News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Meta AI has launched its services in the Middle East and North Africa, now offering Arabic capabilities.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A 35-year-old resident of McAllen, Texas, has confessed to pointing a laser at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A recent global study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value, with support from GSMA Intelligence, highlights the advantages telecommunications and communication service providers (CSPs) gain by integrating cloud computing and...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Larry Goldsmith, a 26-year-old from Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Two companies, ASL Singapore Shipping Limited and Jia Feng Shipping (Fuzhou) Limited, have admitted to environmental violations and obstruction of justice.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
An Eldon, Missouri man, David Arabie, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes handed down the statutory maximum sentence without parole and imposed an additional 25...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A federal indictment has been unsealed against Jose Guadalupe Vazquez-Delgado, a 36-year-old Mexican national, charging him with possession of ammunition by an illegal alien and unlawful reentry into the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Ashley Jackson, a 36-year-old resident of Webster, NY, has been arrested and charged with health care fraud, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Joel L. Violanti.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A Charlotte man and his co-conspirator have been sentenced to prison for sex trafficking a minor, according to an announcement by Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Éric Lombard.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Rachel Collins, a 44-year-old professional counselor from Hamden, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicaid of over $1.6 million.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
The United States has concluded the prosecution of 27 individuals linked to a large-scale drug and money laundering conspiracy in middle Tennessee.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Texas to engage with poultry farmers and industry leaders as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's efforts to address highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
U.S. federal agencies are taking steps to protect American companies from discriminatory taxes and regulations in foreign markets.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointment of Kevin J. McOmber, P.E., as the regional administrator for its Southeast Region, also known as Region 4.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A man from Terre Haute, Indiana, has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison for the illegal transfer of a firearm to a convicted felon.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
Maksym Chernyak, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), died at HCA Kendall Hospital in Miami on February 20.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the San Diego Sector recently seized over 160 pounds of narcotics in two separate vehicle stops.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
A St. Louis man has been sentenced to two years in prison for producing and selling fraudulent identification documents. U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp delivered the sentence on Tuesday.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2025
On February 24, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with the Saudi Minister of Defense, His Royal Highness Khalid bin Salman, at the Pentagon.