News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 64-year-old Dallas resident been ordered to federal prison for attempting to export firearms, firearm magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition to Mexico, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Raleigh man Tuesday on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for holiday travelers who are planning to fly out of Newark Liberty International, JFK International and LaGuardia Airports during the Christmas and New Year holidays as passenger volume is expected to increase during the end-of-year travel period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Dallas - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has filed federal charges against one of the world’s largest alleged anabolic steroid producers, DEA Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez announced today.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 15, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh went to Birmingham, Ala., recently to stand with workers and local officials to announce the department’s final rule to increase the hourly minimum wage to $15 for employees on federal contracts.
By Steven Hughes | Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $400 million through the newly-created Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) to fund emergency food assistance provided by local producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Twenty-one individuals have been charged in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, fentanyl and other controlled substances with activity that spanned across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Puerto Rico.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH: Well, very good that you are here -.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: A powerful partnership among the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management (LM), tribal governments and other agencies is focused on safety at former uranium mining sites, to guide the way to the future protection of human health and the environment across the west.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Anthony Zaghab, age 52, of Centennial, Colorado, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for wire fraud based on his submission of numerous false applications for COVID-related relief funds. Zaghab was also ordered to pay $708,141 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Ravenna, Ohio man was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Demario Hunter of East St. Louis, Illinois, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross today. Hunter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for an attempted carjacking in the city of St. Louis during which the victim was shot and killed. Hunter was previously charged by criminal complaint on September 6, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) proudly announce Cape Lookout National Seashore has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the night skies of the park and the opportunities it provides for astronomy-based experiences for park visitors. Cape Lookout National Seashore is the first Atlantic coastal Dark Sky Place in the NPS to receive this certification.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared an evaluation of potential entry and exposure pathways of virulent Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh) in the United States. This pathogen is known to affect farm-raised catfish, causing losses to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation that brought together thirty-six federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and culminated in federal charges being brought against twenty-three individuals and the seizure of thirteen kilograms of fentanyl, eleven kilograms of cocaine, eleven kilograms of marijuana, and two kilograms of psilocyn mushrooms, was recognized today with a national Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDEFT) award.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant Was a Lead Consulting Firm Partner Advising an Investment Bank on Its Acquisition of GreenSky, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Yonkers, New York has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months of imprisonment on his conviction for violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. I am sorry to have missed the opening on Monday but so pleased to be able to join now.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: JACKSON, AL - On Aug. 8, a 61-year-old maintenance employee of iSpice LLC in Jackson had part of his finger amputated while adding wrapping material to a machine that started and trapped his hand. His employer failed to ensure proper guarding was installed. The incident occurred less than six months...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Rain Forest Produce Inc. (Rain Forest), Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
