News from April 2021
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Class of 2020-21 winners of the Solar District Cup, a competition that challenges college students to integrate solar, storage, and other technologies to power a group of buildings with the same electrical distribution feeder, known as a district. DOE also announced the launch of next round of the competition, which will begin in September.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The public is reminded of the temporary closure of Reclamation lands on and adjacent to Joe's Island on the south side of the Yellowstone River in Dawson County, 15 miles north of Glendive, Montana. Lands impacted by this closure are located in Sections 35 and 36, Township 18 North; ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Times underscoring natural gas's role in lowering carbon emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force was happy to learn that “Fugitive of the Week" Thomas Towle has surrendered to the courts.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: ABILENE, TX - Residents of Abilene will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI) May 3-7.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Authorities this morning arrested a Riverside man on a federal charge alleging that he slit the throat of his young dog, produced a short video of the dying puppy, and posted the video on his Snapchat account.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - An Angier man pled guilty today to Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Derek Wright, 32, of Bristol, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Zhijun Xia, age 30, of China, entered a plea of guilty on April 23, 2021 in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Coercion and Enticement of a Minor before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. Xia’s sentencing hearing was scheduled for...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the April snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Savannah, 29, Waupun, Wisconsin, was sentenced on April 21, 2021 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 110 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Savannah pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 2, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A noncitizen, convicted of an aggravated drug felony, was removed to Mexico on Thursday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, on World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in partnership with Michigan State University’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Better Business Bureau...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Alabama to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes from March 25-26, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Colorado Man Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of Children in Guatemala.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by the violent clashes yesterday in Mogadishu. We call on all parties to exercise restraint and to resolve their differences peacefully. Dialogue and consensus are the only ways to resolve the electoral impasse, and we urge parties to resume negotiations at once...
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: MR ICE: Great, thank you. Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining us. I’d like to welcome you now to this call previewing Secretary Blinken’s virtual trip to Africa, which will take place tomorrow.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced it has taken action against 37 California retailers suspected of violating USDA rules for accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 14, 2021, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four-count indictment charging three individuals with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as well as violations of the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act (DTVIA), announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
