News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
With a sharpening focus on the impact of “supply chains” on the timely delivery of goods, many Americans now understand that their ability to obtain goods and services depends on the hard work of logistics industry workers.At a Lancaster distribution center, 31 logistics workers recently discovered their employer wrongly claimed they were not entitled to overtime pay, leading to a U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
A Scituate man who admitted to sharing sexually explicit images of prepubescent girls with individuals he believed to be the parents of a 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
Three Disaster Recovery Centers will be closing this week. While these sites will be closing help is still available, FEMA specialists are still just a phone call or mouse click away.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the latest expansion of its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
The percentage of adults living with a spouse decreased from 52% to 50% over the past decade, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual America’s Families and Living Arrangements table package.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comments on proposed amendments to its import regulations for horses.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
This weekend, the Zion National Park Technical Search and Rescue Team responded to an emergency call at the exit of Heaps Canyon. Rescuers found two canyoneers stranded on a rock perch about 280 feet above Upper Emerald Pools.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Dec 2, 2021
The Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) will no longer be classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the U.S. Department of State said in a press release Tuesday.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. (Laughter.) We’ve barely gotten started. I won’t ask you actually to turn the lights off. (Laughter.)
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Defendant coached at Boston, Chicago, Pennsylvania and Tennessee universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment today charging a former resident of Newberg, Oregon with calling in hoax bomb threats to three schools and one hospital in Oregon.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
“MORNING BUSINESS“ was published in the Senate section on page S8777 on Nov. 29
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on page S8779 on Nov. 29
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article discussing an NIJ-supported study on the characteristics and traits of those who perpetrate hate crimes. Individuals who commit hate crimes do so out of a variety of motivations, and the demographic...
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) So Mr. Secretary of State, (inaudible). I believe that (inaudible) this meeting is held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council. The OSCE, the organization, is designed to strengthen security cooperation on the basis of consensus of all participating states. And today, we all - both Tony and me - have confirmed our commitment to the principles of the Helsinki Final Act, and are the fundamental documents of our organization.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced two new Security Directives and additional guidance for voluntary measures to strengthen cybersecurity across the transportation sector in response to the ongoing cybersecurity threat to surface transportation systems and associated infrastructure. These actions are among several steps DHS is taking to increase the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Angel Jesus Sanchez-Manriquez, 22, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 11 years and three months in prison for sex trafficking of a child, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis, Indiana man was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two young children in his care and creating and distributing images of the abuse over the internet.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the period for submitting comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. Comments on the ANPRM must now be submitted by Jan. 26, 2022.
