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Environmental Protection
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding for Nationwide Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research Grants and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Providers
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Requests for Applications for $57 million in funding that is available for two new Brownfields technical assistance opportunities: one for new Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreements, and another ...
Homeland
Womack: 'Every safeguard should be in place to protect our farmlands and agriculture production'
A U.S. representative from Arkansas, who was among members of Congress writing to the comptroller general asking for a study of “foreign investment in U.S. farmland,” said the U.S. shouldn’t give control of farmland to foreign adversaries.
Homeland
Malliotakis: ‘USGAO must conduct study’ regarding foreign countries buying U.S. land
A U.S. representative from New York who was among members of Congress writing to the comptroller general asking for a study of “foreign investment in U.S. farmland” has criticized China’s purchase of U.S. farmland.
Justice
Leary: 'Former bank employee was playing Russian roulette with other people's money'
A former loan officer at SunMark Community Bank in Bonaire, Ga., pleaded guilty to charges related to a $1.2 million asset misapplication scheme.
Energy
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Investment to Preserve America’s Clean Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the conditional selection of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near Avila Beach, California, to receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program. Funded by...
Commerce
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $5.5 Million to Rhode Island in ‘Internet for All’ Planning Grants
News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Rhode Island received its first “Internet for All” grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet ...
Agriculture
Vilsack: 'Partners are working in the woods every day to improve forest health'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $20.5 million in federal grants to help states and Tribes better protect water sources during forest operations while helping wood processing facilities increase capacity.
State
Blinken: U.S. 'excited to see the cultural bridges' the World Cup can bring
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar Nov. 21 to launch the fifth annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue, during which time he will be meeting with the country’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister.
Justice
Mercer County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Participating in Armed Robbery Spree Spanning Multiple Counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Commerce
Raimondo: Poland's partnership with Westinghouse 'will provide immense long-term benefits'
Poland revealed Westinghouse Electric will supply the technology for its new national nuclear power program.
Justice
Four Defendants Indicted for Securities Fraud, Conducting International Pump-and-Dump Scheme, and Money Laundering
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Aaron P. Arnzen.
State
DOS-MLI offers new grant application process starting Nov. 23
U.S. Embasy Bamako Public Diplomacy Anual Program Statement grant opened on Nov. 23.
Justice
New Orleans Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges at Trial
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Nov. 18, 2022 after a four (4) day trial before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, GEORGE BENNETT, aka “G," 39, from the greater New Orleans area, was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking charges.
Justice
New York Man Sentenced by Federal Court in Rhode Island Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Jason Hatcher, 40, of New York, NY, was sentenced today to nearly three years in federal prison for his participation in a conspiracy that defrauded more than a dozen Rhode Island seniors who unknowingly fell victim to a so-called “grandparent scam," announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Justice
North Mississippi Murder Suspect Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Memphis
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Sekete Lerotholi, a 44-year old Brooklyn man with no fixed address.
Justice
Homicide Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals
News Release: Concord, NH - Late this afternoon, “Fugitive of the Week", Amanda Lee Tappan, 31 years-of-age, surrendered at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Tappan had been wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued on Sept. 24, 2019 for bail violations and failing to appear on an original charge of sales of the synthetic narcotic - Fentanyl.
State
DOS-MOZ offers new grant application process starting Nov. 22
FY2023 Alumni Engagement Inovation Fund grant opened on Nov. 22.
Justice
U.S. Marshals Return Mexico Murder Suspect
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Joel Francisco, alleged murder suspect, was arrested today by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) in New Braunfels, TX.
Justice
Former New Orleans Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Offense for Sexually Assaulting a 15-Year-Old Crime Victim
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her constitutional rights.
Justice
New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert “Bobby" Ingrao, age 75, of Lodi, New Jersey, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute cocaine, and to possessing 9 kilograms of cocaine and intending to deliver it to co-conspirators in Schenectady, New York.
Interior
Littering at Belle Fourche Reservoir
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. - Belle Fourche Reservoir increased visitors during the 2022 recreation season. Reclamation, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, and volunteers, is proud to manage Belle Fourche’s public federal lands, that belong to the American people, ...
Energy
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Investment to Preserve America’s Clean Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
Release: Funding From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Kicks Off Multi-Phased Initiative to Ensure Grid Reliability, Continued Deployment of the Nation’s Largest Source of Clean Power, and Maintain Thousands of Good-Paying Jobs
Justice
U.S. Marshals Elevate Fugitive Investigation for Couple to Major Case Status, Offer up to $10,000 Each for Information Leading to Arrest
News Release: Concord, NH - A four plus month search for “Fugitive of the Week", Charles Wilson Fowle, 40 years-of-age, ended this morning in Manchester, NH. Mr. Fowle had been wanted on outstanding federal supervised release violations stemming from his original conviction and sentence in U.S. District Court for distribution of oxycodone and marijuana.
Justice
U.S. Marshals Offer up to $10,000 for Information on Conover Murder Suspect
News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the recovery of 3 abducted children from Saline County in Texas.
State
DOS-BOL offers new grant application process starting Nov. 22
U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ PAS ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT grant opened on Nov. 22.