News from July 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - An additional 15 Florida counties are designated for federal emergency aid to supplement state, local and tribal response efforts for areas affected by Tropical Storm Elsa beginning on July 4 and continuing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: One of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme sentencings ever prosecuted in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed the Army Corps of Engineers suspension of a permit for the controversial Villages at Vigneto property development proposal in Southern Arizona, where former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was reportedly involved in pressuring federal...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 122,200 metric tons of soybean cake and meal for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Alere Inc. and Alere San Diego Inc. Allegedly Sold Diagnostic Devices Knowing they had Materially Defective Algorithm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RICHARD RUBIN, a disbarred attorney, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud. RUBIN’s guilty plea results from his involvement in a fraudulent scheme in which he falsely represented...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the village of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, to construct road, water and sewer infrastructure to support expansion of the North Industrial...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can now track a space launch or reentry vehicle in near-real time as it travels through the National Airspace System. This new capability increases safety for all airspace users and assists the FAA in efficiently managing air traffic during space operations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: BAKER, NV- Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive will be closed past Upper Lehman Creek Campground, August 9th through August 20th with the exception of August 14th and 15th, due to construction. On August 14th and 15th, the Scenic Drive will be open to normal traffic.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa.- Summer travel is in full swing at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) and across the country as more people get vaccinated, grab a low fare to their desired destination and return to air travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former sales representative for several compounding pharmacies and marketing companies today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud public and private health benefits programs of $7.89 million for the billing of medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An alleged member of a Jersey City, New Jersey, gang has been charged with the March 31, 2020, murder of a Jersey City resident, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. attorneys investigated a total of 1,864 suspects in matters involving violations of federal hate crime statutes during fiscal years 2005 to 2019, the Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. Hate crime suspects were referred for prosecution to U.S. attorneys from federal judicial districts in all 50 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Made images of molestation of neighbor child who was less than 12 years old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Johnathon Irish, 34, of Littleton, was sentenced on Wednesday to 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing firearms, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-After serving more than 15 years in federal prison for his first conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act, a Portland man is headed back to federal prison for new drug and firearm offenses committed while on post-prison supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge yesterday sentenced Norman David Ray Fischer, 41, of Owens Cross Roads, to 211 months in prison on gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: This July 9, we honor the more than 300 lawyers and human rights defenders who were unjustly detained, interrogated, and imprisoned by authorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on July 9, 2015, in what is known as the “709 crackdown." The government of China targeted these individuals in a...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, issued this statement following news that additional state Attorneys General reached an agreement with Purdue Pharma on a bankruptcy settlement...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) regarding the concept of an “energyshed" and energyshed management systems. Given that the term “energyshed" is relatively new, DOE is seeking feedback on its concept and definition, as well as its application to the electric grid.
