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*Indiana Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2024-12-13 ( 5 items )  
CPSC Issues Recall Alert Involving Wall Teester Bed Crowns (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Name of Product: Wall Teester Bed Crowns Hazard: The welded metal tabs used to mount the recalled bed crowns can weaken, causing the bed crown to fall from the wall onto consumers below, posing an injury hazard. Remedy: Refund/Replace Recall Date: December 12, 2024 Units: About 890 Consumer Contact: Touch of Class at 800-457-7456 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday throug more PR

Dayton Foundation: Del Mar Encore Fellows Selected to Help Lead Community Efforts (10)
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Dayton Foundation issued the following news release: Eight highly skilled older adults have been selected as the newest fellows for The Dayton Foundation's Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative, which deploys retired or career-transitioning older adults to work on significant community issues. Each fellow brings new sources of talent and experience to nonprofit organizations tackling critical needs in Greater Dayton. Since the initiative launched in 2017, Del  more PR

Justice Dept.: China-Based Hacker Charged for Conspiring to Develop and Deploy Malware That Exploited Tens of Thousands of Firewalls Worldwide (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * A federal court in Hammond, Indiana, unsealed an indictment today charging Guan Tianfeng, a citizen of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for his involvement in a conspiracy to hack indiscriminately into firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Guan and his co-conspirators worked at the offices of Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co. Ltd. to discover and exploit a previously-unkno more PR

Justice Dept.: Indiana Woman Sentenced for Racially Motivated Attack Against a Woman of Chinese Descent (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: An Indiana woman was sentenced today to 72 months in prison and three years of supervised release for committing a federal hate crime. On Sept. 17, Billie Davis, 57, pleaded guilty to willfully causing bodily injury to a victim, identified in court papers only by her initials, Z.F., through the use of a dangerous weapon (a knife), because of Z.F.'s actual and perceived race and national or more PR

Rep. Simpson Votes to Create a Third Federal Judge for Idaho (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 (JUDGES Act). This legislation will add critically needed federal judgeships to resolve currently understaffed and backlogged courts--including an additional federal district judgeship in Idaho. "With Idaho's population growth comes increased pressure on our courts," said Rep. Simp more PR