) on November 8, 2024: Here are excerpts: * * * WHEAT: The outlook for 2024/25 U.S. wheat this month is for slightly larger supplies, domestic use, and ending stocks but unchanged exports. Supplies are raised on higher imports, increased 5 million bushels to 120 million, all on Hard Red Spring. Domestic use is raised, all on food use, based main  more