Office of Public Affairs | Adobe Agrees to $150 Million Settlement and Injunction to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act

The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a proposed stipulated order that, if entered by the court, will resolve a case against software company Adobe Inc. and two of its employees, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani. The proposed order requires Adobe to pay $75 million in civil penalties and offer customers $75 million […]

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Office of Public Affairs | Virginia Man Charged with Illegally Selling the Firearm Used in the Campus Shooting at Old Dominion University

Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, Virginia, appeared in federal court today and was charged by criminal complaint with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University (ODU), and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. View complaint here. View affidavit here. […]

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UN chief launches major humanitarian appeal from war-torn Lebanon

“I am here on a visit of solidarity with the people of Lebanon,” he said. “Solidarity in words must be matched by solidarity in action. This aid is urgently needed. The military escalation across the region is taking a terrible toll, including in Lebanon.” Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, hundreds of civilians have been […]

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Office of Public Affairs | United States Arrests Alleged Tren de Aragua Leader Charged in Chile With Criminal Association, Extortion and Kidnapping Resulting in Homicide

Venezuelan national and illegal alien Rafael Enrique Gamez Salas, 40, has been arrested at the request of the Government of Chile so that he may be prosecuted on seven charges stemming from his alleged role as a leader of “Los Piratas,” the primary Chilean cell of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA). […]

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EASA’s Technical Cooperation Projects: Promoting EU aviation safety and sustainability standards worldwide

Aviation safety does not stop at Europe’s borders. Through a wide range of technical cooperation projects, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) works with international partners to strengthen aviation safety and sustainability standards across the globe. EASA has just launched a series of pages in a brand-new layout, to make it easier to follow […]

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EASA publishes new revision of Easy Access Rules for Aerodromes with online version

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a new revision of the Easy Access Rules for Aerodromes (EAR for ADR), available in PDF, machine-readable XML, and in a new improved online version with: optimised performance for quick access to EAR pages and links; permalinks to the latest version of all rule articles; and […]

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Office of Public Affairs | FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Charged in Double Homicide Apprehended in Mexico

Samuel Ramirez Jr., 33, of Federal Way, Washington, was apprehended without incident on Tuesday, March 10, at 11:13 a.m. PT in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, only one hour and 13 minutes after being announced as the 538th addition to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The previous record for shortest arrest time was Billie Austin […]

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Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus ‘intact’ despite leadership change

“The structures that have sustained persecution for years have not been dismantled, nor have State policies been announced to begin that process”, the International Fact-Finding Mission for Venezuela said in a statement released on Wednesday. The mission was set up to assess alleged human rights violations in Venezuela committed since 2014. Since Maduro’s seizure on 3 […]

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Office of Public Affairs | President Trump’s Justice Department & Transportation Department Sue to Stop California’s Illegal EV Mandate

Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Justice Department, on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has filed suit to stop California from imposing an illegal electric vehicle (EV) mandate through what are effectively state-specific mileage requirements for car manufacturers. Federal law prohibits individual states from adopting regulations related to fuel economy.   President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Duffy created the “Freedom Means Affordable […]

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Russia deportation of Ukraine children is crime against humanity: independent probe

Members of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, an independent probe into Russia’s full-scale invasion which presented its latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that they have verified the deportation and transfer of 1,205 children from Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to Russia or to other occupied areas in Ukraine. “Based on […]

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