News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, TX-At approximately 5:35 p.m., Aug. 15, 2017, two individuals, a male and a female, were arrested outside the FBI Dallas Division building. The individuals attempted to forcibly stop an FBI employee’s vehicle as it exited the FBI parking lot and used their vehicle to block the road. FBI agents successfully apprehended the individuals. No one was injured in the incident.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) grants residents freedom of religious belief, freedom to preach and participate in religious activities in public, and freedom to pursue religious education. The law also protects the right of religious assembly and the rights of religious...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative, which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion, and requires all provisions of the law to be consistent with Islam. The constitution also states, “subject to law, public order, and morality, every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice, and propagate his religion." The courts continued...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Gwendolyn Hampton, 38, of St. Louis pleaded guilty to tax evasion. She appeared in federal court in St. Louis this morning before Judge Ronnie L. White who accepted her plea and set her sentencing for November 15th.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and provides for freedom of religious thought, expression, and practice. All religious groups must register with the government. There were five deaths following the intervention of security forces in a dispute concerning the control of a mosque in Semere.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, provides for freedom of belief, religion, and worship, and states no one “shall be obligated by coercive measures to declare his or her ideology or beliefs." The law requires the indoctrination of “Christian values" at the community...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution defines the country as a secular state and provides for freedom of religion. In September the government created a new Ministry of Religious and Civil Society Affairs (MRCSA), taking responsibility for religious issues and the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) from the Ministry of...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017 — During the busy fall season, whether you’re preparing a packed lunch for your child, a weeknight dinner for the family, or a tailgate feast for the whole crew, make sure you prevent foodborne illness by following USDA’s four steps to food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII), a publicly traded company headquartered in Newport, Virginia, has agreed to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Thirteen individuals alleged to be members and associates of MS-13 were arrested in Central Ohio and Indiana this morning. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman of the Southern District of Ohio, Special Agent in Charge Angela L. Byers of the FBI, Detroit Field Office Director ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Bringing to a close several years of litigation, John Duarte and Duarte Nursery Inc. have agreed to pay a large civil penalty and preserve and restore creeks, streams, and wetlands to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act on property located in Tehama County, California, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Stuart M. Goldberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: A Greensboro, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), filing a fraudulent tax return and bankruptcy fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Mohamed Elshinawy, 32, of Edgewood, Md., pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization; providing and attempting to provide material support to ISIS terrorism financing; and making ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: A former Department of Defense contractor pleaded guilty today to piloting a cargo flight from Osan Air Base, South Korea to Yakota Air Base, Japan, while under the influence of alcohol. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Chief Master Sergeant Christopher J. VanBurger of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: An active-duty U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty today in connection with his efforts to obstruct a federal criminal investigation of the owner and chief executive officer of a multi-national defense contracting firm headquartered in Singapore. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of ...
By State News Post | Aug 15, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
