DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 12 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Urges U.S. Senate to Pass HALT Fentanyl Act that Ends the Copycat Fentanyl Loophole and Saves Lives DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led 25 states in urging the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act, which will end the copycat fentanyl loophole and save American lives. Since 2018, fentanyl has killed nearly as many Americans as World War II  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * U.S. Marshals Arrest Previously Deported Man for Violation of Sex Offender Registration and Reentry of Deported Alien Trenton, TN - Early this morning, the U.S. Marshals led Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Jackson, Tennessee, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested Jose Alfredo Melendez-Hernandez. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Unicoi County's Ballad Health Hospital Awarded $9.8 Million to Rebuild After Helene Flooding The State of Tennessee and FEMA have approved $9.8 million to replace Ballad Health's hospital in rural Erwin which was destroyed when Tropical Storm Helene swept across Eastern Tennessee in late September. The 10 in-patient bed hospital, which  more