News from February 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - California firefighters from some of the areas hardest hit by wildland fires are training on a new tool for their response efforts-a mobile application to harness wildfire situational awareness data. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: We write to seek answers about continued mail delays under your leadership that are adversely affecting our constituents across the country. In 2020, you made changes to operations at the U.S. Postal Service that slowed down mail and compromised service for veterans, seniors, and others...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: OAK GROVE, MO - Barely two years after Arrow Plumbing LLC agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company’s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in federal court with carjacking after he allegedly took a vehicle from a victim in Orland Park and fired a shot at a police officer who was pursuing him.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Roman Frenchie to 60 months in prison today. The 22-year-old Overland, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on an effort by North Carolina state legislators to reopen schools safely...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Yakotus Odum, 31, of Gastonia, North Carolina, was sentenced late yesterday to 114 months in prison and five years of supervised release in connection with the 2018 armed robbery of a convenience store, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. presided over the hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent letters to 20 e-cigarette companies requesting documents and information regarding sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes and e-liquids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN A. FINKLER, also known as Andrew Finkler, 56, last residing in New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for credit card fraud and identity theft offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: March and April are traditionally the busiest times of the year at Joshua Tree National Park. The park expects high visitation during spring 2021 based off recent visitation trends. A typical spring day includes limited parking, full campgrounds, and a line to get into the park. The three best ways to prepare for a visit to Joshua Tree National Park are.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Dover, Tennessee- Fort Donelson National Battlefield will re-open visitor access at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 17.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Roswell, N.M. - Beginning mid-February, the Bureau of Land Management will seek opportunities to conduct prescribed burn operations in two locations within Chaves County. The first location is the 5,280-acre Antelope Unit, located at the Sand Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The ACEC is...
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of ISAIAH LESLIE GOODMAN, 33, to one count of mail fraud. GOODMAN entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court. GOODMAN is scheduled to be sentenced on June 29, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Dustin Cain Anderson, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 12:30 p.m. (EST) entitled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Gerardo Junior Torres, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 20 years in prison for producing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 30 years of supervised release. Torres pleaded guilty to this charge on November 5, 2020.
