News from December 2024

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a settlement with RathGibson LLC to address alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its facility located at 2505 Foster Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The governments of the United States, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have released a joint statement marking the first anniversary of the Tallinn Mechanism.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has designated Nantucket Barrier Beach and Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts as a National Natural Landmark.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
A potential government shutdown looms as the holiday season approaches, raising concerns about unpaid service members and air traffic controllers, paused essential services, and economic disruption.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Xiomara Christian, a 37-year-old resident of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
United States Attorney Susan Lehr has confirmed that Daniella M. Fedail, a 30-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Daniel Lehi, a 44-year-old resident of Towaoc, Colorado, has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that John Voloshin, also known as "Josh Thomas," has been sentenced to approximately 41 months of imprisonment.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
On December 19, 2024, United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Luke Michael Servas to 51 months in prison for embezzling over $277,000 from the Town of Cusick.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The Department of State has elevated its Travel Advisory for Vanuatu to Level 3, advising U.S. citizens to reconsider travel plans due to infrastructure damage caused by a recent earthquake.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has sentenced Brian Patrick Werth, a 40-year-old resident of Beltsville, Maryland, to 37 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that the Green Bay Area Public School District in Wisconsin has entered into a resolution agreement to address compliance issues related to Title IX.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Leon Williams, 35, of Clearwater, to 15 years in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Paul Creighton, a 67-year-old Canadian national from Ontario, to life in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
A Brentwood resident, Thanh Duy Nguyen, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for defrauding the United States government by securing approximately $300,000 in COVID-19 relief funds under false pretenses.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
A McAllen resident has admitted to her involvement in a wire fraud scheme amounting to $350,000.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Vernell Syrethia Lawson, a former Miami-Dade Correctional Officer, and Gabrielle Nicole Bess-Mills appeared in court following an indictment related to a criminal enterprise.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed rule aimed at safeguarding workers from inhalation exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29).

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
Jun Wang, a 62-year-old Chinese national and lawful permanent resident of the United States, has been indicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 20, 2024
The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has published its final report, a comprehensive 17,000-page document, detailing its findings regarding alleged actions by the Biden-Harris Administration.