News from February 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Syracuse Hancock International Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual good catches at checkpoints in 2020. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s YouTube page.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project completed several plant modifications at its Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky facilities to improve their safety and reliability.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM’s use of replica components of a liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has proven effective in preparing for the facility’s active operations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - The National Park Service has approved a project that will repair and replace the north and south side concrete seawalls at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial (PEVI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A convicted felon, caught in illegal possession of a firearm, pleaded guilty to his crime this morning in federal court, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) will introduce the American Values and Security in International Athletics Act. This bipartisan bill aims to inform U.S. Olympic athletes about human rights concerns and personal privacy and security risks posed by certain host countries. It was introduced last Congress and passed the House by voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians tested their knowledge during the annual DOE Savannah River Regional Science Bowl competition on Feb. 20. The virtual event attracted 18 teams from the Savannah River Site (SRS) area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a suburban Chicago man for allegedly trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and illegally possessing loaded handguns.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer 2021. Locally, TSA is looking to fill approximately 64 positions at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced that Kevin B. Marsh, former SCANA Corporation (SCANA) Chief Executive Officer and former Chairman of its Board of Directors, is scheduled to plead guilty tomorrow - Wednesday, February 24 - in federal court to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two San Fernando Valley men were arraigned today on a federal grand jury indictment alleging they were part of a prolific document trafficking ring that created and sold counterfeit United States passport cards, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses, and other documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Krstijan Krstic with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged participation in a cryptocurrency scheme in which he solicited U.S. investors using two fraudulent online investment platforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings woman today admitted a drug trafficking crime after law enforcement seized methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl during an investigation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kamal Dorchy, age 46, of Beltsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey A. Joyes, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly attempted to hire contract killer to murder his wife.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Plea Agreement Calls for an Agreed upon Sentence of 150 Months of Imprisonment.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)-Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Labor, released the following statement on the importance of statewide assessments. Statewide data is valuable because it offers valid, reliable, and comparable measures of student achievement so parents know if their children are learning.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Md. - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Joseph Speed, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after Speed pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams...
