News from April 2021
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - An EM cleanup technology is expected to reduce radioactive iodine-129 found in soil and groundwater near the center of the Savannah River Site (SRS) to levels well below regulatory limits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESSICA GILES, 38, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to two years of probation, the first three months of which Giles must spend in home confinement, for stealing cash from the mail while working for the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Chatigny also ordered Giles to pay a $2,400 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Greg Murphy (R-NC) penned a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona underscoring the Department’s failure to comply with CARES Act reporting requirements regarding the use of waiver flexibilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Trampas Quint Wolford, of Cabins, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 40-year-old Weslaco attorney has entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit bribery and bribery of a public official, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the REAL ID full enforcement date by 19 months, from Oct. 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023, due to circumstances resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been indicted on federal civil rights charges for ordering his employees to use excessive force against four pretrial detainees at the Clayton County Jail in 2020. The indictment alleges that Hill, without any legal justification, ordered his employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiring with members of an international drug trafficking organization to possess and distribute more than 200 kilograms of cocaine.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: MS KENEWENDO: A very good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. We are very pleased to be with you this afternoon on our side, and I am being joined by several YALI alumni, so the Young African Leaders Initiative. And they are all looking forward to engaging with you on how best we can strengthen U.S.-Africa...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JARRELL FOX, age 21, of Harahan, pled guilty on April 26, 2021 to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, Hobbs Act Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A California man was charged in federal court today with transporting more than four kilograms of fentanyl from Los Angeles, California, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aboard a bus that stopped at a Kansas City, Missouri station.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant posed as teen and pressured victims across the country into sending sexually explicit photos, then blackmailed victims into sending additional videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Today the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay April 11 - April 17, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gerard Gaffney, age 19, of Mount Ranier, Maryland, was sentenced on April 26, 2021, to 84 months’ imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones for his role as the driver in a 2019 armed robbery of a Rite Aid pharmacy in Dauphin County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN CIOFFI, 35, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for a federal tax offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotic and firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at the end of their workday. That’s 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at their work day’s end. That’s 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued a statement encouraging the World Health Assembly to invite Taiwan to its upcoming session from May 24 to June 1.
