News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
Release: In the wake of the Cuban regime’s actions targeting peaceful demonstrators on Nov. 15, the Department of State has imposed visa restrictions on nine Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices of the Cuban people through repression and unjust detentions. The Department implemented...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: Seattle - Three men who were convicted at trial in August 2021, of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl pills in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties, were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The leader of the drug ring, Bradley Woolard, 41, of Arlington, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man and woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to their roles in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: Low Income Voters Believe Bidenflation a ‘Very Big Problem’.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Mexican national was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for unlawful reentry by a removed alien, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Jason E. Schneider, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: Crippling Tax Hikes in Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Pequot Lakes felon has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms, ammunition, and over 400 grams of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dustin LaPuma, 27, Rhinelander, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 100 months in prison for knowingly possessing stolen ammunition. LaPuma pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 1, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing ammunition as a felon during a shooting at a Minneapolis gas station.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: So Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, it’s great to see you again, and thank you for your leadership, for your commitment, and for being such a strong - a staunch and strong supporter of NATO. I would also like to thank you for the United States consulting with allies on a wide ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Pass Christian man was sentenced to serve 110 months in federal prison and pay a $10,000 fine for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: The Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response Applauds the Landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Jonathan McKnight, 39, of Manchester, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to interference with commerce by threats and violence by committing five robberies, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations that its violations of the Controlled Substances Act allowed hospital staff to divert fentanyl and other dangerous drugs from the hospital, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Art Benavidez | Nov 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started to distribute $270 million in pandemic assistance applied for by contract producers of authorized livestock and poultry.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
Release: Today, the United States and Egypt signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue the protection of Egypt’s cultural property for an additional five years. The MOU was signed in Cairo by U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt Jonathan R. Cohen, and Secretary-General of the Supreme...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: A Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang member pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a racketeering enterprise, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The UAB is a “whites only" prison-based gang with members operating inside and outside of state prisons throughout Oklahoma.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a request for information on a consent-based siting process that would be used to identify sites to store the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. The information will be used to further develop DOE’s consent-based siting process and overall...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a drug and firearms conspiracy that included multiple shootings in Chelsea, Somerville and Cambridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two men pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining benefits made available as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
