News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Lead Republican Mike Turner (R-OH) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) released the following statement following the introduction of the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: FARGO - Interim United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jimmie Dean Moore, age 58, Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, ND, to 293 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to the offense of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor. Chief Judge Welte also sentenced Moore to lifetime supervised release.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 25, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's recently announced recovery of $125,000 in back wages for an Iowa-based subcontractor's 34 workers is part of keeping wages steady, a wage and hour division director said in news release.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today to discuss Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine. Secretary Blinken stressed the importance of a strong collective response to condemn Russia’s invasion and call for an immediate withdrawal and ceasefire.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke this morning with French MFA Secretary General Francois Delattre, German MFA State Secretary Andreas Michaelis, Italian MFA Secretary General Ettore Sequi, and UK Minister of State for Europe and North ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury in Statesville has convicted Da Lee, 37, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, of trafficking methamphetamine and marijuana in Western North Carolina, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: The National Park Service has released the Environmental Assessment (EA), for the “Marquette Greenway Trail - Salt Creek Connection" for Indiana Dunes National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a Virginia Beach woman from carrying a handgun onto her flight on Thursday, Feb. 24. The 9mm gun was loaded with six bullets.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By John Suayan | Feb 25, 2022
A federal court in Iowa found a Woodbury County man guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and sentenced him to up to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BETTY ARRINGTON a/k/a “Betty Callie Arrington," a/k/a “Betty Francis C Miller," a/k/a “Betty Miller" (“ARRINGTON"), age 72, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Feb. 23, 2022 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: And once again tonight I am joined by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, nothing the U.S. or Europeans have done has been able to stop any of this from happening. Now the President has announced new and harsher sanctions. What’s the goal at this point? Do you believe Putin will ...
By Karen Kidd | Feb 25, 2022
The last defendant in a high-volume outdoor drug trafficking operation in southwest Georgia was sentenced earlier this month following his guilty pleas in November, according to news releases.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: On Thursday, the United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) enhancing evidence sharing, judicial cooperation and assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Miami-Dade resident Elisa Rivera, 50, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham to a felony Information charging her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to file fraudulent applications to the U.S. Small Business Administration to COVID-19 relief advance grants and low-interest COVID-19 relief loans.
By Kaleb Brown | Feb 25, 2022
A Norfolk-based medical staffing agency, Steadfast Medical Staffing, was ordered by a federal court to pay over $7.2 million in back wages and damages.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on the situation in Ukraine. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed the premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack by Russia’s military forces on Ukraine and its people.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possessing a large amount of child pornography. On Dec. 14, 2020, Joshua Dominique Grisson pled guilty to the charges.
