By Art Benavidez | Dec 29, 2021
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “has seized enough fentanyl to provide a lethal dose to every American” this year as Mexican-based criminal organizations are flooding America with fake prescription drugs laced with the narcotic, a DEA press release said.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 28, 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is examining December’s tornado outbreak and gathering data to help explain why it occurred in late autumn.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 28, 2021
Two Ohio-based roofing companies were recently found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have knowingly disregarded fall protections resulting in a 19-year-old employee’s death at Neville Island, Pennsylvania in June.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 28, 2021
The operators of a behavioral health care facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts have recently been ordered to pay $30,515.63 in legal fees after failing to comply with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued subpoena for video footage of violent incidents involving employees.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 28, 2021
Three senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, asking about her husband's possible involvement with the Chinese Communist Party.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a $5 million grant to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to assist in protecting workers’ rights in the agricultural sector in Honduras and Guatemala and the clothing industry in El Salvador.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded an $8 million grant to support the improvement of workplace safety and employee health in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
A Southern California proprietor of several compounding pharmacies in several states has recently been sentenced to three years in federal prison for tax evasion and health care fraud.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
As the holiday season winds down, the FBI is reminding consumers to be wary of online shopping scams that target unsuspecting consumers.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The deadline for organic agricultural producers to file for 2020 and 2021 pandemic assistance has recently been extended to Feb. 4 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to stakeholders’ requests for additional time to complete the application.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The use of soybean oil in jet biofuel may be significantly improved after scientists with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois recently developed a procedure for improving soy’s interaction with petroleum.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced this week that they had confirmed a case of COVID-19 in a Canada lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
Nearly $260 million in highway safety grants were released by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Philadelphia Division announced recently that a number of relics stolen during the 1960s and 1970s have been recovered and returned to the respective museums.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
Four Houston-area men have recently been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking part in a scheme to defraud $35 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the U.S. Government.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recently seized more than $1 million in counterfeit consumer products and pharmaceuticals in New Orleans, Louisiana during ‘Operation Safety Claus.’
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
Brazilian authorities aided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted an investigation leading to the arrest of four men involved in online threats, hate crimes and the planning of mass casualty attacks.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized federal greenhouse gas emission standards that are the “most ambitious vehicle emissions standards for greenhouse gases ever established for the light-duty vehicle sector in the United States.”
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently drafted a new chemical review protocol for hazardous materials to address “incomplete and hard to follow documentation” present in the 2018 Application of Systematic Review in Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Evaluations.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (UDSA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be mailing a questionairre this month to 75,000 agricultural producers nationwide as part of the 2021 Farm Producer Study.
