News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne to continue our ongoing efforts to ensure a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific following September’s Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) meetings ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: An Illinois woman was arrested today when she arrived at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, for allegedly murdering her mother on Aug. 12, 2014, while on vacation in Bali, Indonesia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee man today on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges, including murder in aid of racketeering activity, stemming from his participation in a violent, criminal racketeering enterprise known as the Gangster Disciples.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with Wilson County, North Carolina, that, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, will resolve the department’s complaint alleging retaliation in violation of Title VII of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas returned an indictment yesterday charging an Arkansas man who owned or managed numerous diagnostic testing laboratories with health care fraud in connection with over $100 million dollars in false billings for urine drug testing, COVID-19 testing, and other clinical laboratory services.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: CUSSETA, AL – A 64-year-old employee suffered an arm amputation, federal workplace safety investigators found, as a result of a Cusseta auto parts manufacturer and supplier’s willful failure to follow required safety standards.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the reopening of new student enrollment for in-person instruction and job training today at Job Corps centers across the nation.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: RODANTHE, NC – A federal workplace safety investigation found that established procedures were ignored, causing a 42-year-old welder on the Bonner Bridge in Rodanthe to fall more than 50 feet to his death when the structure collapsed on April 14.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov , NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information about climate. The redesign expands the site’s already significant capacity to connect Americans with the resources they need to understand and plan for climate-related risks.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Hello everyone! Thank you, Aaron, for that kind introduction, and thank you, Fawn, for your remarkable leadership.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Hello everyone! It’s great to be here with you at the third annual Cleveland Sister Cities Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington, D.C., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Palm Beach Gardens, Florida adult who enticed minor girls into sending him sexually explicit pictures of themselves by, among other things, pretending to be a teenager during on-line chats was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison and supervised release for life.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has reopened Trinity County public lands to public access now that the 223,000-acre Monument Fire is fully contained.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard C. O’Hara, 32, of Broome County was sentenced today to serve 11 years’ imprisonment for attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with a minor. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced the resolution of three cases today in the Western District of Louisiana. The cases sentenced today are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jesus Sanchez, 37, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for second degree murder.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will return to the Middle East on November 4 for continued conversations with the Republic of Yemen Government, Yemeni civil society representatives, senior regional government officials, and other international partners. The Special Envoy and his team remain...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tiffany Groves, of Kingwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for her role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Nov. 3, 2021, Angelia Renae Brown, 50, and a resident of Knoxville, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to 36 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
