News from January 2021
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Daniel Nadel has served as Director of the Office of International Religious Freedom since August 2015, where he is responsible for promoting freedom of religion and belief for all as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy. Dan leads the State Department’s efforts to monitor religiously motivated abuses,...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Maldives is available on the Maldives Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant was responsible for May 2019 shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Hegarty, 26, of Rochester, was sentenced to 82 months for attempted bank robbery and robbery, and 12 months to run consecutively for violating his conditions of supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Jonathan Moore's term ended on Nov. 14, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Poland is available on the Poland Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYLON HICKS, 44, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Michael P. Shea to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement following President Joe Biden’s Executive Orders to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, reverse the previous President’s anti-environmental policies, and new racial equity efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joe Pacheco-Romero, 33, of Albuquerque was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 13 to 17 years and six months in prison for attempted carjacking, interference with commerce by threats or violence, and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: “My position on the disgraced former Mayor of Detroit has not changed. Kwame Kilpatrick has earned every day he served in federal prison for the horrible crimes he committed against the People of Detroit. He is a notorious and unrepentant criminal. He remains convicted of 24 felonies. Kilpatrick has...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Lisa Peterson joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1989. She joined the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in December 2020. On Jan. 20, 2021, she began serving as the Acting Assistant Secretary for DRL. She served as the Senior Official for Civilian...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Samara Haver is a researcher at Oregon State University where she uses underwater microphones to study ocean sounds. Sound in marine environments is generated by many types of marine life, natural phenomena, and man-made sources, such as whales, sea ice, and vessel traffic. In this presentation, Samara will explain how she and her colleagues listen to the ocean, and what they have learned by eavesdropping in underwater ecosystems all around the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident was sentenced yesterday to 282 months in prison for committing two armed robberies at the same bank in Henderson and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on two separate Wyoming rare earth mineral research projects receiving federal funding from the Department of Energy. Barrasso has long emphasized and supported the importance of rare earth mineral mining, separation, and supply chain development. The funding was awarded to the Wyoming initiatives by the Trump administration.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Marcia Bernicat's term ended on Sept. 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Virginia man was sentenced in federal court in Columbus today to 360 months in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy in Columbus on behalf of the transnational gang MS-13.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ- Come out to the park Wednesday through Sunday, 9am to 3pm to see what’s going on in the museum demonstration lab. Visitors can interact with paleontologists working in the museum demonstration lab via a two-way speaker system and look through the lab window as fossils are being cleaned and prepared for display or study.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: National human trafficking hotlines, or helplines, are critical components of a comprehensive anti-trafficking response and can be a powerful instrument in combating human trafficking. Hotlines are often one of the safest and most efficient tools for callers to access emergency assistance, connect to...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Who We Are. The State Department’s Internet Freedom and Business & Human Rights (IFBHR) team within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor leads U.S. government policy engagement on business and human rights. The activities of businesses impact the lives of millions of people worldwide. Even...
