News from May 2022

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from Hannibal who spent more than 30 years working as a deputy juvenile officer in Missouri state court has been indicted in United States District Court on a felony charge of sex trafficking of a minor.

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dontarius S. Dixon, 29, of the 2800 block of West Larchmont Lane, was sentenced today to nine months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

By State Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: Begin text: Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at ensuring efficient coordination of their respective support to accountability efforts on the ground. The ACA will reinforce current ...
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 27.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today wrote the Biden Administration and several banks and financial institutions about Hunter Biden and Biden family and associates’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S. banks. According to recent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony Brooks, 30, Middleton, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 42 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.

By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remind the public that sites that provide emergency response and relief are considered protected areas. To the fullest extent possible, ICE and CBP do not conduct immigration enforcement activities in protected ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Yesterday, a Mexican national living in Lytle was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $45,000 in restitution for receiving child pornography.

By State Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: The United States remains fully committed to imposing costs on the Iranian regime for its support to terrorist proxies that destabilize the Middle East. To that end, today the United States is designating an international oil smuggling and money laundering network, led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: For Drug Offense. SOUTH BEND - Kelvin Franklin, 39 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Franklin was sentenced...
By State Newswire | May 26, 2022
The US State Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Bob Pepalis | May 26, 2022
In conjunction with remarks at the Food Security Ministerial with the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the intention to provide $5 billion in humanitarian aid funding over the next five years to address food insecurity.

By Karen Kidd | May 26, 2022
A new executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Hawaii and state director in California were recently announced.

By Karen Kidd | May 26, 2022
With recently released estimates showing that traffic fatalities in the nation reached a 16-year high in 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled its National Roadway Safety Strategy with money from last year's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

By Sam Jackson | May 26, 2022
Two people have been sentenced by a federal judge for their part in a “pump-and-dump” securities fraud scheme.

By Timothy Stuckey | May 26, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently announced researchers developed a new technique for testing skin allergies that may be less expensive and more effective than animal testing while retaining the same level of performance.

By Caleb Lombardo | May 26, 2022
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas gave a statement on the confirmation of Admiral Linda L. Fagan as the next U.S. Coast Guard commandant.

By Karen Kidd | May 26, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation recently selected projects in 11 states, most in the west, to share $17.3 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) Anne A. Witkowsky will travel to Accra, Ghana, from May 25 to 27, 2022.