News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA TORRES, 61, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to producing child pornography.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: The United States congratulates President-elect Hakainde Hichilema on his victory in the August 12 general elections. We congratulate the people of Zambia for exercising their right to vote in historic numbers and welcome commitments from all parties to a peaceful and orderly transition. We look forward...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for Phase 6 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). This experimental survey was designed and launched in April 2020 to measure temporal economic trends in the nation’s small businesses and provide insight into the scope of impact of the pandemic response in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the latest science and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Park Service (NPS) is immediately requiring visitors, employees and contractors to wear a mask inside all NPS buildings and in crowded outdoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status or community transmission levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for robbing a convenience store at gunpoint. On May 6, 2020, Irvin Fields pled guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment, which charged Interference With Commerce by Robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland visited Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco August 10-16. Ambassador Norland met with senior officials in Cairo and Ankara, and with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat. The Ambassador’s travel focused on the urgency of establishing the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative Reforms...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park has reopened the Dyea campground and Chilkoot Trail after flooding conditions along the Taiya River had caused a closure starting Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the animal and animal product import regulations to reflect the exit of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). The revised regulations will treat as separate entities Great Britain ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, released the following statement on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment and draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment prepared in response to a petition from BASF Corporation seeking deregulation of a soybean variety ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John Townsend, age 40, and Geraldo Rodriguez Diaz, age 27, inmates at the United States Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood (FCC Allenwood), White Deer, Pennsylvania, were charged in a criminal information on Aug. 10, 2021, for possessing contraband in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority have come to mutual agreement on the renewal contract for the transfer of operation, maintenance, and replacement activities related to the Central Valley Project’s Tehama-Colusa Canal and the Corning Canal, Red Bluff, and Corning pumping plants, and associated works located in Northern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ERIC RODRIGUEZ, QUAN LEWIS, CHRIS HABISREITINGER, GREG TRAHAN, TRAVIS GIBSON and RYAN MOREAU were charged on Aug. 13, 2021 in a 7-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with narcotics trafficking offenses, including conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Patton Meadow Fire burning in Lake County, Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Khorion Williams, of Highland Park, Michigan, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man arrested nine days after he allegedly eluded arrest by ramming federal law enforcement vehicles, nearly running down an FBI agent and task force officer in the process, was ordered detained in federal custody today on charges he allegedly executed a scheme to defraud...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Sitka National Historical Park - Bears continue to frequent Sitka National Historical Park and Indian River. The park has reopened the Totem Trail during daylight hours while the Riverview Trail and Russian Memorial Loop Trail remain closed at all times.
