News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to commit bank fraud and accepting bribes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 17, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 41 violent gang members from the municipality of San Juan with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: In the three months since it launched its unprovoked and brutal further invasion of Ukraine, Russia has consistently failed to meet its strategic objectives. The Kremlin has succeeded only in devastating communities, brutalizing civilians, disrupting Ukraine’s agriculture, and threatening global food security by blocking Ukrainian ports. The will of Ukraine’s courageous forces to defend their country is admirable, and Ukraine has shown it will never be subjugated to Russia.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to a vote by workers on May 25-26, 2022, at a General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico, to approve a recently negotiated collective bargaining agreement, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement:
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged two New York men in a narcotics conspiracy involving more than 66 pounds of cocaine and at least 10 pounds of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Liberty, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing fentanyl from his apartment near Liberty High School and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, with the start of 2022 hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourages Puerto Rico residents to get their families and property ready. To be proactive and take preparedness steps right away, that will enhance all response process that may undertake these severe weather events.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots. The government of the Republic of Cyprus is the only internationally recognized government on the island, but since 1974 the northern third of Cyprus has been administered by Turkish Cypriots. This area proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion and bans religious groups from undertaking actions inciting religious hatred. It establishes the separation of religion and state and prohibits pursuit of political goals by religious groups. The law requires all religious groups to register...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion as well as the right to change one’s religion. It specifies there is no state religion and stipulates equality and freedom for all religious communities. The law prohibits religious discrimination and hate speech. On Jan. 26, amendments to the law ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion, requires citizens to be Muslim, and requires public office holders, including the President, to be followers of Sunni Islam. The constitution provides for limitations on rights and freedoms “to protect and maintain the tenets of Islam." The law...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution grants the freedom to profess and practice any religious belief but prohibits religious activities directed against the sovereignty of the state, its constitutional system, and “civic harmony." A concordat grants the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC) rights and privileges not granted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Drew Lynn Jennings, age 35, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 31, 2022, by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Victor Alberto Elias Rodriguez, age 40, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced Wednesday, June 1, 2022, to 342 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography. Elias Rodriguez was also ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his imprisonment and was assessed a $100 Special Assessment immediately payable to the Crime Victims Fund.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Media Training Program grant opened on June 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: In February 2014, armed forces of the Russian Federation seized and occupied Crimea. In March 2014, Russia claimed that Crimea had become part of the Russian Federation. The UN General Assembly’s Resolution 68/262 of March 27, 2014, entitled “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine," and Resolution 75/192 of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard Curtis, age 22, of Baldwinsville, New York, was sentenced today to serve 5 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police (NYSP) Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.
