WASHINGTON Caterpillar Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.55 million civil penalty to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping more than 590,000 highway and non-road engines without the correct emissions controls, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency…

HOUSTONA Houston Police officer has been arrested following the return of an indictment by a Houston grand jury charging him with drug trafficking and corruption. A two-count indictment was returned under seal on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, charging Houston police…

PHILADELPHIAJohn Wiley Spann, 50, of Andalusia, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, arising out of a massive, sophisticated loan fraud scheme that caused losses of approximately $53 million at Equipment Finance,…

Las Vegas, NV The Office of the Nevada Attorney General has announced indictments against Harold Gomez, Yader Gomez a.k.a. Tony Gomez, and Jose Gomez on multiple theft charges arising from their operation and involvement in an automotive repair shop named…

Deming, New Mexico U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Deming, New Mexico station arrested a Citizen of Mexico on Sunday, July 10, 2011 with an extensive criminal history, including felony possession of marijuana and…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in the murder of 70-year-old security guard Dwight Mayhugh, Sr.,…

BEAUMONT, Texas A 56-year-old veteran peace officer has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms and mail fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Harry Leroy Kelley, of Kingwood, Texas, was found guilty by a jury on Feb. 3,…

The nations largest airlines posted an on-time arrival mark in May that was an improvement from Aprils showing but down from the performance recorded in May 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department…

WASHINGTON Leonard Langman, M.D., a neurologist who owned and operated a Brooklyn, N.Y., medical clinic pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare; the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP); the New…

Warm summer temperatures are causing rapid melting of last winters record snowpack which lingers high in the mountains. The resulting high water levels are impressive, but expected to have little impact on visitors to Yellowstone National Park. The National Weather…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Viking Range Corporation, of Greenwood, Miss., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $450,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that…

As part of its responsibility to manage and protect wild horses and burros, the Bureau of Land Management is soliciting bids for new long-term pasture facilities located in the continental United States that provide a free-roaming environment. The solicitation is…