News from September 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Received Over $3,000 Per Illegal Hunt.

By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It is especially a pleasure to have my good friend the foreign minister here at the State Department. We work closely together going back many years now, including my last stint in government, and we had an opportunity to see each other in New York at the UN General Assembly for the U.S.-ASEAN meeting. But it’s always very, very valuable for me and for us to be able to spend time directly.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division issued a Public Safety Alert warning Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. residents of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl in our area.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen urging her to take all appropriate steps to prevent state's from misusing American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to construct new prisons. The letter comes as the state of Alabama begins a special session to consider a proposal that allocates $400 million from the state's ARP funds to build at least 3 new prisons in the state.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), announced an investment of over $1 million in five projects to help make advanced manufacturing processes and supply chains more cyber-secure. The selected projects will work to not only...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: RAVENNA, OH - A Ravenna, Ohio, aluminum parts manufacturer with a history of safety violations now faces $1,671,738 in penalties for 38 safety and health violations following an investigation into the death of a 43-year-old worker struck by a machine's barrier door on March 30, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Foundation, Friends of Congaree Swamp, and Open Space Institute announced the donation of the Running Creek property to Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to have the foreign minister of Thailand here today. Don and I have known each other for many years now.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Illinois man was arrested today for allegedly using other individuals’ personal identification information to obtain unemployment insurance benefits while he was incarcerated, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today introduced legislation to provide a down payment on reforming the nation’s unemployment insurance system.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 27, 2021] - On September 23 at approximately 2 p.m., an injured black bear was discovered along Going-to-the-Sun Road two miles east of Rising Sun.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Jonathan Pershing will travel to Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa; Windhoek, Namibia; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; and Dakar, Senegal from September 27 to October 8, 2021. In addition, Deputy Special Envoy Pershing...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three New York state residents were sentenced in federal court on Friday to terms of imprisonment on their convictions for participating in a complex Bank and Wire Fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Admits setting fire to collect insurance proceeds for foundering business.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Ponca, Ark. - A male teen from Ava, Missouri died from a fall near the Lost Valley Trail at Buffalo National River on Saturday, September 25th, 2021.At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 25th, Newton County Sheriff’s Office dispatch was notified of a fallen hiker near Eden Falls Cave on the Lost Valley...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public awareness...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Two Patients Overdosed While Inside Clarksville Clinic.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Martrel Rayshard Reeves, age 31, of Washington, D.C. to two years and six months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Lyndhurst, New Jersey woman admitted to her participation in a multi-year embezzlement scheme and to subscribing to a false personal income tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.