News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Texan indicted for producing pornography of 16-year-old

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old man residing in Hidalgo is set to appear in federal court on charges of coercion of a minor and production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Seattle - A 36-year-old resident of Bothell, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Gabriel Vasquez-Ruiz has been in custody since a major drug ring takedown on Dec. 16, 2020. At today’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed five years of supervised release to follow the prison term.


Safety Zone; Taylor Bayou Turning Basin, Port Arthur, TX discussed on Nov. 29 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Courts order Idaho quarry to pay nearly $1M in back wages, liquidated damages for 60 workers after investigation finds multiple labor violations

News Release: BOISE, ID - A federal court and the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges have ordered an Oakley stone quarry to pay $983,725 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer violated multiple federal labor laws, which denied 60 workers their rightfully earned wages.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ten defendants arrested as part of Operation Red Reaper have pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Rastislav Káčer in Bucharest on the margins of the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Secretary Blinken thanked Foreign Minister Káčer for his commitment ...


Notice published by Commerce Department on Nov. 29

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JHANANNIE SINGH, also known as “Jasmine" and “Sharmala Persaud," 52, a citizen of Guyana last residing in Queens, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 57 months...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: So Secretary Blinken, Antony, welcome to the NATO foreign minister meeting here in Bucharest. It’s always a pleasure to meet with you. And thank you so much for your personal commitment – support for NATO, to our transatlantic bond.


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that PowerSecure, Inc. (PowerSecure), located in Durham, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act arising from its failure to provide certified cost or pricing data when negotiating rates with ...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Anderson Buck made an initial appearance in federal court on Nov. 25 where he was charged by criminal complaint...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca At the Romanian Athenaeum

News Release: PRIME MINISTER CIUCA: (Via interpreter) Mr. Secretary, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor and privilege to welcome Secretary Blinken to Bucharest. This is a milestone when we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our strategic partnership between Romania and the United States. Very glad to hear that 25 years ago, when President Clinton announced the launch of the strategic partnership here in Bucharest, you were here with him.


Alabama Man Indicted for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Ray Hunt, 69, of Madison County, Alabama, with federal offenses related to an illegal scheme to export U.S.-origin goods to Iran.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Romanian President Klaus Iohannis Before Their Meeting

News Release: PRESIDENT IOHANNIS: Mr. Secretary, members of the delegations, first of all, welcome to Romania. Welcome to Cotroceni. It’s my pleasure to receive you here. And it is a perfect timing that you chose to pay a visit to Romania as we have the raging war in Ukraine, but also because we have difficult and important decisions to take at NATO, and of course we have some very positive (inaudible) bilateral issues to discuss. So welcome, I’m glad you’re here.


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) Meetings-2023 on Nov. 29

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: Today, the United States commemorates the work of women human rights defenders: women and girls, in all their diversity, who champion human rights for all. As President Biden said, “The world is more peaceful, safe, and prosperous when the human rights of women are respected, and they can fully participate ...


Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Missouri River, Mile Marker 377.5-378, Missouri River, MO on Nov. 29

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Defendant in Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy Sentenced to Life in Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jose David Navarro Cervellon, age 41, of Norcross, Georgia, today to life in federal prison, on charges related to a murder-for-hire that occurred on Nov. 30, 2016, in Hyattsville, Maryland. On July 20, 2022, after an eight-day trial...