News from July 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Tuesday, a local area woman appeared telephonically in federal court on charges relating to the transportation of illegal aliens while placing a person’s life in jeopardy, causing bodily injury, and resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of attempted bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Former Executive Chairman and CEO of Nikola Corporation is Alleged to Have Made False and Misleading Statements to Retail Investors to Drive Investor Demand in Nikola Stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Lee Rutherford, of Linn, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 215 months of incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 34 States in 2012: A 5-Year Follow-Up Period (2012-2017). This report presents recidivism statistics on state prisoners released in 2012 for five years following their release. It...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leaders Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Fred Keller (R-PA) issued the following statement hitting Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) for rescinding a common-sense Trump administration rule, which determined joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: The United States Government, in partnership with the Government of India, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), is sponsoring the fourth annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will seek the public’s feedback on proposed air tour management plans for 24 national parks. Today, the agencies published the plan details and meeting dates for Everglades, Death Valley, Olympic, and Mount Rainier national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: DENVER - National Park Service Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced the selection of Kayci Cook Collins as superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park and Yucca House National Monument in Colorado. This position also supervises the superintendent of Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michael A. Deshong, Daniel C. Silva, and Carl Brooker (619) 546-9290.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: AMBASSADOR ROMANOWSKI: Well, good morning, everyone, and welcome. I’m really thrilled that we’re able to welcome Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his team to Kuwait. On behalf of our embassy community, welcome, and thank you very much for making this trip and this time to meet with our embassy and our staff and our families to recognize all the great work that they do and the important work that we do. We very much appreciate it.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Chairman David Scott and Ranking Member Glenn 'GT' Thompson sent the following letter to House Leadership urging them to bring H.R. 4374, the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act, to the House Floor for a vote. This bipartisan bill passed out of the House Agriculture Committee on July 14th, 2021. A summary of the bill can be found here. A PDF copy of the letter can be found here.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation launched a new web portal today that provides real-time drought-related information and details of drought actions taken in collaboration with stakeholders and partners. The science-based web portal is designed to increase public and media understanding of drought conditions and the all-of-government efforts to mitigate these conditions by the Biden-Harris administration.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are seeking public feedback on a draft Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) that is being proposed for Everglades National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On July 28, 2021, United States District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced OLIN GRANT, JR., to ninety months in the federal Bureau of Prisons for being in possession of a machinegun and a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)led a forum titled "An Energy Crisis and Rising Gas Prices: A Mid-Year Review of the Biden Administration’s Energy Policy.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Convicted by a Jury After A Three-Day Federal Trial of Robbery, Brandishing and Discharge of a Firearm and for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - In separate indictments, two former Correctional Officers, who worked for the Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Medical Center in Lexington, have been indicted for federal civil rights and sexual abuse violations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. July 29, 2021 - A search is underway in Sequoia National Park for Matt Thoke, 43, of Newport Beach, CA. Thoke was last seen on Wednesday, July 21 at about 1 p.m. leaving the High Sierra Trail approximately three miles east of the Crescent Meadow trailhead...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant responsible for murder as charged in the federal case against local members and associates of MS-13 was sentenced in U.S. District Court today.
