News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Jasmine Cook was sentenced to three years’ probation for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Admitted that He was Hired to Murder Victims Over a Debt; Also Admitted Possessing with Intent to Distribute 732 Pills Marked as OxyContin But Actually Contained a Fentanyl/Heroin Mixture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced today new district-wide Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) initiatives, to include federal prosecutors specifically assigned to coordinate PSN efforts in each of the district’s four geographic Divisions...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Getting a fix on the timing of seasonal plant events like fruiting or leaf senescence could get easier to do, thanks to time-series images captured by PhenoCams-tower-mounted digital cameras operated by scientists participating in the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $902,500 grant to the city of Hartwell, Georgia, to support critical upgrades to the city’s wastewater treatment plant to accommodate a new distribution center and other businesses. This EDA grant, to be matched with $902,500 in local investment, is expected to create 130 jobs and generate $550 million in private investment.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS strongly condemns the attacks that occurred in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. We grieve for the loss of Afghan and British civilians, and American service members at the hands of Daesh/ISIS terrorists. The tragic loss of life is only compounded by the fact that those killed were endeavoring to evacuate or working to conduct that humanitarian mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Scheme to Defraud and Steal from the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Making a False Statement in the Acquisition of a Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 23, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced coordinated actions to address allegations of lending discrimination by Cadence Bank N.A.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: U.S. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta this morning spoke with European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager. In their inaugural conversation, the two leaders discussed the Justice Department and European Commission’s mutual interest in promoting competition in a fair, global marketplace and building stronger transatlantic cooperation on justice issues and antitrust enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Sutter Health, a California-based health care services provider, and several affiliated entities including Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (dba Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, and Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation) and Sutter Valley Medical Foundation (dba Sutter Gould ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following statement on the FBI’s announcement of the 2020 Hate Crimes Statistics: “Preventing and responding to hate crimes and hate incidents is one of the Justice Department’s highest priorities. The FBI Hate Crime Statistics for 2020 demonstrates the urgent need for a comprehensive response.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Mr. David’s Flooring International LLC (Mr. David’s), a Chicago-based commercial flooring contractor, pleaded guilty after being charged for its role in a long-running conspiracy to rig bids and fix prices for commercial flooring products and services, and for its role in a money laundering conspiracy involving kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Arizona-based Gear Box Z (GBZ) has agreed to stop manufacturing and selling aftermarket automotive products widely known as “defeat devices,” that, when installed, bypass, defeat or render inoperative Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-certified emission controls on motor vehicles thereby increasing emissions and harming air quality.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the state regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Ida on the customers and operations of many financial ...
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Eighteen days ago, the United States and our allies began our evacuation and relocation operation in Kabul. As you just heard from the Pentagon, a few hours ago, that operation was completed. More than 123,000 people have been safely flown out of Afghanistan. ...
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne about recent events in Afghanistan, including the attack on U.S. forces there. They also discussed our mutual efforts to assist Afghan refugees and partners.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes to the people of Malaysia on the occasion of your National Day on August 31.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS strongly condemns the attacks that occurred in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. We grieve for the loss of Afghan and British civilians, and American service members at the hands of Daesh/ISIS terrorists. The tragic loss of life is only compounded by the fact that those killed were endeavoring to evacuate or working to conduct that humanitarian mission.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America and the American people, I congratulate the people of the Kyrgyz Republic as you celebrate your 30th Independence Day on August 31.
