News from February 2021
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 24, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the extension of the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The extension includes intent-to-vaccinate and stimulus payment questions. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to classify the State of Sonora, Mexico as Level One for brucellosis. This proposed recognition is based on an evaluation we have prepared in connection with this action, which we are making ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is excited to announce the launch of its new APHIS Core Message Set Help Desk!Starting March 1, 2021, importers, brokers and filers will be able to contact the Help Desk to get help with submitting APHIS Core Message ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONALD DANIEL, 51, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to one count of production of child pornography stemming from his sexual assault of a young girl.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - A pair of the fastest birds in the world are once again eyeing Maryland Heights in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park as their nesting site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man today admitted allegations that he assaulted a woman, causing serious injuries, on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - An Arizona man who admitting providing methamphetamine and heroin to a friend, who overdosed and died from the drugs, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Abingdon, Va. - James Sebastian, a member of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from the West coast into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 168 months in prison, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Washington Division and Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Pecos, NM: The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place virtually this year! From Monday, March 22nd to Friday, March 26th, the park will co-host online educational programs and discussions. From Glorieta to Gettysburg and everything in between, this is an event for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over seven kilograms of fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Three years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a stark warning to the global community, concluding that many of the catastrophic impacts previously associated with two degrees Celsius of warming may occur much earlier, at only 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today that nine faculty members from S&T’s Office of University Programs’ (OUP) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program have been selected to receive a total of $446,200 in funding to continue their Summer Research Team (SRT) program for research projects at several DHS S&T Centers of Excellence (COE).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Attorney General for the State of New Jersey Gurbir S. Grewal today announced the arrests of four individuals, including the former registered pharmacist-in-charge, who allegedly conspired...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Keith Blakely, also known as “Bumpy," 42, of New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone, oxymorphone, and hydromorphone. Blakely was charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state investigation known as Operation X-Nation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to issue subpoenas for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s testimony before the Oversight Committee and for the documents, information, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Traffic stop leads to discovery of Molotov cocktails.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, Legestin Richards, a 27-year-old man from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 136 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an illegally modified handgun, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. In addition...
