News from April 2021
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum conferred its highest honor, the Elie Wiesel Award, on Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat - the State Department’s Expert Advisor on Holocaust-era Issues - and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI, now the Human Rights and Special ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Marion man pleaded guilty today to using force or the threat of force to interfere with federally protected housing rights based on the race or color of the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Atlanta, Georgia has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to check fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Impact Of The McGirt Decision Continuing To Grow In The Eastern District.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Austreberto Santamaria-Valencia, 25, of Red Bluff, charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on Republicans’ infrastructure proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: CARBONDALE, Ill. - A mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Number, Timing and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2016 report. The report uses data from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates, 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave 1, and 2014 Social Security Administration Supplement to provide a uniquely comprehensive look at marital patterns in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Feb. 11-19, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The Defendant Is also Prohibited from Entering Crowders Mountain State Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Middletown, N.J. - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Gateway National Recreation Area will increase its beach parking fees at Sandy Hook. The additional revenue will fund infrastructure and maintenance needs and help enhance the visitor experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. Following a twelve-day trial, Dr. Xiaorong You, a/k/a Shannon You, 59, of Lansing, Michigan, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to steal trade secrets, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic espionage, and wire fraud. Dr. You was originally indicted...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Promontory Summit, UT - The world changed here. On May 10, 1869 one of the greatest technological achievements of the 19th century, the completion of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States, occurred on Promontory Summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 21, 2021, Steven A. Humphries, age 51, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to life imprisonment for producing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Russell Merritt, 40, of Celoron, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to theft from a labor union. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As people begin to return to the workplace and in-person operations prepare to resume, facility managers are challenged to employ point-of-entry screening methods that are robust, non-invasive, non-disruptive, and preserve privacy. To address this challenge, the Department of Homeland Security...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man is in federal custody for receiving and possessing child pornography after making his initial court appearance on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS -A Lodge Grass man accused of setting fire to an occupied house on the Crow Indian Reservation admitted charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Guatemala City, Guatemala, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Delivering Package with Firearms without Written Notice to the Carrier, Transferring Firearms to Out of State Resident, Making False Statement in Connection with a Purchase of Firearms, and Smuggling Goods from the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) today reintroduced H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
