WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NEW YORK (December, 17, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Groundwork Elizabeth and Montclair State University have each been selected to receive a grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in New Jersey. The Brownfields Job Training Program grants is funded by President Biden's Bipartisan In more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHUKHRATJON MIRSAIDOV and SHUKHRAT ABDULLAEV were sentenced to one year and a day and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in operating a money laundering scheme from June 2019 to February 2022, using the U.S. bank account of an international airline ("Air more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, a two-count indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Jason Soto, also known as "Twin," a member of the Cypress Gangsta Crips (CGC), a subgroup of the Eight Trey Crips based in the Cypress Hills Houses of East New York, Brooklyn, with the February 2015 murder of Shakim Rivera, the leader of the CGC. The defendant was arrested t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for Dec. 18, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN 11:00 a.m. Secretary Blinken chairs the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors quarterly meeting at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) Secretary Blinken is on travel to New York from December 18-19, 2024. 4:00 p.m. Secretary Blinken participates in a conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, New York.  more PR