Mother Nature seems intent on teasing us this year with roller coaster temperatures. Triple digits hit this past Sunday with a high of 105. Monday broke the previous record with a searing heat of 110. A record of 108 was…

WASHINGTON Fourteen alleged members of a former paramilitary and drug-trafficking group known as the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), including high-ranking former leaders, have been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. Defendants face charges…

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered two persons to pay more than $49 million for their role in a Canada-based scheme that duped American businesses into paying for business directories and listings they…

Searches and Arrests Cap Year-Long Investigation Portland, Ore. - On Thursday, May 15, 2008, several hundred local and federal law enforcement officers served 17 arrest warrants and 13 search warrants on locations from Portland to Woodburn, Oregon, in a major…

The FBI and JTTF have an open investigation concerning the May 4, 2008 bombing of the U.S. District Courthouse. No person has yet been charged for that crime. On Thursday, May 15, 2008, at approximately 2:47 p.m. Rachelle Lynette Carlock,…

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology would like to inform the general public that the text message currently circulating in the Philippines about a prediction by a certain US Geological Society of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake to hit Philippine…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided $500,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross for the procurement and delivery of emergency relief commodities, as a result of the devastating earthquake…

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (Lockheed), a Denver-based business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States $10.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted invoices for payment it was not entitled to receive on a…

An earthquake occurred 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China and 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China at 12:28 AM MDT, May 12, 2008 (2:28 PM local time in China). The magnitude and location may…

WASHINGTON, D.C. Peace Corps Volunteers serving in China are accounted for and safe. Earlier today, an earthquake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred 55 miles northwest of the Peace Corps/China office in Chengdu, Sichuan province. There are currently 111…

ORLANDO, Fla. - More than eighty individuals involved in various marriage fraud conspiracies throughout Florida were arrested this week following a joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

Washington, D.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order freezing the assets of the alleged perpetrator of an Internet fraud scheme that reaped approximately $72 million from more than 3,000 investors in all 50 states and…