International Law Enforcement Cooperation Leads to Disruption of Organized Crime Ring Operating in U.S. and Romania BUCHAREST, ROMANIA Thirty-eight individuals with ties to international organized crime have been charged in two separate indictments involving computer and credit card fraud schemes,…

Postal Service offers exclusive Sinatra CD © 2007 USPS. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON, DCThe Chairman of the Boards children joined the Postal Services Chairman to celebrate the achievements of Ol Blue Eyes by dedicating the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp in…

Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats since March 2008. At more than 25 caves and mines in the northeastern U.S, bats exhibiting a condition now referred to…

WASHINGTON A U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee working at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, was arrested and charged with filing a false federal tax return for the 2005 tax year, according to Assistant Attorney General for the…

Crews from the Bureau of Land Management have completed tree thinning and brush removal to benefit forest health and improve fire protection near Hobo Camp, west of Susanville. Now, the BLM is offering limited free firewood cutting in the thinned…

TUCSON--Over 250,000 homeless pets in approximately 11,000 animal placement organizations across the U.S. and Canada have their own homepages, thanks to one of the most unifying initiatives to ever hit animal welfare--Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest searchable directory of adoptable…

Phoenix, Arizona On Friday, May 2, members of the U.S. Marshals led Phoenix HIDTA Fugitive Task Force arrested an alleged child rapist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lance Kelly, 51, was wanted by the Albuquerque Police Department after it was alleged…

NEW YORK U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi announced $75 million to provide permanent supportive housing for an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans nationwide. New York City…

Bribery. Bagmen. Crooked politicians. Ethical lapses. All ugly terms that were part of an FBI public corruption case that began six years ago and recently came to a successful close. Last month, the undercover sting known as "Tennessee Waltz" (coincidentally,…

TUCSON A resident alien of the United States wanted by Mexican authorities for homicide is being held in federal custody without bond following his arrest by United States Marshals. The fugitive, Efren Martinez Valencia, was arrested in Tucson and is…

The FDIC is proposing that Congress authorize the Treasury Department to make loans to borrowers with unaffordable mortgages to pay down up to 20 percent of their principal. The repayment and financing costs for these Home Ownership Preservation (HOP) loans…

NEWARK A federal jury convicted Guttenberg Mayor David Delle Donna and his wife, a former Planning Board member, of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and income tax fraud. The extortion conviction related to the Delle Donna's…