News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 50 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: With its steadfast objective of monitoring and maintaining a safe, healthy environment, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) consistently plays the long game.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Deshawn Derese Nelson, 52, previously admitted that he intended to distribute approximately 18 grams of methamphetamine seized from him during an arrest in Parkersburg.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A California man was convicted for conspiring to transport and transporting noncitizens within the United States, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of West Virginia, is teaming up with Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, the FBI, and West Virginia University to hold a symposium discussing the cutting-edge methods used to convict a serial killer who preyed on veterans at the veteran’s hospital in Clarksburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jacque Phillips, of Weirton, West Virginia, appeared in federal court this week after being indicted on wire fraud, theft, and money laundering charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On August 9, 2021, Secretary Mayorkas met with Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Marco Mendicino. They discussed their domestic immigration systems and common interests in a variety of immigration and border-related issues, including traveler screening and information sharing, asylee and refugee protection, and managing migration in the Western Hemisphere, including through expansion of lawful pathways.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working with Mexican authorities, discovered a 183-foot long subterranean tunnel in Mexicali, Baja California, near the international border.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will travel to Miami next week for meetings with members of the Cuban-American community, where he will re-affirm President Biden’s commitment to hold the Cuban regime accountable, support the Cuban people, and ensure Cuban Americans remain a vital ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Give 100,000 People Access to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure in rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement after the successful confirmation of Jenny Lester Moffitt to serve as Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Today, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a comment in support of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ (Board) notice of proposed rulemaking on Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing. The Board’s proposed rule would require banks that issue debit cards (“issuers”) to give merchants ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit today alleging that Peter McCarthy, who operates a group of residential sober homes through his company, Steps to Solutions Inc., subjected female residents to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: A federal judge sentenced a Florida nurse practitioner and a Florida woman to prison terms today in connection with their participation in a conspiracy to falsify data related to clinical drug trials. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the Southern District of Florida sentenced Eduardo Navarro, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri, returned a two-count indictment charging a Missouri man with hate crime and firearm violations for shooting a teenager with the intent to kill because of the victim’s sexual orientation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta met with over 35 Chief Justices of state supreme courts to discuss the housing and eviction crisis confronting the country. The Attorney General thanked the Chief Justices for their work on the issue and highlighted ...
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States, I extend my best wishes and hope for a bright future to the people of the Republic of Chad on the 61st anniversary of their independence.
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Austin Tice, an American journalist and Marine veteran, was abducted in Syria nine years ago this week. Detained at a checkpoint near Damascus, Austin had traveled to Syria to report on the civil war during his law school summer break. He turns 40 years old today, having spent almost a quarter of his life in captivity.
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: We stand with the international community in calling for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to release, immediately and unconditionally, Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. We continue to condemn these arbitrary detentions as well as the sentence imposed against Mr. Spavor on August ...
