News from December 2024

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The Department of the Interior has announced a $65 million investment to fulfill Indian water rights settlements, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new designations in recognition of International Human Rights Day, observed annually on December 10.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a petition from Cooperativa De Farmacias Puertorriqueñas, also known as Coopharma, to modify the 2012 final order issued against them.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The Department of the Interior has announced new partnerships with the U.S. Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as part of its Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
Federal agencies are approaching the December 16 deadline to publish updated AI use case inventories.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Daniel Carson Miller, a 30-year-old resident of Labelle, Florida, to 30 years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new rule from its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) that updates the requirements for testing, evaluating, and approving electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories used in mines...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
Ian Gregory Bell, a 35-year-old resident of Denver, Colorado, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges related to an alleged investment fraud scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
An indictment was unsealed in Chicago, charging two former high-ranking Syrian officials with war crimes.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Progreso Port of Entry apprehended a woman wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for "Failure to Appear – Felony Sexual Assault of a Child including Grooming."

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
Evidence presented in court revealed that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) identified an internet user linked to a Conway address who conducted Bitcoin transactions with a Darknet site for purchasing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
A Theodore man, Sean Donnell White, has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for his involvement in multiple fraud schemes, including bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The U.S. Department of State has announced that Abby Finkenauer, the Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues, will visit London, United Kingdom from December 10-11, 2024.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger and SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda are set to engage in a fireside chat titled "Financial Regulators Leading in the Digital Age."

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The Department of the Interior and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy, have announced new resources aimed at supporting...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
A Santo Domingo man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a minor after grooming her through social media.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Emmanuel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, a 33-year-old from Puerto Rico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
Two Essex County men have admitted their involvement in a drug trafficking organization that imported and distributed fentanyl analogues, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
The owner of Cardiel Childcare Services in Las Cruces, Juan Jose Cardiel Sr., has been charged with attempted enticement of a minor following an investigation into alleged systematic sexual abuse of a child under his care.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2024
A Chinese citizen, Ji Wang, aged 40, residing in Los Angeles, has admitted guilt in a kidnapping case linked to human smuggling.