News from December 2021
By Emily Bevard | Dec 15, 2021
An investigation into a poly-drug trafficking organization in Denver has led to the indictment of 19 and arrest of 10 individuals charged with crimes ranging from racketeering and conspiracy to drug distribution and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Antonio Wells, 32 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Hudson County, New Jersey, couple was sentenced today for operating a Ponzi scheme in which they defrauded approximately 30 investors by making extraordinary guarantees about investment returns and then used the money for extravagant purchases and to pay off other victims, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Brian McFeeters from the U.S. Embassy. I’d like to introduce Secretary of State Antony Blinken to talk about Malaysia’s energy transition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Mexican national pleaded guilty to unlawful return of an alien deported or removed after conviction for a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Jason E. Schneider, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector, and Vernon Bison, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant Alleged to Have Made False Statements About Businesses She Incorporated to Obtain Multiple Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Paycheck Protection Program Loans.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The Government of Bulgaria has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of wheat (Triticum sp.) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS shares ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) calling on them to recommit to what the Supreme Court identified as the purpose of the Natural Gas Act: plentiful supplies at reasonable prices.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an $18 million funding opportunity to help state, local, and tribal governments enhance the impact of DOE's existing residential Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and help lower energy costs for consumers. Since 1976, the WAP...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIS MERCED pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to charges relating to his involvement in the murder of Efren Cardenas on Feb. 10, 1989, in Brooklyn, New York. William Skinner and Dorian Brooks, a/k/a “Kool-Aid," also pled guilty, on December 8, 2021, to charges relating to their involvement in the murder of Efren Cardenas.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 15, 2021
A San Diego, California resident has recently been sentenced for the distribution of more than 100 pounds of fentanyl as well as fentanyl analogues, cocaine and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: News Release Summary - Dec. 15, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - The Disaster Recovery Center located at the Roller Kingdom in Hammond will close at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 18.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement on the announced retirement of Amtrak Chief Executive Officer William J. Flynn...
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Okay. My first question definitely is about what benefit my fellow Malaysians and Malaysian business communities and the people of ASEAN - if you look into the bigger picture, the United States can’t afford to be absent from the region’s evolving economic potential, and - as you have pointed out clearly in your joint press conference this morning, and that the the U.S. will do more in delivering stability, growth, and also innovation.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Senate’s final passage of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2021 - USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed a unique approach to using satellite imagery to predict cattle weight gain on rangelands. By fusing multiple images over a period of time, scientists were able to monitor how forage quality changes over space and time in rangelands within the shortgrass steppe, and how this relates to the weight gain of free-ranging cattle throughout the summer grazing season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Oxford, MS - A federal jury has convicted a Tupelo, Mississippi man of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By John Kelly | Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently made up to $800 million in economic relief available to biofuel producers in order to restore and improve renewable fuel markets affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Duane Day, 31, of New Laguna, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, was sentenced in federal court today to three years in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily harm in Indian Country. Day pleaded guilty on June 18.
