Washington, DC - U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Monday announced a series of steps that the Department of Justice is taking to address the threats posed by both corruption and by transnational human smuggling and trafficking networks.

Washington, DC - A North Carolina engineering firm was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to long lasting conspiracies to rig bids and defraud the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).

San Diego, California - 

Imperial, California - The 17-year cicadas, sometimes known as locusts, are back, swarming in large numbers in several parts of the United States,. But, the Association of Mature American Citizens suggests you don’t try snacking on them if you are allergic to seafood. 

Hong Kong, China - It’s a bummer when you get home and can’t find a parking space.  It’s particularly mind numbing in big cities where free parking is limited to the extreme and paid parking can be overpriced, says the Association of Mature American Citizens. 

Mobile, Alabama - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBPOs) in Jackson, Mississippi selected for random inspection a package arriving from Turkey. The package was manifested as “Kitchen ornament and Turkish delight set” with a consignee in MS. Upon physical inspection, CBPOs found the shipment to contain 120 boxes (1,440 packets) of three different kinds of honey that had not been manifested. CBPOs detained the shipment and contacted FDA for guidance.