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Alabama homeowners and renters who sustained damage to their primary property from the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes have two weeks left to apply for federal assistance.
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Hazard Mitigation Saves Millions for Rural Community

It is unwise to do the same thing repeatedly and expect different results. This applies to just about everything in life, including how we recover from the damaging effects of a natural disaster.
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FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at The Home Depot in Prattville

Repairing or rebuilding your home? Disaster survivors who are working on their homes after the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes can visit The Home Depot in Prattville to speak with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to best repair their homes.
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Helping Cyber Defenders “Decide” to Use MITRE ATT&CK

Since the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced its first edition of Best Practices for MITRE ATT&CK® Mapping nearly two years ago, the ATT&CK framework has evolved, expanded, and improved its ability to support more than just optimized cyber threat intelligence to the cybersecurity community.
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Ensuring Next Generation 911 Interoperability

New testing and certification program, laboratory will improve the functionality of our national 911 system.
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Three Individuals and One Business Indicted on Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity Among Other Charges for Operating Cryptocurrency Kiosks in Northeast Ohio

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging S and P Solutions, Sonny Meraban, 45, Reza Mehraban, 75, and William Suriano, 69, on several charges including Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity, Conspiracy, and License Requirement Violation for owning and operating cryptocurrency kiosks in Northeast Ohio from August 2002 to February 2023.
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16 Defendants Charged in 112-Count Indictment Alleging Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in Stolen Mail Scheme

Sixteen individuals are facing federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges alleging their participation in a stolen mail scheme in and around the Americus, Georgia, community and Florida amounting to more than $165,000.
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Serial Con Artist Sentenced To 51 Months In Connection With Embezzlement Scheme

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TRACII SHOW HUTSONA was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for her embezzlement of more than one million dollars as part of a confidence scheme
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Orlando Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years in Prison for Fraud Schemes

U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Keith Ingersoll (46, Orlando) to nine years and one month in federal prison for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Temporary TSA PreCheck® application center set for March 13 to inside North Central West Virginia Airport

Residents of Harrison County, W.Va., and the surrounding region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA PreCheck® program at North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) from March 13 to 17, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up” enrollment center inside the airport’s information center.
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TSA officers prevent second traveler this week from bringing a gun onto flight at Norfolk International Airport

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Kentucky man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight on Wednesday, March 1, just two days after they stopped a Nevada woman from carrying her gun onto a flight on Feb. 27.
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TSA PreCheck® sets new active membership record

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced its TSA PreCheck® application program has surpassed 15 million active members, setting a new record for the program that began in December 2013.
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TSA officers prevent woman from bringing a gun onto flight at Erie International Airport

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field prevented a Warren, Pa., woman from bringing her loaded handgun onto her flight early this morning, Thursday, March 2.
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TSA at SLC discovers foldable pistol in traveler’s carry-on luggage

Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) detected a loaded gun and three rounds of ammunition in the carry-on luggage of a male passenger ticketed for travel to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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TSA to host several recruiting events in March for jobs at Boston Logan International Airport

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold multiple recruiting events throughout the month of March.
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President Biden Joins DHS To Recognize Twenty Years of Progress Securing the Homeland

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is marking the 20th Anniversary of the Department’s creation. Following the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush established DHS by signing the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
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TSA officers prevent Nevada woman from bringing her gun onto flight at Norfolk International Airport

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Nevada resident from bringing her handgun onto her flight on Monday, Feb. 27.
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Temporary TSA PreCheck® and TWIC application center set for March 13 to 17 in Lancaster

Residents of Lancaster and the surrounding area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA PreCheck® program or the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program at the Central Penn AAA branch office from March 13 to 17, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up” enrollment center in a specially marked RV/truck parked at the AAA office located at 804 Estelle Drive, Lancaster, Pa. 17601.
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TSA officers prevent explosive device from being loaded on plane at Lehigh Valley International Airport

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer prevented an explosive device from being loaded onto a flight at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday, Feb. 27.
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The Long Blue line: Greenland—Coast Guard’s Arctic combat zone of World War II, 1940-41

On April 9, 1940, Germany’s occupation of Denmark, in conjunction with its invasion of Norway, marked a turning point in the U.S. Government’s relationship to the war in Europe.
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