News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Two of the Defendants Were also Sentenced for Receiving over $270,000 in Fraudulent COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant Fraudulently Obtained Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds And, Separately, Represented Clients In State Courts By Assuming Stolen Identities of Attorneys.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was charged in two separate federal indictments pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robberies of a local business and a family in their residence.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: FOREIGN SECRETARY OMAMO: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, from various media houses. We are delighted to welcome you to this press conference. My name is Raychelle Omamo. I am the cabinet secretary for foreign affairs of the Republic of Kenya, and I’m delighted to be sharing this platform with my...
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good morning and welcome to the inaugural meeting of the United States-Brazil Peacekeeping Working Group. We have been looking forward to today for quite some time and wish that we were able to hold this discussion in person. We hope that we can do so for future meetings. This Working Group was first...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Production and Attempted Production of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today commended the Biden administration for several new initiatives that will help strengthen the federal government’s relationship with tribal nations and advance equity for Indigenous Peoples in the United States. The new efforts were announced during the White House Tribal Nations Summit, which took place Monday and Tuesday of this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Raheem Nigge Taylor, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for possession of firearms by a prohibited person, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Other Victims Encouraged to Report Abuse to the FBI at (405) 290-7770.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: The Governments of the Republic of Kenya and the United States of America held the second session of the Kenya - United States Bilateral Strategic Dialogue in Nairobi on Nov. 17, 2021. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Firearms Examiner Academy graduated its 2020-2021 class of 10 men and women with apprentice/entry-level firearms and tool mark examiner skills after a yearlong training program conducted by ATF’s National Laboratory Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Leicester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with his involvement in loan and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) fraud schemes.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on The Reagan Institute’s bipartisan Task Force on National Security and U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness report.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Today in Karura Forest in Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Christine Service of The Walt Disney Company, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect, jointly announced an exciting new partnership with the launch of National Geographic Kids Africa, an educational entertainment television series and community outreach initiative designed to inspire youth, families, and communities to protect and conserve the world around them.
By Solange DeLisle | Nov 17, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comment on a proposal that would remove the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program (IRAP), which would allow the agency to gear its efforts toward creating more access to good-paying jobs through Registered Apprenticeships Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A West Linn, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for posing as a successful real estate developer, hemp seed cultivator, and owner of a precious metals mining venture to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars from individual investors and lenders.
