The Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, have entered into a settlement agreement with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) that requires ADE and Arizona public schools to offer targeted reading…

As Hurricane Isaac continues pounding the Gulf Coast region with drenching rains and 80 mile-per-hour winds, U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel from all CBP components deployed to the Incident Command Post (ICP) at the CBP New Orleans Air and…

Anchorage, Alaska A Hong Kong-based jewelry exporter pleaded guilty Friday to customs fraud charges and faces nearly $2 million in fines and restitution in a scheme discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officers and import specialists working in…

Strong winds and storm surge from Hurricane Isaac's landfall forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards for nearly 24 hours on Tuesday, August 28. The USGS streamgage at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, showed the Mississippi River flowing upstream at 182,000 cubic…

Winterhaven, Calif. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Andrade port of entry arrested a male Mexican citizen on August 26, after discovering more than $700,000 worth of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle he was…

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Military units in the southeastern United States are preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac, which is barreling past the Florida Keys and may grow to a hurricane by the time it…

WASHINGTON Eight individuals and a Miami-based corporation were convicted by a federal jury for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare. Antonio Macli, the owner of Biscayne…

Declaration will Provide Financial Assistance for Local Recovery, Mitigation Efforts PHOENIX Governor Jan Brewer has issued a Declaration of Emergency in response to monsoon-related flooding in the Gladiator Fire burn area in Yavapai County. The Gladiator Fire began in the…

WASHINGTON Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was resentenced today to serve 78 months in prison for his role in bribery, conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice charges involving former HealthSouth CEO Richard M. Scrushy. At a hearing today in Montgomery,…

BEAUMONT, Texas A 33-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been convicted in a carjacking case as a result of Operation Time Machine in the Eastern District of Texas. Luan Van Nguyen, aka, Kevin Nguyen, was found guilty by a jury…

San Diego U.S. Border Patrol agents seized a total of 105.47 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $2,109,400 yesterday in two separate events. At approximately 11:30 a.m., agents encountered a 37-year-old male United States citizen driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer…

LOS ANGELES - A Mexican businessman has plead guilty in federal court to conspiring with the owners of a Los Angeles area toy wholesaler to launder thousands of narco dollars for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Luis Ernesto Flores Rivera,…