News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


Disaster Assistance Still Available as Deadline Approaches

News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - As Louisiana continues to recover from Hurricane Ida, FEMA encourages survivors to apply for disaster assistance before it’s too late. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 29.


CyberForce Competition Challenges Collegiate Students to Outwit Cyberattackers

News Release: On Nov. 13, college and university students from across the United States will attempt to thwart a simulated cyberattack in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition®. The event, led by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), will convene virtually in 2021.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson woman was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for concealing information about an armed robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Amanda T. Muskat (619) 546-6495.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A physician pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of drug diversion and health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


News Release: BENTON, Ill. - Christopher Thompson, 30, of Kevil, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to one count of.


News Release: Greenbelt, Md., - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Russell Ramseur, age 44, of Largo, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin and for possession with intent to distribute heroin.


Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


News Release: Kaléo Inc. Agrees to Pay $12.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that committed murders and other acts of violence while brutally protecting a drug-dealing operation on the West and Southwest Sides of Chicago.


Dallas Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Bribery

News Release: A Dallas real estate developer was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for bribing two former Dallas City Council members, Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham announced.


Fatality at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A 27-year-old woman died last weekend while hiking in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park.


Five men indicted for illegal firearms possession, drugs

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Five defendants face federal charges including illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in U.S. District Court include guilty pleas and criminal sentences.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-one people are facing charges involving drug trafficking and firearms in Barbour and Randolph Counties, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


US Department of Labor cites Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer for failing to protect employees from toxic substance exposures

News Release: HARTFORD, CT - A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium - both known carcinogens - at its Bloomfield facility, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection has found.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted Derek Rockette of St. Louis for charges that include conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. The indictment also alleges in a money laundering conspiracy charge that Rockette, Norma Corina Armenta-Lizarraga, ...


News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - Mustafa Shalash, of Hillard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of filing a false tax return with the IRS. Shalash was charged by bill of information on Oct. 22, 2021.


Second Metro East Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Scam

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Aijeigh McShan, 20, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty today to.


Addressing the Challenges Facing Global Food Systems at the 2021 Borlaug Dialogue

Release: The World Food Prize and the Borlaug Dialogue have a special place in the heart of the Department of State’s Economic and Business Affairs Bureau (EB). Every year several EB team leaders travel to Des Moines, Iowa to participate in the Dialogue and the formal presentation of the Prize. This annual week-long...


News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Blunt, 59, Ayla Courvoisie, 31, and Teresa Cooper, 60, all of Charleston, were sentenced for their respective roles in a case involving fentanyl that caused the death of a victim. Specifically, Blunt...