News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Indian national who admitted to being a key participant in a wide-ranging telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted and defrauded United States residents, primarily senior citizens, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to three years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) sanctions on a former U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF ) commissioner. These sanctions follow the PRC’s March retaliatory sanctions against two USCIRF commissioners as well as Canadian, UK, and European officials,...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Ferguson Applauds Gov. Kemp’s Decision to End Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Portland/Bangor, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service in Maine is warning the public today of a telephone scam involving fraudulent callers contacting members of the public and alleging they, or their family members, have an active federal arrest warrant and demanding payment of fines.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 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 $1.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, to provide technical assistance for biotech entrepreneurs and modify...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Democrats’ expanded unemployment benefits crushing Main Street’s hiring efforts and sabotaging the country’s recovery, top Republican leaders have sent a letter to America’s governors urging states to adopt policies that will reconnect unemployed workers with today’s 8.1 million job openings, including back-to-work bonuses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Insurance Broker Sentenced for $3.8 Million Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A joint federal and local drug trafficking investigation has resulted in federal charges against 17 individuals for distributing or attempting to distribute heroin and cocaine in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Kula, Maui -The Haleakalā Highway in the Summit District of Haleakalā National Park will undergo a road improvement project beginning June 2 through Aug. 31, 2021. This project will take place Monday-Friday from 7 am to 5 pm. This will result in periodic single-lane traffic closures and temporary parking lot closures. Visitors are advised to plan their trip to park with extra travel time for possible delays. Roads will be fully open on Saturdays and Sundays.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FY22 Budget Request.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier from Hudson County today admitted he discarded mail, including 99 general election ballots sent from the Essex County Board of Elections to West Orange, New Jersey, residents, from his assigned routes in Orange and West Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: A Continuing Record of Discrimination...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 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 $1.9 million grant to the Pike County Fiscal Court, Pikeville, Kentucky, to construct water and sewer infrastructure at Wolfpit Industrial Park to support the growth of Eastern Kentucky’s manufacturing sector. This EDA grant, to be matched with $467,303 in local funds, is expected generate $1 million in private investment.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Effective immediately, the National Park Service will no longer apply strict physical distancing standards on park transportation systems, including the transit and tour buses operated by Doyon/Aramark Joint Venture in Denali National Park and Preserve. Park transportation systems that have been operating at reduced capacity in order to ensure enough space for riders to physically distance from one another may return to full capacity operation as soon as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Had Over 30 Grams of Opioids Hidden in His Person.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Freddy Manuel Gonzalez and Xavior Caine Posey for the murder of Brian Russell on Dec. 30, 2020, in Franklin, Kentucky, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee's hearing on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FY22 Budget Request.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Wilmington man yesterday on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectible amount of phencyclidine (PCP), a quantity of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana and possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of PCP and aiding and abetting.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The Chinese government continues to undermine the democratic institutions of Hong Kong, denying Hong Kong residents the rights that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) itself has guaranteed. The Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) passage on May 27 of new measures that alter the composition of the LegCo and Election Commission severely constrains people in Hong Kong from meaningfully participating in their own governance and having their voices heard.
