WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include suspending the businesses' PACA licenses and barring the principal op  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: Domenick Nardone appeared in federal court in Oakland this week to face conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and related charges for his alleged role in a kickback scheme that defrauded Williams Sonoma, Inc. (WSI) of millions of dollars, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: Allen Gessen was sentenced to 120 months in prison for arranging to pay an undercover FBI agent for the murder of the mother of his young children, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corley, U.S. Distric  more

ORLANDO, Florida, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging George Andrew Pherai-Bogeajis (35, Orlando) with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and the seizure of numerous kilograms of methamphetamine, suspected fentanyl and cocaine, pressed pills, firearms, and drug proceeds. If convicted on  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to conspiring to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds. Hector Garcia, 52, of Ocala, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire   more

IRVINGTON, New York, April 27 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on April 25, 2024, at a campaign event at a private residence: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thanks. Don't leave yet. Before I begin, I want a promise. When they say, "Joe Biden is in the outer room to see the President," you won't say, "Joe who?" (Laughter.) God love you. You're a good man. (Laughter.) MR. DOUGLAS: Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. MR. DOUGLAS: Thank you. God bless you THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, tha  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 27 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By T. T. Parish U.S. Army Lt. Col. Reuben Doornink has made quite a journey from family roots in the Midwest. His 20-year career in the Army Medical Corps began after graduation from Missouri Western State University, where he played football for a season and participated in the cheer squad before graduating and commissioning as a second lieutenant in 2004. He counts duty stations with a variety of staff position  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of a foreign press center briefing on April 25, 2024, featuring Eric Jacobstein, deputy assistant secretary for Central America Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Marcela Escobari, special assistant to the president and coordinator for the Los Angeles Declaration at the National Security Council, and Luis Miranda, Department of Homeland Security principal deputy assistant secretary for communications: * * *   more

FORT MYERS, Florida, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced John Alton Knight, Jr. (58, Port Charlotte) to 12 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Knight entered a guilty plea on April 26, 2023. According to court documents, on August 9, 2022, Knight was arrested by deputies from the Charlotte Co  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 26, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Hosts First-Ever White House Summit for Sustainable and Healthy Schools President Biden's Investing in America Agenda is providing unprecedented resources for K-12 schools to invest in healthier, more sustainable buildings and infrastructure--from removing lead pipes, to installing clean, reliable solar energy, to purchasing electric school buses. Schools acro  more