News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Eugene Conrad, 52, of Michigan City, Mississippi, has pleaded guilty to aiming a laser pointer at aircraft. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the guilty plea today.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: United Arab Emirates. Overview: The United Arab Emirates advanced counterterrorism efforts in 2020, particularly in the field of countering terrorist financing. U.S.-UAE security agencies continued to finalize a new information sharing memorandum of cooperation to make travel safer. The UAE seeks to...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released data tables on the Annual Survey of State Government Finances for fiscal year 2020. These statistics provide a summary of the finances of the state governments, as well as data for individual states and details on revenue by source, expenditure by object and function...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 20,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to India during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A New Mexico woman accused of calling the Montana Trappers Association during a fundraising banquet in Dillon to say she and her boyfriend had placed a bomb at the event admitted to charges on Dec. 15, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Wake Forest man was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison and five years of supervised release for embezzlement from a credit union. On June 24, 2020, Johnnie Earl Harrell, 49, pled guilty to the charges.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Maldives. Overview: The Government of Maldives is cognizant of the threat of terrorist attacks and in 2020 concentrated its CT efforts on CVE and the arrest of Maldivians suspected of arson attacks, stabbings, and “supporting or promoting a terrorist organization." Those within the penal system or involved...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Australia. Overview: In 2020, Australia introduced legislation to strengthen CT laws, investigated and disrupted suspected terrorist plots, and maintained high levels of cooperation with the United States and other international partners. Australia continued to play an active role in the Global Coalition...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: The United States will convene a senior-level virtual International Partners Meeting on December 17 to address the security, political, and economic challenges in Haiti and put forward opportunities to support the Haitian people. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols will chair the meeting.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Azerbaijan. Overview: In 2020 the Azerbaijani government actively worked to deter, detect, and defeat terrorist efforts to move people, money, and materials across its land and maritime borders and within the South Caucasus. Azerbaijani law enforcement and security services historically have conducted ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released a new technical note on disaster statistics and censuses as part of the Select Topics in International Censuses series. This technical note highlights the links between census data and strategies for disaster risk reduction. It provides National Statistical Offices...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: AK-style pistol and multiple rounds of ammunition recovered.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On Nov. 20, 2017, the Secretary of State designated the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The Secretary determined that the DPRK government repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, as the DPRK...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Michael Belfiore, a former medical doctor, was sentenced by United States Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco to 23 years in prison for the illegal distribution of oxycodone causing the deaths of two patients and the illegal distribution of oxycodone to those...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment, and three years’ supervised release on her conviction for a series of bank robberies that occurred in West Mifflin, McCandless, and Penn Hills, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Indonesia. Overview: Indonesia applied sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, degrade, and deny safe haven for terrorist groups operating within its borders. ISIS-affiliated Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), and JAD offshoots continued to target police and other symbols of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Philip R. Sellinger today took the oath of office as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
By Press release submission | Dec 16, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced today that it is providing $52.5 billion in funding to all 50 states and the District of Columbia under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Press release submission | Dec 16, 2021
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $14.1 million in environmental justice (EJ) grant funding for 133 grants selected through the Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) and Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement (EJCPS) programs.
