News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,444,269 for the State of Florida to help Monroe County defray the costs of emergency response to Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Monday, June 14, 2021, that DEMARCO FORD, age 64, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty to a two-count Superseding Bill of Information. In Count 1, FORD is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Lisa Buza Hill, 41, of Belmont, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making false statements for embezzling more than $570,000 from two companies that employed her, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Hill was previously convicted of stealing more than $800,000 from a third company where she was employed.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: 1. On 22 June 2021, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Lisbon. The United States was represented by the Secretary for Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, and by Deputy Assistant Attorney General and ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On June 21-22, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas traveled to Portugal to represent the United States alongside the Department of Justice at the biannual U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial. Secretary Mayorkas met bilaterally with European Commission ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: Today, pursuant to court orders, the United States seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), in violation of U.S. sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: On 22 June 2021, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Lisbon. The United States was represented by the Secretary for Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, and by Deputy Assistant Attorney General and DOJ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Virginia to engaging in a bribery scheme with a former contracting officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), now known as the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced it will launch five cross-jurisdictional firearms trafficking strike forces within the next 30 days to help reduce violent crime by addressing illegal gun trafficking in significant firearms trafficking corridors. Tomorrow, the Attorney General will discuss ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced today in the Western District of Texas to 40 years in prison for multiple obscenity crimes involving children.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday that it will extend until Aug. 11, 2021, the comment period for its proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing) that would clarify that debit card issuers should enable, and allow merchants to choose from, at least two unaffiliated networks for card-not-present debit card transactions, such as online purchases.
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener today in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Special Envoy Burgener discussed the international community’s efforts to help bring ...
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Peru for participating in the June 6 runoff presidential election.
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: “We count on Germany as a key Ally, friend and partner.” – Secretary Antony J. Blinken, May 24, 2021 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Federal Republic of Germany on June 22, 2021, where he will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: MIRAMAR BEACH, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has found an upscale Miramar Beach restaurant again violating federal minimum wage and overtime laws, and redirecting a portion of servers’ tips to non-tipped workers illegally. An investigation at the Ocean Club by the department’s Wage and Hour Division ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA – During the pandemic, grocery store workers were among those on the front lines whose jobs put them in close contact with others – putting them at greater risk for contracting the coronavirus – while they ensured their neighbors had access to essential goods and services. In return, some of these workers, including many minors, faced wage violations or other workplace hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: KEARNEY, NE – A federal court has ordered a Kearney pizza and burger restaurant and its owner to pay $17,216 – $8,608 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages – to 13 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today’s launch of a national online dialogue to gather ideas to improve labor outcomes for women, especially economically disadvantaged women. The dialogue will be open until July 9.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: TOCCOA, GA – With the holiday fast approaching, a 56-year-old worker at a Toccoa plastic processing facility could never have known he would spend Christmas Day in a hospital and die from a head injury after falling more than 6 feet from an elevated platform.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, ND – To combat the dangers workers face in trenching and excavation operations, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and key stakeholders renewed an alliance to train workers on trenching and excavation hazards.
