News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with a directly elected president, a bicameral legislative branch, and a judicial branch; however, armed insurgents control portions of the country. The country held presidential elections in September 2019 after technical issues and security requirements compelled...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici has announced that Albuquerque Health Services (AHS) has agreed to a $240,000 settlement relating to civil claims brought by the Department of Justice on behalf of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to multiple counts of receiving child pornography, accessing with intent to view child pornography, and possessing child pornography depicting prepubescent minors and minors under the age of 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that its Civil Rights Division, together with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, has reached a settlement with Village Realty of Staten Island Ltd. and Denis Donovan, a sales and former rental agent at Village Realty, to resolve a lawsuit filed last year alleging discrimination against African Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attacking a Black teenager.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: A New Jersey woman was sentenced today to two years in prison for engaging in a bribery and procurement fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging VDA OC LLC (formerly Advantage On Call LLC), a health care staffing company, and Ryan Hee, a former manager of the company, with entering into and engaging in a conspiracy with a competitor to allocate employee nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Prohibition against Frank E. Smith and Mark A. Kiolbasa, institution-affiliated parties of Farmers State Bank, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, for breach of fiduciary duties and engaging in unsafe or unsound practices.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Today at the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced more than $596 million in new humanitarian assistance to respond to the Syrian crisis. This funding brings the total U.S. government humanitarian ...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS Small Group following today’s meeting: Begin Text At the invitation of Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie ...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu today. The Secretary commended Romania for being a stalwart NATO Ally and for its commitment to bolstering security in the Black Sea region. The Secretary and the Foreign Minister also discussed our work together as trusted partners to promote energy security, the rule of law, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: On Mar. 30, the United States and Cabo Verde participated in the third bilateral United States-Cabo Verde Partnership Dialogue, underscoring our joint commitment to strengthening commercial and economic ties, expanding educational partnerships, and further enhancing strategic defense and security cooperation between our two countries.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: AMBASSADOR PETERSON: Good afternoon. We submitted to the U.S. Congress earlier today the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the 45th year. I think that number demonstrates as well as anything the depth of the U.S. interest in and dedication to the promotion of human rights. And as the Secretary ...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Today I have the privilege of welcoming back to the press briefing room Secretary Blinken. It’s especially a privilege today because the Secretary, as you know, is here to unveil the 2020 Human Rights Report.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, again, everyone, and thanks for joining us. As you saw earlier today, Secretary Blinken rolled out the 2020 Human Rights Report. And he was joined in doing so by Lisa Peterson, the Acting Assistant Secretary in our Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, or DRL.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal laws governing wages and working conditions for agricultural temporary guest workers, U.S. workers and workers in corresponding employment.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal laws governing wages and working conditions for agricultural temporary guest workers, U.S. workers and workers in corresponding employment.
By State News Post | Mar 30, 2021
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
