News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will provide the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Location information is available from the DEA. These sites cannot accept liquids, needles, or sharps, only pills or patches, and this service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - The National Park Service will conduct 2 prescribed fires, when conditions allow, between April 26 and May 28. The goal of the planned fires is to improve natural habitat. Specifically, the fires will burn the invasive plant species and create good soil conditions for native seeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Defendants Defrauded 140 Victims of More than Eight Million Dollars.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $15 million for the research and development (R&D) of innovative subsurface geothermal technologies. Together, the two projects-selected under the FY 2020 Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) Hydrothermal and Low Temperature Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity-will help drive down costs and risks associated with the discovery of hidden geothermal systems and enhance energy system resilience.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting U.S. Attorney Karin Hoppmann joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing the 40th observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections, and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 18-24 and features the theme, “Support Victims. Build Trust. Engage Communities.".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced 16 additions to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The Lewis and Harriet Hayden House and Boston: An Underground Railroad Hub...
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
Release: At President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate on April 23, 2021, the United States and United Arab Emirates, with endorsement from the United Kingdom’s COP 26 Presidency, and with support from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, and Uruguay, announced plans to launch the Agriculture Innovation...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: EL CENTRO, Calif. - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), El Centro Field Office approved a new Cahuilla Ranger Station by issuing the decision record and finding of no significant impact for construction of a new station.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - A federal jury convicted a Ph.D. chemist of charges associated with the theft of trade secrets related to formulations for bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) coatings for the inside of beverage cans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that yesterday Ahmad Kanan, 49, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced in two separate cases for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act fraud and access device fraud. Kanan was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $147,060.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted in an uncover operation targeting child sexual predators on O‘ahu. Three active duty service members were arrested including a Marine and two soldiers. They used online platforms to solicit sex from agents posing as children. The military members...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -Gulf Islands National Seashore will begin initiating space available protocols at the Perdido Key Area/Johnson Beach beginning Friday, April 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing food assistance to low-income seniors - a population that has been especially hard-hit by the pandemic - by providing nearly $37 million in additional support to the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). States and Tribal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct with a 14-year-old Victim in Order to Produce Images and Videos of that Conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has paused until autumn drill seeding on public lands burned in two eastern Nevada wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, April 20th, the District of Columbia unsealed a criminal complaint against Stephen Chase Randolph, 31, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, for assaulting a U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer and engaging in disorderly conduct.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
Release: The United States of America’s Intention to Form a Net-Zero Producers Forum
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
