News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Rapid City, South Dakota-based trucking company Hall Trucking, USDOT No. 2788301, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered the carrier to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced funding of $2,677,470 to the Texas Workforce Commission to provide workforce training services at Fort Hood and in seven counties to military service members and their spouses dislocated by delays caused by the pandemic.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
A Camden man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
Investigative efforts by Brazilian Federal Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in concert with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division led to eight arrests and the disruption of a major human smuggling ring based in Brazil.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $1,581,000 to the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) to help identify sources of lead in drinking water in schools or child care facilities.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
As part of the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, two new electric vehicle programs will receive funds to address climate change by reducing carbon emissions
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
As part of its efforts to support local economies and protect coastal communities and habitats from the impacts of climate change, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has executed an agreement with Dare County, North Carolina, granting the county access to up to 6.6 million cubic yards of sand from the Outer Continental Shelf to restore 11.6 miles of beaches.
By Press release submission | Dec 9, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management plans to capture and remove up to 25 wild horses from the Carter Reservoir Herd Management Area, which are posing dangers as they roam in search of food and water along California State Route 299, east of Cedarville.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: From the first day in office and every day since, the Biden-Harris Administration has taken decisive action to restore and strengthen American democracy, from cracking down on corruption and promoting transparency to taking critical steps to ensure the federal government works for every American - no...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA), and Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) applauded the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 4996, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Canadian man was sentenced to 78 months for possessing a firearm as an alien unlawfully in the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By Augustus Griffith Jr. | Dec 8, 2021
On Nov. 29, the U.S. celebrated International Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Day, commemorating the work of women’s rights defenders across the globe.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joseph D. Radcliffe, age 74, of Elka Park, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring with others to evade taxes on personal income earned from stock sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Brandon Ridge has been sentenced for obtaining a $160,000 fraudulent loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP"), a portion of which he then used to purchase a Range Rover.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: MR ICE: Thank you, operator, and good afternoon. Glad to have everyone with us today for this briefing. As we announced officially this morning, Secretary Blinken is preparing to travel to the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in Liverpool, the United Kingdom, followed by travel to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hawaii. We’re very glad to have with us today two colleagues from the Department of State who are going to preview the trip for you.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: Counselor Derek Chollet will travel to Cambodia and Indonesia December 8-13 to engage with stakeholders on key regional issues, including the crisis in Burma. Counselor Chollet’s trip will reinforce ASEAN centrality and the role ASEAN plays in regional stability, economic growth, and preserving the rules-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - Keith Thomas Dougherty, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was found guilty last week of threatening federal and state judges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANNY RHODES, also known as “Big D," 63, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - Mark your calendars and please join us for a live video exploring the USS Utah shipwreck underwater. National Park Service divers will present a “Live Dive" video stream, December 9 2021 from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. HST. Watching live on YouTube, you will see the ship in HD video while a diver...
