News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: Joyelyn "Joy" Sommer has joined the National Park Service (NPS) as the administrative support assistant for the Division of Fire and Aviation at the National Interagency Fire Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Modesto residents Genaro Serrato Calles, 49, and Antonio Valencia Hernandez, 65, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today charged an Indiana man with federal firearm violations for allegedly conspiring to straw purchase a semi-automatic handgun that the charges allege was used to shoot two Chicago Police officers last weekend, including the fatal wounding of Officer Ella French.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed for travel to Doha on August 8. Ambassador Khalilzad will be in Doha to help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. In several planned rounds of meetings...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: For further informtion Contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721. SAN DIEGO - Jason Harrington pleaded guilty today and admitted that he sold $1.1 million of forged art. Harrington sold artwork purportedly created by Richard Hambleton - a New York City artist who rose to fame...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Two men have pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder of Federal Agents, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul has introduced H.R. 4914, the Havana Syndrome Attacks Response Act. The full text of the legislation can be found here. The legislation is aimed at addressing the attacks on U.S. diplomatic personnel happening around the world that the National Academy of Sciences said are likely caused by “directed, pulsed radio frequency energy," and holding those responsible accountable.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) denounced the Department of Education's decision to allow states to interfere in the administration of the federal student loan program...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dennis Duffy II, 38, of Winooski, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to two sets of fraud charges. U.S. District Judge William Sessions III released Duffy on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor today on the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reckless tax-and-spending bill. Senator Crapo serves as the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Jackson County man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms law, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 104,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) today awarded $1.19 million in Battlefield Preservation Planning Grants to 11 preservation partners. Grant recipients will use these funds in research, documentation, and interpretive planning at battlefields and sites of armed conflict.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: “Today, scientists from across the globe delivered the most up-to-date assessment of the ways in which the climate is changing. It is a sobering IPCC report that finds that human influence is, unequivocally, causing climate change, and it confirms the impacts are widespread and rapidly intensifying.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed for travel to Doha on August 8. Ambassador Khalilzad will be in Doha to help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. In several planned rounds of meetings...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Hector Savage, 37, of Greece, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior conviction. The charge carries a mandatory minim penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A former El Paso police officer pleaded guilty on Aug. 9, 2021 to conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: Kaitlin Madriaga and Kaitlin Uemura, co-owners of Sairen, the new boutique on the corner of Sixth and Jackson (previously home to Momo), expressed their excitement at participating in the neighborhood fête. “We’re thrilled to be a part of this community," shares Madriaga, “we’ve already made so many new friends and can’t wait to meet more of the fans of Japantown." Uemura chimes in, “And our pups love to greet people and make them feel welcome!".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Connecticut man was sentenced to 102 months in prison for possessing a firearm despite being a previously convicted felon. Marquis Lamar McDuffie entered his guilty plea on May 5, 2021.
