News from July 2022
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh opposing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rule which ignores worker privacy and revives controversial Obama-era recordkeeping regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned an indictment charging a Louisiana man with seven counts of Possession of Animals in an Animal Fighting Venture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: The Forty-Four-Year-Old Therapist Pursued a Romantic Relationship with a Fourteen-Year-Old Student.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were 48 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: A Utah professional tax preparer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his personal tax debt.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure our nation is better prepared for high-consequence events, regardless of the low probability, such as new strains of disease, biotechnology accidents, or naturally occurring risks such as super volcanoes or solar flares that though unlikely, would be exceptionally lethal if they occurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Tarance Damon Cousar, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 102 months in federal prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Cousar was a previously convicted felon and knew that he was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Cousar admitted that he knew, or had reason to know, that the gun was stolen.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Guest post from Colin O’Connor, Safety and Emergency Operations Manager, Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL)
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Mechanicsburg, Illinois, man, John W. Beck, 55, of the 500 block of East Main Street, was sentenced on June 29, 2022, to 120 months in prison on each of four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of bank robbery, and one count of armed bank robbery, all to run concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in Florence, South Carolina returned a 10-count indictment alleging charges related to wildlife trafficking and money laundering against five individuals:
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions on Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Goshen and Johnson counties will begin July 5. The BLM is working with the counties to coordinate restrictions. With the upcoming Fourth of July holiday and as fire danger increases, it is important to remain vigilant when enjoying public lands to prevent human caused fires.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: CONNEAUT, OH - An Ohio aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer cited for safety and health violations after a worker in Ravenna suffered fatal injuries in March 2021, continues to put workers at risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Mountain Home man was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Delta Airlines Inc. (Delta) has agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting information about the transfer of U.S. mail to foreign posts or other intended recipients under contracts with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Delta is an international air carrier incorporated in Delaware with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reassert Congress’s authority and reject the regulatory overreach by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A leader within Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generacion has been ordered to federal prison for his role in an elaborate conspiracy of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that Joseph Smith, 57, formerly of Fishkill, New York, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Gambled Away Insurance Proceeds Meant to Repair Roof and Siding of Disabled Derecho Victim.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 1, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the U.S will impose a new wave of sanctions on Russian entities to further place “severe consequences” on President Vladimir Putin.
