News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: National Park Service fire crews will conduct prescribed burn operations at Big South Fork NRRA April 6-7.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Kahliq Richardson, 18, of Rutland, Vermont, was arrested yesterday evening for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Richardson is scheduled to appear remotely this afternoon for an initial appearance before the Hon. Kevin J. Doyle, United States Magistrate Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced Jimmy Warf to 144 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Sikeston, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine in January.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews have completed demolition on a contaminated 1960s-era building at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), opening land that DOE can reuse for future missions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Michael Rose Allegedly Sold More Than $350,000 in Goods to an Iranian Importer in Violation of U.S. Sanctions and Allegedly Committed Related Money Laundering and Bank Fraud Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana has returned a guilty verdict against Dale Wayne Green, Jr., 39, of Shreveport, on drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter presided over the trial.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Members Rep. Jim Costa (Chair of Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture) and Rep. Dusty Johnson (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture), with Rep. Salud Carbajal (Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Tuscaloosa pharmaceutical sales representative was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a scheme designed to fraudulently bill health insurance plans, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Towanda R. Thorne-James, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: More information about Hungary is available on the Hungary Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressional leaders sent a letter asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to establish a Special Enrollment Period that will allow unemployed workers to maintain access to affordable coverage after the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021’s (ARPA) COBRA subsidies-which...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters to Brandon Wales, Acting Director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A Harris County deputy constable has been charged with conspiring with his girlfriend to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Monitoring the environment for radiation can include many things, such as air, water, and soil. However, one key element that at times can be overlooked is people.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shane Lee Dirting, of Martinsburg West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - South Florida federal prosecutors have charged 49-year-old Jeffrey Keith Holcombe in a criminal complaint that accuses him of coercing a 13-year-old girl from Miami into taking and sharing with him sexually explicit pictures and videos of herself.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are requesting information from top federal cybersecurity experts on the recent compromises of SolarWinds Orion and Microsoft Exchange, how American cyber defenses were unprepared for this attack and why there was a significant delay in detecting these breaches.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressional leaders sent a letter asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to establish a Special Enrollment Period that will allow unemployed workers to maintain access to affordable coverage after the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021’s (ARPA) COBRA subsidies-which...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Rep. Jody B. Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden requesting that he prioritize nominations to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
Release: More information about the Czech Republic is available on other Department of State publications and the additional sources listed at the bottom of this page.
