WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Apparel data in fashion February 05, 2025 Though this year's New York Fashion Week styles have yet to hit most local stores, spending on clothes--from haute couture, and ready-to-wear, to factory outlet and discount store bargains--is a must for many. In 2023, household spending on women's apparel averaged $655, compared with $406 for men's apparel  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an inquiry into a news distortion complaint filed against WCBS, New York. The complaint, submitted by the Center for American Rights (CAR) on October 16, 2024, alleges that WCBS engaged in news distortion during a "60 Minutes" interview. The interview in question featured then Vice President. Following the complaint, WCBS provided the FCC with an unedited transcript and video of the broadcast, which the FCC has now   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * Mehtab Syed Named Special Agent in Charge of the Salt Lake City Field Office The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named Mehtab Syed as the special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City Field Office. Ms. Syed most recently served as special agent in charge of Cyber and Counterintelligence Division in the Los Angeles Field Office. Ms. Syed entered on duty as an FBI special agent in August 2005. She was assigned to the Ne  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Defendant Unlawfully Exported Semi-Automatic Rifle-Pistols from U.S. Company Through JFK International Airport * * * Earlier today, an indictment was filed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Sergei Zharnovnikov, an arms dealer and citizen of Kyrgyzstan, with conspiring to export firearms from the United States to Russia without the nec  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Danielle R. Sassoon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CATHERINE SEEMER, a nurse practitioner who stole the identities of 12 medical doctors and orchestrated an $11.2 million disability loan fraud scheme, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to five years in prison. U.S. Attorney Danielle   more