News from October 2021
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken led the U.S. delegation to the ninth round of the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue (HLD) in Bogotá, Colombia October 21. First conducted in 2010, the dialogue serves as the flagship opportunity for the United ...
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: The Department of State notified Congress on Oct. 21, 2021 of the certification of Mexico under Section 609 of United States Public Law 101-162 (“Section 609”). Section 609 prohibits the import of shrimp and shrimp products harvested in ways that may adversely affect sea turtle species. This certification, ...
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert visited Tunisia and Libya October 19-21. During her trip to Tunisia, Acting Assistant Secretary Lempert met with Tunisian government officials, including Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, welcoming Tunisia’s newly formed government ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $840,400 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Alameda County, California, to support recovery of the region’s economy by providing technical assistance and other resources to small and medium-sized businesses. This EDA grant will be matched with $840,400 in local investment.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, again, thank you. Thank you all. And it’s very wonderful to be here today. It’s always wonderful to be outside or almost outside. But let me just start by, Mr. Minister, thanking you for your partnership today and in the important months ahead. And Madame Mayor, to you as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Defendant Alleged to Have Arranged Approximately 60 Fraudulent Marriages for Foreign Nationals and Submitted False Reference Letters on Church Letterhead and False Leases in Support of Foreign Nationals’ Applications for Permanent Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Israel Covarrubias, 29, of Woodland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and carrying a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Three Years After Lion Air 610: FAA Implementation of the 2020 Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act":
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft of Government Property and Supplemental Security Income Benefits Fraud was sentenced on Oct. 19, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old local resident has entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 6.4 grams of meth after being found with several drugs, money and a stolen firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that James Simpson, 80, of Sylvania, Ohio, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, to investment adviser fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - John E. Acker, 52, formerly of Santa Rosa Beach, has been charged with 37 counts of wire fraud and 7 counts of money laundering. The indictment was announced today by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, following Acker’s arrest Tuesday night in Lee County, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Four men have been charged with federal firearm offenses for allegedly trafficking guns from St. Louis to Chicago.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Above-average temperatures are favored across the South and most of the eastern U.S. as La Nina climate conditions have emerged for the second winter in a row according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center - a division of the National Weather Service. In NOAA’s 2021 Winter Outlook - which extends from...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: CALEDONIA, WI - Responding to a complaint alleging coronavirus hazards, federal workplace safety and health inspectors found a Caledonia company failed to protect workers from the virus’ dangers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Harborview, API CHAYA, and Native American Coalition receive significant funding.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On the heels of the 50th anniversary of House passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing examining the final steps necessary to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -Two drug traffickers have been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to federal prison for their role in conspiring to possess and distribute illegal narcotics, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An undocumented individual pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to use over 100 victims’ identities (without their consent) to unlawfully submit fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits claims, totaling at least $934,129.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT GONZALEZ pled guilty today to possessing ammunition after having been convicted of a felony in connection with a shooting that took place in the vicinity of the 1800 block of University Avenue in the Bronx, New York, in August of 2020. GONZALEZ pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.
