By Bob Pepalis | Jul 7, 2022
An investigation conducted by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Alabama gas station cashiers at two locations were underpaid by their employer.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 6, 2022
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the choices of when or whether to have children are among the most important decision every woman must make and those decisions should be made between a woman and her doctor.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 6, 2022
The United States is formally extending its sympathy and stands ready to assist the country of Jordan in the wake of a deadly explosion at the Port of Aqaba that killed more than a dozen people and injured hundreds.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 6, 2022
An Orange Park, Fla., landscape and property cleanup contractor's failure to follow occupational safety guidelines resulted in the death of a worker last December.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 5, 2022
Nearly a year after foreign ministers from 21 nations condemned mass arrests and detention of protestors by the government of Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed the call.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 5, 2022
The Department of Commerce’s SelectUSA program continued with more sessions featuring administration officials, governors and CEOs of major companies who are investing in American infrastructure projects.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 5, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo announced recently a new partnership between the two countries to promote women in tech.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 4, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gained a significant upgrade with the inauguration of its new weather and climate supercomputers.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 4, 2022
The Department of Labor recently announced the launch of the Android version of its Timesheet app, designed to help workers prevent wage and hour violations before they occur.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 4, 2022
NATO formally invited Finland and Sweden to join the alliance as Turkey concedes its initial objections to the two nations’ membership.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 3, 2022
The State Department announced the award of federal grants to 65 U.S. citizen diplomats and 33 international partners through the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to implement public service projects that seek to address and break down global issues.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 3, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo spoke at the recent 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit, delivering both opening and closing remarks.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 3, 2022
The former director of a residential addiction-recovery center in Florida faces more than eight years in prison and a nearly $32 million fine for his role in a massive fraud scheme.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 2, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a Russian missile strike that hit a crowded Ukrainian shopping mall June 27 was “the latest in the string of atrocities” against the people of Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 2, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the launch of the U.S.-Singapore Women in Tech Partnership Program with Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 2, 2022
Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Women’s Bureau, issued an official statement addressing the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a woman's right to abortion.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 1, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves said the U.S.-Ghana Business Forum aimed to deepen diplomatic and commercial partnerships between Ghana and the U.S.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 1, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the U.S will impose a new wave of sanctions on Russian entities to further place “severe consequences” on President Vladimir Putin.
By Bob Pepalis | Jun 30, 2022
A Memphis, Tenn., deli allowed teenage workers to clean and operate a deli meat slicer on a daily basis in violation of federal child labor laws.
By Bob Pepalis | Jun 30, 2022
The United States will provide approximately $55 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the June 22 earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan.
