Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered
CHICAGO – A 23-year-old man was charged in federal court Friday after allegedly attacking an armored truck driver and stealing a bag of cash during a brazen daylight robbery in the Loop.…
Fed’s Waller: Balance sheet tapering could slow this year
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Tuesday said it would be “reasonable” for the U.S. central bank to start thinking about slowing the pace of reductions to the Fed’s balance…
Fed’s Logan: should not rule out another rate hike
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan on Saturday warned that the U.S. central bank may need to resume raising its short-term policy rate to keep…
Fed’s Barkin: Strong US jobs report keeps focus on inflation fight
By Howard Schneider LINTHICUM, Md. (Reuters) -Continued strong U.S. job growth and a low unemployment rate shows the Federal Reserve is not yet at the point where its efforts to control inflation…
Explainer-Charting the Fed’s economic data flow
(Reuters) – The final month of 2023 featured a rush of data about the health of the U.S. economy and the state of price increases that a number of Federal Reserve officials…
Fed’s Harker open to lowering interest rates, but not imminently
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker on Wednesday said he still opposes any further U.S. central bank interest rate hikes, while signaling openness to…
Inflation, not politics or markets, will determine Fed’s next move -Goolsbee
(Reuters) – Further progress on beating back inflation will be the decisive factor in any Federal Reserve decision next year to reduce interest rates, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said…
Fed’s Bostic: No ‘urgency’ for rate cuts
By Howard Schneider ATLANTA (Reuters) – There is no current “urgency” for the Federal Reserve to reduce U.S. interest rates given the strength of the economy and the need to be sure…
Fed’s Daly: rate cuts may be needed next year to prevent overtightening -WSJ
(Reuters) – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said Monday that cuts to the U.S. central bank’s benchmark rate are likely be appropriate next year because of an improvement in…
GW/Georgetown Law Public Sector Recruiting Program
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DC/Baltimore Public Service Recruitment Fair – Employer Spotlights
Event Share Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – 12:00pm to Thursday, January 18, 2024 – 1:00pm ET Event Link Learn more about DC/Baltimore Public Service Recruitment Fair – Employer Spotlights here Updated…
Jobs for JAGs
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Mason City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
A man who sold methamphetamine in the Mason City area was sentenced today to more than 8 years in federal prison. Jay James Eden, age 32, from Mason City, Iowa, received the…
Michigan City Man Sentenced to 292 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Opediah Barnett, 31 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to two counts of production of…
Former Owner of Plymouth Restaurant Sentenced for Tax Evasion
BOSTON – The former owner of a beachfront restaurant and bar in Plymouth was sentenced today for concealing business income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and paying restaurant employees under the…
Maryland Man Sentenced to 70 Months For Fentanyl Conspiracy and Wire Fraud
WASHINGTON – Tyronn Waters, 32, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation in…
Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty
BOSTON – A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to leading a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Estarlin Ortiz-Alcantara, 37, pleaded guilty…
Sudbury Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
BOSTON – A former bookkeeper for a Lexington interior design firm pleaded guilty today to bank fraud charges in connection with her embezzling more than $180,000 from her former employer. Christina Iannelli,…
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced yesterday to five years in federal prison for possession of a firearm a felon and possession of cocaine and marijuana with the…
Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Two men were sentenced yesterday for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl which resulted in serious bodily injury to two victims. According to public court documents,…
District Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Felony Second Degree Theft For Stealing from CVS after Multiple Prior Theft Convictions
WASHINGTON – Jamal Calloway, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to sixteen months incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release for felony second degree theft by the…
Recovery of Nearly a Kilo of Fentanyl in Scarborough Leads to 13 Year Sentence for Massachusetts Man
PORTLAND, Maine: A career offender from Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl with intent to distribute. Chief Judge Jon D.…
Former L.A. Resident Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Prison for Running Cons Targeting Members of Orthodox Jewish Community
LOS ANGELES – A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 80 months in federal prison for defrauding investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community,…
Former Edinboro Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Receipt and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
ERIE, PA – A former resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to…
Two Men Sentenced for Fraudulent Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
Two Florida men were sentenced today for their roles in a multi-state scheme to defraud insurance companies by using rural hospitals to bill for urine drug testing that was not reimbursable and…
Cape Girardeau Man Sentenced to Serve 7 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm Later Used in Bar Shootout
CAPE GIRARDEAU – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Jeremiah R. Twiggs, age 40, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced Friday to 7 years in federal prison following his guilty plea to the…
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