News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: HAYNEVILLE - Just in time for National Park Week, the new National Park Service (NPS) mobile app (go.nps.gov/app ) is now available for visitors to national parks across the country. Created by park rangers with visitors in mind, the NPS App gives the public up-to-date information about all 423 national...
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: The Government of Uganda’s actions during the recent electoral process undermined democracy and respect for human rights. Today I am announcing visa restrictions on those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, including during the country’s January 14 general elections and the campaign period that preceded it.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Republican members hosted a virtual forum entitled, "Where Are The Jobs?" This forum featured witnesses from the members' districts who have been impacted by the Biden administration's executive orders on energy, and who are still awaiting the green jobs they were promised.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: “Mission complete" usually marks a satisfactory end to a deployment. But frequently, a mission can end with a different purpose from which it began and still be a success.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: On April 16, the United States and the Kingdom of Norway concluded the recently negotiated Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Next week, starting Monday, April 19th, 2021, the United States Attorney’s Office will join the rest of the Department of Justice in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will participate in events that celebrate and support crime victims and their advocates.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, to continue the production of PPE and to develop related training and curriculum, creating new job and economic opportunities following the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Hardin woman today admitted charges accusing her of burning down a house that was being renovated on the Crow Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis released the following statement on House passage of five bills to better protect Americans from scams, fraud, and other undetectable harms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 32-year-old former officer with the Primera Police Department (PPD) has admitted to possessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Gettysburg National Military Park is preparing to conduct a prescribed fire on April 17-18, weather permitting. The park plans to burn portions of the west slope of Little Round Top (52 acres) and the Munshower field (36 acres) immediately north of Little Round Top. Prescribed fire activity will be completed as soon as all safety protocols are met.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss workers' access to behavioral and mental health care...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Twenty-two defendants from San Antonio, Del Rio and Laredo face federal drug trafficking charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Families are invited to learn what it takes to be a park ranger and become an official Junior Ranger at Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s annual Junior Ranger Day. The event will be held at the Historic Railroad Trail from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: On Thursday, April 15, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met virtually with Bahrain’s Minister of Interior, His Excellency General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. Secretary Mayorkas and Minister Al-Khalifa acknowledged the close cooperation and partnership that exists between ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: A Maine man was charged today in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, in connection with setting the Dec. 28, 2020, fire that destroyed the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a proposed consent decree to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the City of West Monroe, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: A Brazilian national who previously served as a chief executive officer (CEO) of Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a publicly traded Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to divert hundreds of millions of dollars from Braskem into a secret slush fund and to pay bribes to government officials, political parties, and others in Brazil to obtain and retain business.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: A Louisiana doctor was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to receive approximately $336,000 in illegal health care kickback payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today announced a civil complaint against defendants Eric Anthony Nepute and Quickwork LLC, doing business as Wellness Warrior, in the first enforcement action alleging violations of the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act.
