News from February 2021
By Commerce News Now | Feb 2, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 2, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jason Steven Kokinda, of Westover, West Virginia, was indicted today on a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after Alejandro Mayorkas has been confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Yesterday, a federal jury convicted Shawn Fonville, 34, of Wilmington on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - A winning design by eighth-grader Kaylee Tharp will decorate the official t-shirt of DOE’s 13th Annual West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl that kicks off virtually on Friday in Paducah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Willie Humes (65, Orlando) to nine years in federal prison for receiving images over the internet depicting children being sexually abused. Humes was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. Humes had pleaded guilty on Aug. 17, 2020.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State Office of Global Partnerships (GP), along with Concordia and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society, have opened the application process for the eighth annual P3 Impact Award. The award was established in 2014 to recognize and honor best practices of public-private partnerships (P3s) that are improving communities in the most impactful ways.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Cindy Shearer, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for embezzling nearly $350,000 from her previous employers, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to expand your options for fruit and vegetable import permit requests in APHIS eFile-APHIS’ online permitting system. APHIS eFile offers customers a simple, streamlined way to apply for and receive fruit and vegetable import permits, in many cases, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Live Oak, TX - Tyrese Deshawnd Lighty was arrested today by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) after having eight outstanding warrants involving first degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: The newest video in the ongoing series, Feral Swine in America: Episode 3- Texas looks at the impacts feral swine have on cattle, sheep, and goat ranchers in Texas.APHIS is offering this video series, which chronicles the impact feral swine have on Americans’ livelihoods through damage to agricultural ...
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by Russian authorities’ decision to sentence opposition figure Aleksey Navalny to two years and eight months imprisonment, replacing his suspended sentence with jail time. Like every Russian citizen, Mr. Navalny is entitled to the rights provided in the Russian constitution, and Russia has international obligations to respect equality before the law and the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarence Maceo Carter, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s determination that the military takeover of power in Myanmar constitutes a coup:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of escaping federal custody, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 53-year-old Rusk, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for a federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Mr. President, this afternoon the Senate begins debate on the budget resolution. As this debate goes on, it’s going to include a lot of votes on amendments, a lot of Washington lingo and a lot of big numbers. So I want to start out by addressing the basics of what this debate is all about.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow released the following statement regarding the fatal shootings of FBI Special Agent Daniel Alfin and FBI Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, and the wounding of three other agents, as they executed a federal court-ordered search warrant in Sunrise, Florida.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Currently serves as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs covering Cuba and regional migration.
