News from August 2021
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Karen Bass, Chair of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on the White House announcement of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Zambia to attend the inauguration of His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Pamlico County man was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2021, to 12 months and one day in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. Additionally, he was fined $10,000 and ordered to forfeit all of his firearms and ammunition. On July 11, 2019, Sherwood Watson Caraway pled guilty to the charges.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Crews are in the homestretch of achieving an EM 2021 priority to complete demolition of all DOE-owned buildings at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in Ventura County, California. Here, workers use high-reach shears to begin demolition of the Sodium Pump...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-21. Aug. 23, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing 45,562.067 acres from the golden nematode (GN) regulated area in Suffolk County, New York and refining ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - To our neighbors who have been severely impacted by the catastrophic flooding-particularly to those in Humphreys County.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), seeks comments on the testing facilities and capabilities for use by technology developers, manufacturers, designers, construction contractors, owners, regulators, researchers, and other stakeholders to validate and advance emerging and future hydropower technology (including pumped-storage technology) innovations, improved technical procedures, and advanced best practices.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park and Cascades Carnivore Project are pleased to confirm a second litter of wolverine offspring (called kits) has been born in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - On Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, Mr. Blake Chaplin, 52, of Leawood, Kansas, was found deceased near the Manly Beacon formation along the Golden Canyon Trail in Death Valley National Park. This was the second fatality along this trail within a week.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: A former preschool teacher pleaded guilty today to purchasing sexually explicit images of children, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: As we prepare for the United Nations Food Systems Summit in September, we invite you to join us for an informal, virtual stakeholder listening session on Friday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. -noon ET. It will be hosted by the State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which is responsible...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Inverness, Florida, man was sentenced today to three years in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription drug pills through the Internet.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee today admitted stealing credit cards sent through the mail as part of a conspiracy to commit access device fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - The Justice Department entered into a with the County of Hawaii and the County’s Mass Transit Agency (MTA) to resolve an investigation conducted under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Moss Point man pleaded guilty to use of an interstate facility to promote a conspiracy to distribute narcotics, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 601, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute narcotics, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Herbert L. Brock, 44, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of felon in possession of firearm, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: DOVER, Tenn. - Visitors to Fort Donelson National Battlefield have long enjoyed and benefited from learning of the site’s Civil War history, experiencing the historic fortifications, artillery, scenic viewsheds, and watching the park’s ever popular bald eagle pair. But since its first appearance on the national park, an odd piece of equipment purchased to enhance safety has become a very popular viewing opportunity for visitors.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - “A vote for this budget resolution is the green light for higher taxes on families, on small businesses," warned Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) on Fox Business’s Kudlow.
