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The Federal Bureau of Investigation boarded a vessel managed by the same company whose cargo ship caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to a statement published Saturday. NBC News has reached out to the owner of the vessel Grace Ocean Private Limited, and its operator, Synergy Marine Group for comment. NBC News has also reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland and U.S. Coast Guard for comment. A spokesperson for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would not comment further on the matter. Six construction workers died when the bridge went crumbling down into the Patapsco River.

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☆ FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by Synergy Marine Group whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Baltimore City Fire Boat 2 floats past the Dali container vessel after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI has confirmed. In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed by Synergy Marine Group. Darrell Wilson, a Grace Ocean spokesperson, confirmed that the FBI and Coast Guard boarded the Maersk Saltoro in the Port of Baltimore on Saturday morning.

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☆ How the New Hampshire National Guard failed to protect women
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

His attorney told CNN Patterson is expected to retire as a major, one rank below lieutenant colonel, by November 1. His case is perhaps the most high-profile example of a problem women say has plagued the New Hampshire National Guard for years: A toxic, sexist work environment. The New Hampshire National Guard told CNN in a statement that 2023 was an anomalous year for sexual assault reports. “There’s way too much of ‘foxes guarding the henhouse’ in every angle of the [National Guard Bureau],” the IRC member said. “The National Guard belongs to the governors, and so they can do what they want.”The office of New Hampshire Gov.

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☆ The death of a retired Marine major general is under investigation after his body was found at the training base he once commanded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLaw enforcement is investigating the death of a retired major general whose body was found Saturday at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms , California, officials confirmed to Military.com. AdvertisementUS Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III speaks with staff members during a visit at Camp Johnson. US Marine Corps photo released/by Sgt James A. GuilloryWhen asked, NCIS did not disclose the manner of Mullen's death. US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III delivers a speech during a ground breaking ceremony held at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Twentynine Palms is the largest Marine Corps base in the world, according to the installation's website.

Persons: —, Military.com, William Mullen, Darwin Lam, William F, Mullen, Sgt James A, Lam, Gloria Huerta, Lance Cpl, Rachel K, Porter, Maj, Mullen's, Thomas Savage Organizations: Service, Marine Corps, Business, Naval, Navy, USMC, Camp Johnson, US Marine Corps, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Twentynine Palms, Marine, Training, Education Command, Combat, Force Training Command, Los Angeles Times Locations: Palms , California, Iraq, San Bernardino County, Camp, United States, Military.com

☆ OpenAI seems to be hiring undercover security guards at its office and it's creeping out local business owners
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOpenAI's office in San Francisco is crawling with undercover security guards who don't take kindly to questions, locals say. Photographers for The San Francisco Standard, an online local news outlet, said they recently noticed what looked like undercover security guards standing outside the company's office. OpenAI first moved into its 59,000-square-foot office in San Francisco's Mission District in July 2023. Iain Langlands, a cashier at a pet store just one block from the office, told the Standard that the "vibe" surrounding the OpenAI office is "secretive." California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — which issues security guard licenses — did not immediately return Business a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ US sailor found guilty at court martial on attempted espionage charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A US sailor who served in Japan was found guilty on Friday at a general court martial for attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted violation of a lawful general order. The sailor, Chief Petty Officer Bryce S. Pedicini, will be sentenced on May 7, according to a statement from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Navy prosecutors said that included photographs of a classified computer screen that he attempted to transfer to a foreign government. The charge sheet does not specify which foreign government. Originally from Tennessee, Pedicini enlisted in the Navy in 2008, according to his Navy record.

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☆ Authorities seek arrest of man who allegedly mined crypto under a high school and stole $18,000 of electricity
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In December 2021, a town found a secret crypto mining operation underneath a Massachusetts high school. Police are looking to arrest Nadeam Nahas, the town's former assistant facilities director. Sign up for our newsletter to get the inside scoop on what traders are talking about — delivered daily to your inbox. The town discovered 11 computers, electrical wiring, and ductwork in the crawl space of Cohasset High School in December 2021. According to court documents, authorities concluded a cryptocurrency mining operation was "unlawfully attached to the school electrical system," and alleged Nahas stole $17,492.57 of electricity from the school by running the computers nonstop from April to December of 2021.

☆ Six charged after 18 migrants found dead in truck in Bulgaria
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SOFIA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors have charged 6 people with human trafficking after 18 Afghan migrants were found dead inside a truck dumped on an dirt road near the capital Sofia on Friday. The truck driver and his companion were also charged over the deaths of the migrants, prosecutors said. The 18 victims died of a combination of lack of oxygen in an enclosed space and difficulty breathing as they had been crammed into the truck "like in a tin can", Sarafov said. The other 34 migrants, who were rushed to hospitals on Friday, remain in stable condition, officials said. Prosecutors said the ring had trafficked migrants from the border with Turkey across Bulgaria to Serbia, from where they continued their journey mainly to Britain, Germany and France.

☆ Former Bulgaria energy minister charged with mismanagement of gas deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SOFIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Bulgarian investigators charged former energy minister Alexander Nikolov on Wednesday with mismanagement that led to losses of more than 88 million levs ($48.36 million) at state gas firm Bulgargaz, related to Russia cutting off gas supplies to the country. Russia cut the gas supplies on which Bulgaria was almost fully reliant at the end of April 2022 after the European Union country refused to pay for deliveries in roubles. Former deputy energy minister Danail Nikolov has been charged with malfeasance as part of the same probe. The centre-right GERB party has accused the former government of reformist Kiril Petkov of paying higher prices to secure alternative gas supplies after it refused to pay for Russian gas in roubles. Petkov's coalition government, where Nikolov was energy minister, was toppled in a no-confidence vote six months after taking office in December 2021.

An active-duty Marine was arrested and charged with the death of his 4-month-old baby in Jacksonville, North Carolina, police said Friday. The baby was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics with the Onslow County Emergency Medical Services, the statement said. The Jacksonville Police Department conducted an investigation into the death of the infant and then arrested McGill, according to the statement. Investigators were working with the local district attorney’s office as well as the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, because of McGill’s status as an active-duty Marine, the statement said. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services confirmed that McGill, who is an Active-Duty Marine Lance Corporal, was arrested on Friday in connection with a murder investigation.

NBC News, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, interviewed more than 40 current and former employees of contractors at military bases. According to an NBC News analysis, at least 10 companies with substantiated trafficking violations since 2007 have received billions in new government contracts. ‘Mad scramble’Foreign workers are crucial for the more than 700 military bases with U.S. service members around the world. One company that continues to get work at Middle East bases despite past violations documented in an Army compliance agreement is Tamimi, Abdulla’s employer. Lusambu Karim, a 50-year-old Ugandan, told NBC News about trafficking violations he said he encountered working for Aegis in Afghanistan from 2018 to 2020.

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