News from November 2021
By Zachary Richter | Nov 5, 2021
In observance of Veterans Day 2021, the Shiloh National Military Park is offering bus services to veterans and spouses.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 5, 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. ports are severely congested, which slows down the entire economy. On Nov. 1, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo highlighted improvements regarding this issue.
By Timothy Stuckey | Nov 5, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued RVNB Holdings Inc., a moving and storage company based in Carrollton, Texas, in an effort to recover $35 million from an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that allegedly was used to benefit board members and their families, the department announced in a news release.
By Timothy Stuckey | Nov 5, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new guidelines to safeguard employees from heat-related hazards following record-breaking heat in 2021, the department announced in a news release.
By George Willis | Nov 5, 2021
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a first-ever comprehensive policy to guide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when contemplating enforcement actions near protected areas.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes: APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under quarantine for specific plant pests. The Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map provides an overview of the plant pest quarantines that affect ...
By Caleb Lombardo | Nov 5, 2021
This month, the Interior Department is taking swift action to advance offshore wind initiatives in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
By John Kelly | Nov 5, 2021
The EPA began reviews of Burlington and Williston, Vermont Superfund Site Cleanups.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A California man made his initial court appearance today for allegedly making false statements in connection with the unlawful purchase of multiple firearms and selling the firearms without a license.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State is announcing reward offers of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of four Mexican drug traffickers operating in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Aureliano Guzman-Loera, the brother of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CURTIS EMILIEN, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on November 4, 2021 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). EMILIEN is facing up to ten years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina couple made their initial court appearance today on charges of trafficking firearms into New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting?"
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Corsica, South Dakota, man convicted of Wire Fraud and Money Laundering was sentenced on November 4, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, Nov. 5, 2021 - At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack underscored the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s support for President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to combatting climate change and creating...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - To resolve an investigation into alleged violations of the anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the partnership that operates the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens has agreed to pay $500,000 and undergo enhanced review and reporting requirements designed to prevent future violations of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, age 27, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, pled guilty on November 4, 2021 before U.S. Chief District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to two counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty (50) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Kyle S. Lamothe, 29, presently of Milton, Vermont, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 24 months’ incarceration following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute more than 50...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The former senior women’s administrator at the University of Southern California (USC) pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to admit students as purported athletic recruits in exchange for money.
