News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, returned two indictments that were unsealed today. The first indictment charges former Minneapolis Police Department officers Derek Chauvin, 45; Tou Thao, 35; J. Alexander Kueng, 27; and Thomas Lane, 38, with federal civil rights crimes for their roles in the death of George Perry Floyd Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a non-profit organization that organizes values-based education programs and community outreach projects nationwide, has deployed a volunteer response team to support the City of Philadelphia, FEMA, and other government partners at the Center City Vaccination...
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) April 2021 jobs report...
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved nearly $1.9 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Montana. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 31, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $30.2 million for the Montana COVID-19 response to date.
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Today, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced legislation to help ensure our nation’s...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Opening today at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, is Community Spread: How We Faced a Pandemic, an exhibit, created by a Community Advisory Committee that met virtually through much of 2020, that takes visitors back to the early days of the pandemic and examines how uncertainty, fear, anti-Asian racism, and historical inequalities shaped the way COVID-19 has affected different Asian Pacific American (APA) communities.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore has begun increasing enforcement actions to protect nesting shorebirds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Williamsburg wellness center owner with defrauding Virginia Medicaid and other health care programs out of over $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted an Iranian citizen and a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, for scheming to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo. These parts had dual-use military and civilian capability and could be used in systems such...
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: Beginning on May 24, the world will gather virtually for the 74th annual World Health Assembly (WHA). The Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, and it sets the agenda for strengthening international cooperation to end the COVID-19 pandemic and advancing global health...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina return preparer was sentenced today to 22 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS and one of her co-conspirators pleaded guilty on Wednesday for her role in the scheme.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The United States is extremely concerned about ongoing confrontations in Jerusalem, including on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah, which have reportedly resulted in scores of injured people.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Defendant used embezzled funds to purchase Porsche SUV and luxury items.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that Jefferson County, Wisc., has been awarded $1,530,596 in Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) funds for the acquisition and demolition of 12 flood prone...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: TAOS, N.M. -The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office announces that the Taos Junction Campground, Wild Rivers Inner Gorge primitive campsites, and all recreation site restrooms are now open.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio, a federal jury convicted Mehrdad Ansari, a 39-year-old Iranian citizen and a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, for scheming to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo. These parts had dual-use military and civilian...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In the month of May, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) honors the rich traditions, history, and cultures that are recognized during Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: An Orange County man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained approximately $5 million in Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans for his sham businesses, then used the money on himself, including purchasing Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini sports cars.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve staff will officially open the Park Road to private vehicle traffic as far as mile 30, the Teklanika Rest Area, this afternoon, May 7. The road will remain open, weather permitting, until May 20 when park buses begin summer operations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: A Federal Railroad Administration inspector has been charged with lying on official documents, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
