News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man who is allegedly a member of the St. James/Marcella gang pleaded guilty today to distributing crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking public comment on changes to campground fees under consideration for Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments in 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Charlie Dion London, 28, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on a firearms violation.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, used to calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. As a result, the average SNAP benefit - excluding additional funds provided as part of pandemic relief - will increase for Fiscal Year 2022 beginning on Oct. 1, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: All of the park’s 291 developed visitor use camping and houseboat sites that were affected by temporary closures to protect bald eagle nesting pairs are now reopened for public use.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $569,086 in grants for 12 preservation projects from across the country to support the protection of America’s Indigenous cultures.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced the full application launch of the National Risk Index, a new online resource that provides a clear, visual guide to natural hazard risks throughout the United States, and information to help communities to understand and reduce those risks, whether they involve flooding, wildfire, extreme heat, or drought.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - The public should anticipate minor delays at the Sportsman’s Centennial Boat Ramp on Lake Sakakawea. The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the North Dakota State Water Commission will collect soil data from the lakebed of Lake Sakakawea in preparation for a project feature of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Timothy F. Salel and Jonathan Shapiro 619-546-8225.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking public comment on changes to campground fees under consideration for Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments in 2022.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Philip Mungin, age 58, formerly of Bryans Road, Maryland and currently residing in Mira Loma, California, to three months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for forgery of a military discharge certificate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A High Desert physician remains in federal custody today after his arrest Wednesday on charges of illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances - including opioid-based medications - during telemedicine sessions with “patients" from across the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today said he’s disappointed that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is holding a newly announced round of onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales, especially as the country awaits a Biden administration interim report on how it will fix a broken federal public lands and waters leasing system.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements in an application for a replacement Social Security card and illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, a federal magistrate judge denied bond for 39-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident Denorio Humes. Humes will remain behind bars as he awaits trial on charges of using force and fear to rob tobacco products from truck drivers during deliveries.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Norton, Virginia man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring with others to defraud the government of more than $499,000 and to commit mail fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Disaster Recovery Center will open in Hamtramck on Tuesday, Aug. 17, to help renters, homeowners and business owners affected by the June 25 - 26 severe storms and flooding.
