News from November 2021
By DOL Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to the Biden administration expressing bipartisan support for its interim final rule for protecting patients from surprise bills. The rule, which takes effect in January, is required to implement the No Surprises Act, a bipartisan agreement passed by Congress last year to shield patients from unexpected medical bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a letter to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power, expressing concerns over the cooperative agreement between USAID and...
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: AMBASSADOR LEONARD: Thanks so much, everybody, for that warm welcome. I just wanted to tell the Secretary that, actually, although yesterday was local staff appreciation day, we saved it for today because we wanted him to be here to celebrate, as well. But you have before you, Mr. Secretary, our U.S. employees, our local employees, our family members, and they’re all dying to hear from you and not from me. So, please, welcome the 71st U.S. Secretary of State - (applause.).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Allegedly defrauded those she met online with false claims about illness, need for tuition loans, or help for incarcerated family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyrone Wayne Meachem, age 40, was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2021, to 12 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for possessing buprenorphine in prison.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Thank you very much, Vice President Koroma. Thank you for the very kind introduction, but thank you especially for your leadership here at ECOWAS - not just today, but every single day. And it’s very good to be here at ECOWAS, which makes vital contributions across the region to economic integration, security, democracy, climate, health, and more.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: LAHEEM JONES, also known as “Heemie," 27, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to racketeering and attempted murder offenses stemming from his participation in gang-related shootings, including a shooting in front of a state courthouse in Bridgeport in January 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Jeremy Sweat as superintendent of Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri. In this capacity Sweat will serve as the Group Superintendent overseeing operations at for both Gateway Arch National...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Indictment Alleges that as a Result of Previous Felony Convictions the Defendant was Prohibited from Possessing Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announces the arrest of Mackenzie Brennan, 24, in Saco, Maine. Brennan was wanted by the New Jersey State Police on an arrest warrant charging Brennan with armed robbery which occurred in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The Department of Justice announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. In the Eastern District of Texas, San Augustine County, was awarded funding totaling $241,340.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Three current and former Ewing Township Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury on civil rights charges for their roles in assaulting a minor victim during the course of an arrest, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. In the Districts of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands were awarded funding totaling $1,451,527.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you so much for joining us.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - On Nov. 19, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, Capital Area Fugitive Task Force, Hagerstown PD, and Wasington County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Marcus Longus, 27, of Hagerstown, MD. Longus was one of thirty-four people indicted in a 30 count indictment involving a drug trafficking conspiracy distributing large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine base and cocaine from Hagerstown into West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: 13 Suspects Arrested in Athens and 60 Firearms, Land Mine, $1 Million Seized During Course of Ongoing Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Howard was caught brandishing a firearm while driving near a crime scene police were actively investigating.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers at the New Orleans Public Library Main Branch (Orleans Parish) and the Gonzales Mental Health Center in Gonzales (Ascension Parish) will close permanently at the close of business, Tuesday, Nov. 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Clinton man was sentenced yesterday to 110 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto his flight at Bradley International Airport (BDL) on Thursday, November 18. During security screening around noon, a TSA officer detected the firearm in the man’s duffel bag.
