News from December 2021

By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced this week that they had confirmed a case of COVID-19 in a Canada lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Aiken, South Carolina man, Travis Lee McKie, age 41, was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 325 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography. McKie was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
Nearly $260 million in highway safety grants were released by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Philadelphia Division announced recently that a number of relics stolen during the 1960s and 1970s have been recovered and returned to the respective museums.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act was signed into law as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: 下記の日本語文書は参考のための仮翻訳で、正文は英文 です。. 司法省. カリフォルニア州南部地区連邦検事局. 2021年12月20日(月). 即時のプレスリリース. 米政府が横領金1億5000万ドルをソニーに返金するため民事訴訟を起こし、FBIが資金をビットコインに追跡. 担当連絡先. オレクサンドラ・ジョンソン検事補 (619) 546-9769. アーロン・P・アルンゼン検事補 (619) 546-8384. プレスリリース要旨 ― 2021年12月20日. サンディエゴ ― 米政府は本日、東京に本社があるソニーグループ株式会社の子会社から詐取され、その後、米連邦捜査局(FBI)による窃盗事件捜査中に法執行機関によって差し押さえられ1億5400万ドルを超える資金を保全し、最終的に返還するため連邦裁判所に提訴した。...

By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
Four Houston-area men have recently been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking part in a scheme to defraud $35 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the U.S. Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Burlington man, Terrell Nicholas Wilson, age 28, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey on Dec. 22, 2021 to 70 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Wilson was on federal supervised release at the time of the offense. The 70-month...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and risk management document (RMD) that proposes that fresh pummelo fruit can be safely imported from Vietnam into the United States with appropriate phytosanitary measures.

By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recently seized more than $1 million in counterfeit consumer products and pharmaceuticals in New Orleans, Louisiana during ‘Operation Safety Claus.’
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA has extended the period for applicants to request Public Assistance grants for Hurricane Ida. The new deadline is Feb. 11, 2022.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A provision authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would enhance our nation’s ability to combat the rise of human trafficking has been signed into law as a part...

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - As we gather with friends and family to celebrate the holiday season and ring in the New Year, consider committing to a resolution for 2022 that could save your life and protect your home - resolve to be ready for disasters.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is classifying Canada as Level I for both bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. APHIS prepared evaluations for both diseases and found that Canada fully meets the APHIS requirements for classification as Level 1. Bovine ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and risk management document (RMD) that proposes that fresh pummelo fruit can be safely imported from Vietnam into the United States with appropriate phytosanitary measures.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve will implement changes authorized by the recent legislation that expanded the park and newly designated New River as a national park & preserve that affect hunting regulations. Additionally, the park has...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.