News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Paterson Police Officers are facing civil rights and obstruction of justice charges for allegedly assaulting a victim in Paterson and then lying about it, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm and distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Yorktown, Virginia - The National Park Service (NPS) at Colonial National Historical Park has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for potential adaptive use of the historic Somerwell House. The RFP allows interested parties to submit their concept(s) of potential future adaptive use, considering the...
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon and good evening, everyone. My name is Ned Price. I’m the Spokesperson here at the Department of State. Thank you very much for joining us for this virtual roundtable discussion with Secretary Blinken. As you know, this is an on-the-record engagement with the Secretary, and he’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Today the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Jacquez Staples to 15 months in prison today. The 26-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - An Augusta, Georgia, man was sentenced to serve 210 months in federal prison today, after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of two Columbus minors he befriended on the social media app Snapchat, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Donville Inniss Laundered Bribe Payments from a Barbados-Based Insurance Company Through Banks on Long Island.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Leading Edge: Innovation in U.S. Aerospace":
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas swore in Deanne Criswell as FEMA’s 12th Administrator, the first woman confirmed to serve in this role.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) spoke at a hearing today on returning money to people hurt by scams and fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) spoke at a hearing today on returning money to people hurt by scams and fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $31,750, $16,750 and $14,500 against three passengers for allegedly interfering with and, in two cases, assaulting flight attendants who instructed them to obey cabin crew instruction and various federal regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Two next-generation checkpoint screening technologies, the R&D 100 award winning Shoe Scanner and the High Definition - Advanced Imaging Technology (HD-AIT) systems, are progressing from functional prototypes to commercial products that can be used in the operational world. Both technologies...
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 EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, May 5, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on the electric vehicle (EV) provisions within the Climate Leadership...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Brecksville, OH - A pair of bald eagles that was actively tending to its nest within the Pinery Narrows area in Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) has abandoned the nest for this year. Since the eagles are no longer tending eggs, the area around the nest tree is no longer closed. The park had closed the area in February to protect the nest from human disturbance.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) spoke at a hearing today on returning money to people hurt by scams and fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2021
News Release: Expanding the market for hemp seed oil is the goal of a new cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) involving Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and the Midwest Bioprocessing Center (MBC ), a Peoria, Illinois-based firm specializing in organic chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
