News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Received more than ten pounds of meth by mail and vehicle transport from Mexico.
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 DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it would investigate five states that respect parents’ choices on in-school masking...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: PECOS, Texas - A federal jury convicted a Dallas man last Thursday for possessing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Alieu Crayton, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Dear National Security Advisor Sullivan: “In light of last week’s brutal attacks at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) and tomorrow’s looming withdrawal deadline, we urgently request you provide the plan to repatriate Americans and evacuate others that will be left behind in Afghanistan after...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Dawuan Na’jee Williams has been indicted on federal charges of making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers, aggravated identity theft, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Thursday, Aug. 26, after a three-day trial, a federal jury found Eligio Nunez, 42, of Hayward, guilty of being a felon in possession of firearms, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to Business and Industrial Corporation of Denison, Inc., Denison, Texas, to support development of a master plan for the Texas Gateway Logistics Park that will assess the suitability of existing infrastructure, determine the best use for the property, and take into account transportation and engineering needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Two East St. Louis men are facing federal charges today for a deadly bank.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office released a draft plan that analyzes alternatives to address adverse impacts to cultural resources caused by off-highway vehicle use and rock climbing on basalt cliffs. The plan’s focus area is the American Falls Archaeological District and a portion of the Lake Channel area along the Snake River in southern Idaho.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $19.6 million grant to the Department of Finance of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to fund construction of disaster-resilient infrastructure needed to ensure continuity of government operations and support business growth. The EDA grant is expected to create 1,500 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, DESMA VALDEZ, 20, of Lincoln County, was sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for second-degree murder in connection with a house fire in Indian Country, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led the committee's Republican leadership in a letter urging ChairmanRaúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) to postpone the upcoming full committee markup in light of the urgent crises facing Americans. In part, the members wrote.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - A Manor man was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in prison for robbing a pawn store at gunpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Keith Colantonio, 39, of Milford, Massachusetts was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAMUEL KLEIN, 65, of Greenwich, pleaded guilty today to fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an investment fraud scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By State Newswire | Aug 29, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released initially by the Governments of the United States of America, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia...
