Surveys begun for new partnership program to inform environmental assessments related to offshore energy development The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is funding and participating in a federal research partnership that has launched an intensive 3-year program to improve…

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it will offer approximately 1.09 million acres off Alaska’s southcentral coast in a lease sale scheduled for June 21. Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale 244 will offer 224 blocks toward…

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge seized alleged cocaine valued at $213,860. “Thanks to the continued dedication of our frontline CBP officers these hard narcotics will not make it to…

BOSTON – Three restaurant owners were charged yesterday in a superseding indictment with tax fraud in connection with the operation of three Boston-area restaurants. Hazrat Khan, 57, of Middletown, NY; Khurshed Iqbal, 57; and Rahman Zeb, 60, all Pakistani nationals,…

TUCSON, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents from the Casa Grande Station rescued an injured 24-year-old male Honduran national found Tuesday morning near the border southwest of Sells, Arizona. Agents render life-saving aid to gunshot victim. ​An agent patrolling along the…

New York - A former executive of Coach USA Inc. has been sentenced for attempting to conceal and destroy documents relevant to a civil antitrust investigation and for providing false and misleading statements during the course of civil antitrust litigation.…

Remarks as prepared for delivery Good morning, and thank you, [Senator] Luther [Strange], for the kind introduction. The people of Alabama are well represented in the Senate. Let me begin by thanking the National Association of Attorneys General for inviting…

NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man was arrested for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department. Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream, New York, was initially charged by complaint…

Used Money to Pay for Football Tickets and Cruise Expenses Rickey Roberson, age 48, his wife ADA Craige-Roberson, age 42, and her mother Melanie Duplechain, age 69, of New Orleans, were charged today in a three-count Indictment for conspiracy and…

NEWARK, N.J. – A doctor with a medical practice in Randolph, New Jersey has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services…

Penelope Scudder argued before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Penn State Law’s Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, which is challenging the constitutionality of part of the Immigration and Nationality Act in Baptiste v. Attorney General United…

PHILADELPHIA – Charles M. Hallinan, 75, of Villanova, PA, and Wheeler K. Neff, 67, of Wilmington, DE, were charged by indictment with two counts of conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) relating to “payday lending”…