News from January 2021
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
Release: The government of Belize has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of coconut fruit (Cocos nucifera) for consumption into the continental United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with this ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Field Office plans to conduct prescribed fire operations at Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area, southeast of the town of Three Rivers in Tulare County. Pile burn operations are scheduled to start the week of Jan. 19 and may continue periodically through the spring.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the final rule regulating the production of hemp in the United States. The final rule incorporates modifications to regulations established under the interim final rule (IFR) published in October 2019. The modifications are based on...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement about President-elect Biden’s plan for the COVID-19 vaccinations.
By State Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced measures expressing congressional opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed weapons sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant sexually assaulted several children. BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today on enticement of a minor and child pornography charges in federal court in Worcester. Ryan Decarolis, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 38 years in prison and a lifetime of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a semi-automatic handgun, ammunition, cocaine and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A New York State man was taken into custody and charged today with unlawful entry, destruction of government property and obstruction of an official proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A two-month investigation into the distribution of narcotics from an Atlantic City apartment building has resulted in the arrest of four individuals and the recovery of multiple handguns and drugs. Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tynor, and Interim Officer-in-Charge of the Atlantic City Police Department James Sarkos jointly announced the results.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank today announced the launch of a video public service announcement aimed at protecting Maine’s seniors from fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Upper and Lower Lehman Campgrounds are now available for reservations, like Grey Cliff Campground, during the summer season at Great Basin National Park. Reservable dates for the 2021 season at Upper Lehman Campground run from May 28th through September 30th and at Lower Lehman Campground from May 28th...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kym Hall, a 34-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the National Capital Area director. She will begin her new role in the coming weeks as she transitions from her current role as the superintendent of several parks in Southeast Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office today announced the release of a comprehensive management plan for public lands in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine in Inyo County. The plan is designed to provide diverse, high-quality recreational opportunities while minimizing user conflicts, addressing human health and safety concerns, reducing recreational impacts, and enhancing other resources, values, and uses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Thursday on a federal arson charge for allegedly setting fire to a local retail business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Nasir Joseph Outlaw, 22, of King of Prussia, PA, was sentenced to 44 months in prison and five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $47,575 in restitution by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., for his role as one of the leaders of a large scale bank fraud and identity theft ring that operated primarily in the Reading, PA area.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Crews from the Bureau of Land Management have started work on an extensive fuel break construction project along Paradise Ridge Road in the King Range National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Former Government Contractor Sentenced for Role in Bribery and Kickback Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A former executive of a Silicon Valley video streaming service has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago for allegedly engaging in a “pump and dump" stock fraud scheme.
