News from December 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened just under 21 million travelers during the 10-day Thanksgiving holiday. The agency expects high travel volumes into the December holidays and encourages passengers planning to travel this holiday season to sign up for TSA PreCheck® to provide more convenience and save time at the airport.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
Release: The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, hosted today by the Government of Japan, represents a critical milestone to address malnutrition in all its forms around the world. Building off the efforts and substantial commitments the United States made at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit, we intend...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting letters of interest from eligible non-federal entities for Basin Studies and Water Management Options Pilots. Letters of interest are due by Feb. 11, 2022, to the nearest regional office.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 15 actors across three countries in connection with serious human rights abuse and repressive acts targeting innocent civilians, political opponents, and peaceful protestors. As part of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Randal Jason Newell, 41, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
By George Willis | Dec 7, 2021
Crossroads Hospice, which operates facilities in Ohio and Tennessee, has recently agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for patients who were not terminally ill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nakia Barber, age 46, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to time served (approximately 3 months), followed by 3 years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a defaced firearm and possessing with intent to distribute and distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two inmates at Thomson Penitentiary in Thompson, Ill., were indicted today by a federal grand jury on murder and hate crime charges relating to the beating death of a fellow inmate.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
Release: The United States applauds the Gambian people for ensuring their voices were heard in their presidential election on December 4. Gambians cast their votes with a turnout of nearly 90 percent of registered voters in a free and fair presidential election that was held peacefully. As was the case in December 2016, Gambians once again serve as an inspiration in their peaceful pursuit of representative governance and civic participation in the political process.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Kenyada Jaqu, 45, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison after a three-day trial in October 2020 where a jury found him guilty of drug- and firearm-related crimes. Jaqu’s trial was the first criminal trial in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jasmine Wynne (31, Ruskin) to 33 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and theft of a postal key.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Commerce has recently created a committee to inform the federal government on microelectronics policy, manufacturing, research and development.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of a neighborhood street gang that identifies as “300" operating in Hudson County, New Jersey, today admitted his role in a gang-related shooting, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Joseph Roberto Major, 33, of North Charleston, was sentenced to thirteen years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 7, 2021 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will make up to $800 million available to support biofuel producers and infrastructure. Today’s announcement includes $700 million to provide economic relief to biofuel producers and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Dec. 3, 2021, Jareece Edward Blackmon, 28, from Enterprise, Alabama, was convicted by a jury on federal gun and drug charges, including a charge of committing murder in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Nicholas Marshall, 36, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S.-Russia policy. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Victoria Nuland, under secretary of State for political affairs.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 7, 2021
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan recently toured historically marginalized communities in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, hearing firsthand accounts from residents on the impact of pollution.
