A U.S. Department of State employee and his spouse were arrested for their role in an international conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Korea. Gene Leroy Thompson Jr., 53, and Guojiao “Becky” Zhang, 39, were indicted by a grand jury in Eugene, Oregon, and charged with conspiracy and trafficking […]

Tucson, AZ–A State Grand Jury indicted 11 individuals accused of shipping illegal drugs and contraband across the country through the United Parcel Service (UPS). The individuals involved in the ring face 48 felony counts, including money laundering, transportation of marijuana for sale, transportation of narcotic drugs for sale, misconduct involving weapons, and illegally conducting an […]

Through a Ruling issued Monday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is taking steps to ensure that the 2020 wildfire mitigation plans that utilities will submit focus on increasing the safe performance of utilities, reducing the need for Public Safety Power Shut-off events, creating more resilient communities, and providing results to help mitigate wildfires and […]

Portland, OR–A 33-year-old Bend, Oregon, man was sentenced on Dec.10 to 12 months and one day in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for illegally manufacturing and possessing marijuana during a March 2018 butane honey oil explosion in Bend. According to court documents, on March 18, 2018, Bend police officers responded to an explosion […]

WASHINGTON–Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled a groundbreaking plan, “High-Speed Internet for All,” to invest $150 billion to provide high-speed internet access to every household in America, lower the costs of high-speed internet services, and break up and regulate internet monopolies.  The 2020 presidential candidate said the plan would require providers to offer a basic, quality internet […]

WASHINGTON–More than 1 million copyright-infringing domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works are now in custody of the federal government, thanks to the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies across the world. Federal agencies, as part of the National Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPR […]

SACRAMENTO–(PRNewswire)–A coalition of 23 community nonprofit organizations representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders released an open letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin raising concerns about MSNBC’s lack of coverage of Andrew Yang, 2020 presidential candidate, and the potential damage to the American democracy and racial equality. The nonprofit organizations urge MSNBC to provide fair coverage […]

NEW YORK–Federal authorities arrested a Brooklyn man Wednesday with allegedly attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and distributing bomb-making instructions, according to the Department of Justice. Zachary Clark, 40, faced Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger in Manhattan federal court later that day.The criminal […]

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “In just over a year, we have convicted three Americans for committing espionage offenses on behalf of the Chinese government. Each has now […]