August 26, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In an effort to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens, financial institutions and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Springfield are joining together to …

LAS VEGAS – Clarence Meekins (36) made his initial appearance today for allegedly possessing a machine gun and selling Privately Made Firearms (PMFs) — including machine gun conversion devices known …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSHUA ADAMS, age 30, from Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 24, 2022 after being charged in a one …

  NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that OSCAR NOEL DUENAS-RODRIGUEZ, age 48, a native of Honduras, pled guilty on August 24, 2022 to a …

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JAYDEN D. D. HALL, age 21, of Harvey, Louisiana, pled guilty to federal crimes involving child exploitation. HALL pled guilty …

SAN DIEGO – Benjamin Robert Laubbacher of Carlsbad pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he committed six robberies of grocery stores and other businesses during a 15-day period …

DENVER – Today, the U.S. Secret Service returned approximately $286 million in fraudulently obtained Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to the Small Business Administration (SBA). These recovered funds were generated …

Earlier today, Ivars Auzins, a citizen of Latvia, was extradited to the United States on a six-count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracies to commit wire …

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury today convicted Victor Makras, a prominent San Francisco real estate broker and investor, of making false statements to a bank and of bank fraud …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Washington and Beijing have reached an agreement allowing U.S. auditors to inspect China-based accountants, the first step in a process that could prevent around 200 Chinese …

(Reuters) -3M Co must face more than 230,000 lawsuits accusing it of selling defective earplugs to the U.S. military, after a U.S. judge on Friday ruled that the bankruptcy of …

NAIROBI (Reuters) -An air strike on a children’s play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the …

McConnell-Linked Super PAC Cuts Funding For Blake Masters In Arizona Jennie Taer on August 26, 2022 A Mitch McConnell-linked Senatorial Republican Super PAC has pulled millions of dollars in ad …

SHEFFIELD: There’s A Massive Elephant In The Room And Fed Chair Powell Just Totally Ignored It Carrie Sheffield on August 26, 2022 Yet again, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell refused …

Pollsters Just Delivered Some Bad News To Mitch McConnell Arjun Singh on August 26, 2022 Democrats have a 65% chance to retain or increase their majority in November’s midterm elections, …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The European Union should sign off on its updated trade agreement with Mexico later this year, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday. The EU …

By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) – LGBT activists in Peru held a protest on Friday questioning how their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier …

By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Russia’s capabilities in the North are a strategic challenge for NATO, its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, welcoming Canada’s recently …

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A New Mexico man was charged with attempting to set up a training center for people wishing to fight for Islamic State, the Department of …

By Nivedita Balu and Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) -Etsy Inc said on Friday U.S. sellers on its marketplace will either need to self verify their bank accounts or do it through …

By Umit Bektas MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Actors in a heavily bombarded city in southern Ukraine have returned to the stage, putting on their first performance since Russia’s invasion in …

(Reuters) – A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounced its aspirations …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican airline Volaris fired a pilot who filmed two of the carrier’s planes nearly crashing at Mexico City’s international airport in May, as the pilot broke …