News from August 2021
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: The United States is imposing financial sanctions on three Paraguayan individuals for their roles in corruption schemes in Paraguay, as well as on five associated entities connected with those schemes, pursuant to Executive Order 13818. This Executive Order builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: FORT PIERRE, S.D. - Bureau of Reclamation and Mni Wiconi Rural Water System staff are conducting repairs on the Mni Wiconi Core Water Pipeline in and around Ft. Pierre, South Dakota, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: REPORT: Business Leaders Fear Bidenflation and Dems’ Tax-And-Spend Agenda.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Isaleb Anofils, 32, of Vero Beach, Florida, and Donyell Garland, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, were each sentenced on Friday and last month, respectively, to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, multiple counts of bank fraud, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man who admitted to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Monday to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Andy Kim (D-PA) will host a bipartisan press conference, where they will call on President Biden to publicly commit to continue evacuating people from Afghanistan until all Americans and all special immigrant visas (SIV) applicants have been safely evacuated from the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Sought over $5.5 million in disaster loans using false or altered documents.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-19. Aug. 23, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing a portion of Harris County within the Braeswood area of Houston, Texas, from citrus canker regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - The Department of Justice announced today that it will begin the process of remitting forfeited funds to FIFA, the world organizing body of soccer; CONCACAF, the confederation responsible for soccer governance in North and Central America, among other regions; CONMEBOL, the confederation...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley National Park is extending a closure of the Buckeye Trail between Riverview Road in Boston Township and Snowville Road in Brecksville, including access to Blue Hen Falls, until November 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BORIS GORDON, age 24 of Marrero, pled guilty on Aug. 19, 2021 to making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(a)(6) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Defendants were state’s top individual lottery ticket cashers as result of alleged fraud, claiming more than $20 million in Massachusetts lottery winnings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Attempted to Conceal Illicit Payments to Doctor's Wife.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Beaver County, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to violations of the federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Dear Comptroller Dodaro: . On July 9, President Biden took the unprecedented and unlawful step of firing the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Commissioner, Andrew Saul, in an unfortunate choice of politics over people. Commissioner Saul was confirmed by a wide bipartisan margin of 77-16 in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Mexican citizen has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-24. Aug. 20, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the entry requirements for citrus fruit from the Districts of Riverina and Sunraysia in Australia. This ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Atlanta, GA, Aug. 24, 2021-"Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Natural Health Products: Achievements and Challenges" is the title of Fereidoon Shahidi's 2021 Agricultural Research Service Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecture, presented at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting on August 24.
