WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Nov. 8, 2023, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a pattern or practice investigation of the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department: * * * Good morning. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. I am joined by U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee, who serves here in the Southern District of Mississippi.   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Nov. 9, 2023, by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Kades at the 2023 Food and Agribusiness National Conference: * * * Roughly a year ago, I gave a speech at the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association's Fall Forum about competition in agriculture. You might say that speech was a signed check. A year later, it is worth seeing if the Antitrust Division has made a down payment on th  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 20-state coalition in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the removal of foreign student visa holders who have shown support for foreign terrorist organizations. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, where 1,400 men, women, children, and babies were killed,  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Nov. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Picayune, Mississippi man was sentenced to 69 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 12 grams of heroin. Damon Andrew Stafford, 55, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, in 2015, an investigation began into a large-scale drug trafficking organization located largely in Picayune (Pearl  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a draft environmental impact statement and draft Barred Owl Management Strategy that addresses the threat of the non-native and invasive barred owls to native northern and California spotted owls. Populations of the northern spotted owl, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, ar  more