News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on tonight’s airstrikes in Syria.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Natchez Trace Parkway is asking motorists to watch out for work crews and hazards in the roadway as winter storm clean-up continues. Workers have cleared over 200 downed trees.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: A Northfield, Ohio man made his initial appearance in federal court today after a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland handed down a six-count indictment alleging that he participated in a conspiracy to send drug-infused letters to federal inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute in Edgefield, South Carolina (FCI Edgefield), in exchange for payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: A Current and a Former New York City Department of Correction Officer Also Arrested.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) are requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie to promote worker safety and health at the Baptist Health Care Corp.'s Brent Lane Hospital project in Pensacola. The University of South Florida On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program will also support this effort.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: Opening Remarks. Thank you, Satu and the East-West Center, and good evening or good morning to all who are joining us from around the world. Thank you as well to Representative Lieu, Ambassador Ngoc, Ambassador Chum, and Ambassador Manasvi for joining us here today. It is good to see so many who joined...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, introduced the Vote by Mail Tracking Act, to make it easier for election officials and voters to track the status of their ballots and for the Postal Service to identify, process, and deliver ballots more effectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Chad Landry, 37, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: Today, I am announcing the public designation of former Prosecutor General Dobroslav Trnka of the Slovak Republic due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity as the Prosecutor General of Slovakia, Trnka was involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Slovak public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions, officials, and public processes.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) urged her colleagues to support and confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy, nominee for Surgeon General, and Dr. Rachel Levine, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Health, in order...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Fall, 44, of Rochester, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: A Fort Worth osteopath who attempted to incinerate clinic records has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a $10 million healthcare fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Defendant was on pretrial release for a pending state firearms case when he allegedly sold narcotics to an undercover officer.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Good afternoon, Mr. Secretary. Thank you for this interview.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Thanks very much for that. And good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining this on-the-record call to preview Secretary Blinken’s virtual travel tomorrow to Mexico and Canada. As I mentioned, this will take place tomorrow, Feb. 26, and this will be his first virtual trip as Secretary of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States filed a civil lawsuit against Lancaster County-based McElroy Pharmacy, Inc. and Jeffrey Eshelman alleging a years-long practice of illegally dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, and...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: RAPID CITY, South Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer 2021. In South Dakota, TSA is looking to fill positions at airports in Rapid City, Pierre, Watertown, and Aberdeen.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: “We value our bond with Mexico and are committed to the nearly 200-year-old bilateral relationship.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The former second-in-command of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today for racketeering charges.
