RALEIGH As Hurricane Sandy approaches, overwash and flooding have closed N.C. 12 in Dare County from south of the Oregon Inlet bridge to Rodanthe. There are also reports of overwash on N.C. 12 in Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk…

Air Force Public Affairs Agency WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The remains of two Airmen who died when their F-4D Phantom II was shot over Laos in 1969 were returned and honored at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors Oct. 19.…

SAN DIEGO A San Diego-based U. S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked and the crew of USS Curts (FFG-38) stopped a fishing vessel carrying approximately 627 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Oct. 6. While on a…

NRCS Unveils National Effort to Promote Healthy Soil Benefits CARROLL, Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Dave White visited a family-owned farm in Ohio to announce the start of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort meant to highlight the benefits…

Laredo, Texas On October 10, Laredo North agents assigned to the Border Patrol checkpoint located on Interstate Highway 35 encountered a 2008 Blue Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a 55-year-old U.S. Citizen from Waco, Texas, at the primary inspection lane. A…

Agency participates in international Operation Pangea V to protect consumers from potentially dangerous, unapproved drugs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 4,100 Internet pharmacies…

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Long Island physician William J. Conway has been charged with causing the deaths of two patients through the distribution of the highly addictive pain-killer oxycodone. The indictment also charges Conways former office assistant, Robert Hachemeister, with…

Washington Effective September 30, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security and the Canada Border Services Agency will begin the Phase I pilot of the Entry/Exit program as outlined in the Beyond the Border Action Plan. Routine biographic information will be…

MIAMI The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute interdicted 2,921 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of $35 million and detained four suspected Honduran drug smugglers while on patrol in international waters off the coast of Honduras…

by 2nd Lt. Meredith Dilley 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Sheppard Air Force Base will receive more than $10 million in funds from Air Education and Training Command to support several demolition and renovation…

WASHINGTON A Detroit-area doctor was charged and arrested today in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $40 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physician home visits and home health services. In addition to the arrest,…

By Lance Cpl. Phillip Clark, 2nd Marine Division MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. The first thing Staff Sgt. Matthew E. Faircloth did once he regained consciousness after being shot in the head in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2011…