News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Defendant Joined Confrontation on Lower West Terrace.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Nick Brown announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $268,192 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Western District of Washington. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland found two longtime Hoover Criminal Gang members guilty today for conspiring to commit racketeering through various criminal acts spanning decades, including murder, robbery, and drug dealing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: In Justice Department’s First Corporate Material Support for Terrorism Prosecution, Lafarge S.A. and its Syrian Subsidiary Admit Revenue-Sharing Agreement with ISIS and Agree to Pay $778 Million in Fines and Forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded more than $20 million in grant funding in Fiscal Year 2022 to various entities, organizations and programs in the Northern District of Ohio to support law enforcement and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A Missouri state employee has been indicted on three federal felony charges and accused of using her position to send about $140,500 in unearned unemployment benefits to friends, relatives and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Fernando Escalante, age 43, of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on illegal reentry charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Stevensville man admitted to drug trafficking, firearm and money laundering crimes after law enforcement seized thousands of fentanyl and methamphetamine pills from his vehicle in a Minnesota traffic stop and found pill-making equipment and materials on his Montana property, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By Tamara Browning | Oct 19, 2022
Northeast Entrance Road at Yellowstone National Park is open to regular visitor vehicle traffic as of Oct. 15 after a flood in June closed the entrance.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the 23rd drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment to be sent to Ukraine since August 2021.
By Tamara Browning | Oct 19, 2022
Charlottesville, Va., received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense Partner of the Year Award for its work to educate residents on the importance of conserving water.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
A lawsuit has been filed against an Alexandria, Va., cybersecurity provider and federal contractor for allegedly firing an employee with a disability.
By Lucas Nava | Oct 19, 2022
The Federal Transit Administration announced the awarding of $600 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace aging rail cars and to improve the reliability, safety and accessibility of the nation's rail transit systems.
By Karen Kidd | Oct 19, 2022
U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it will supplement the H-2B cap with almost 65,000 additional visas for fiscal 2023 is about helping the nation's businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Kewanee, Illinois, man, Wesley K. Jacobson, 41, of the 300 block of South Cottage Street, was sentenced today to 143 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler will travel to Des Moines, Iowa October 18-20 to participate in the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation. Special Envoy Fowler will emphasize the United States’ strategy for addressing the global food security crisis and underscore...
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced $210 million in fudning for drought resilience projects in the western United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
