News from July 2021

By USDA Wire | Jul 29, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | Jul 29, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Raleigh Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years for Armed Drug Trafficking
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Prairie dogs compete with cattle for forage and have a reputation for damaging grazing lands, reducing annual forage production, and degrading the vegetation plant community. Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), took a closer look at this competition and found that in some cases, there may be more room for cattle and prairie dogs to coexist than was previously thought.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Birmingham, AL - Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama named C. Martin Keely, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, as winner of its 2020 Crime Stopper of the Year Award at a ceremony in Birmingham Wednesday. The award is annually given for dedication to fighting crime and for support and commitment to Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Lane County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Springfield, Oregon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Defendant fled police during high-speed chase through residential neighborhoods and shot at officers.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing about Texas Democrats’ superspreader stunt, in which Democratic Texas state legislators fled their duties for a Washington, D.C. vacation to avoid participating in the legislative process in the Texas legislature.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Dr. Kristian Andersen, ...

By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Vanuatu as you celebrate your National Day on July 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), announces the arrest of Jasper Orne, 37, of Bowdoinham, Maine. Orne was wanted on a warrant for possession of child pornography based on a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Md., - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Derek Crosby, age 40, of Baltimore, yesterday to 102 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Monument Street area of East Baltimore, and for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Richard Palmer was sentenced to 262 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon, following the defendant’s guilty plea in April 2021, to coercion and enticement of a child to engage in illegal sexual conduct and distribution of child...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Torrey, UT - Capitol Reef National Park rescinds Stage II Fire Restrictions as of July 30, 2021. The park will remain in Stage I Fire Restrictions effective July 30, 2021 due to increased precipitation levels resulting from robust monsoon activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Ana Christina Avalos a/k/a “Christina Cazares-Quintero", age 35, of Phelan, California, to 57 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its mission to counter deepfake technology.

By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you for joining us.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: MEDINA, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Millersburg contractor - with a history of not cooperating with federal safety inspectors - for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards for the sixth time in three years- while fall protection equipment remained unused at a Medina residential work site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Jonathan Funches in Florida for Criminal Attempt First Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault, Domestic Assault, and drug charges out of Shelby County.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Divide Bridge Campground is temporarily closed while crews fighting nearby wildfires use the Bureau of Land Management’s recreation site as a base camp.