News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona announces support of DEA’s 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to be held on April 24, 2021. Take Back Day is a bi-annual event that aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pleasant Hills has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms & narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Kris Ralf Salvi (27, Tampa) was sentenced to three years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Salvi had pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2021. In September 2020, Salvi and nine others were charged in this case. The remaining cases are pending.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a noncitizen Tuesday, who is wanted in the Dominican Republic on numerous felony charges, including homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahomans who have access and functional needs and require specialized assistance should stay in touch with FEMA. Applicants who have not received a decision on their federal assistance from the February winter storms should contact FEMA at 800-621-3362 or TTY 800-462-7585.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: Singapore is one of the United States’ strongest bilateral partners in Southeast Asia and plays an indispensable role in supporting the region’s security and economic framework. The United States cooperates with Singapore on the full range of security issues, to include border security, maritime security, military preparedness, counter proliferation, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) workers are preparing to remove ductwork that carried exhaust from past operations at the Main Plant Process Building as part of deactivation preparations for the facility’s future demolition - among EM ’s 2021 priorities.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. ¬- The Bureau of Land Management has announced that the Hobo Camp Day Use Area near Susanville is now open for the spring, summer and fall recreation season, offering access to the Susan River, the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail and the Southside Trail.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing focused on strengthening our nation’s workforce programs to provide quality education, training, and employment opportunities for working families impacted...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: This morning the Finance Committee will examine issues of racial justice and tax code inequality in America. Nobody of good conscience wants there to be a race-based penalty or a discount on taxes. Everybody ought to pay a fair share, and everybody ought to have a fair chance to get ahead. In practice, the U.S. tax code does not always work that way.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Juan Antonio Gonzalez's statement following the verdict in the state of Minnesota's trial of Derek Chauvin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Opportunity to clean out and secure home medicine cabinets on April 24, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Fritch, Texas - “Junior Ranger Day" will be held at Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Activities will begin at the Alibates Visitor Center at 9:30 am and run until 2:30 pm. There will be many activities occurring throughout the day and the programs are free and available to any age including adults.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Seattle - The U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington has seen a recent increase in phone calls that “spoof," or fake, the U.S. Attorney’s Office main phone number, so the call appears to originate from the office on the recipient’s caller ID. Fraudulent callers pose as a “Justice Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Darryl Lennell Moore, 32, of St. Louis Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, one involving fentanyl, the other involving methamphetamine. Moore also pleaded guilty to an additional count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Moore appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Biden Administration's effort to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from persistent and sophisticated threats, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched an initiative to enhance the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) and secure...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has immediate openings for Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). There are 35 full- and 10 part-time positions currently available at MSP. Starting salary is $19.52 per hour.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently completed actions to stabilize three at-risk underground structures on the Hanford Site ’s Central Plateau.
