News from July 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Fairfax, Virginia. The community is invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Harrison, Arkansas - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.5 million visitors to Buffalo National River in 2020 spent $66.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 960 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $76.1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. - Christopher R. Grant, 47, of East St. Louis, Illinois, faces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Stockton man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge accusing him of transporting a teenage girl from Southern California to Nevada and Arizona so she could work as a prostitute for his financial benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ALTON COOKS, from Orleans Parish, pleaded guilty on July 7, 2021 to a one-count indictment. COOKS was indicted by a federal Grand Jury on Oct. 23, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Los Angeles, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny, Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, and Child Abuse.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after President Biden announced a new Executive Order seeking to boost competition across the freight rail, aviation, and maritime shipping sectors.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of South Sudan on ten years of independence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Many Tennesseans are in the process of repairing and rebuilding from damage caused by the severe storms and flooding that took place from March 25-April 3. FEMA mitigation experts encourage all who live in areas prone to high winds and flooding to make some fairly simple changes to their homes to reduce damage from future severe storms.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the 10th anniversary of South Sudan’s independence:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Rhode Island man today for conspiring to import and distribute fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering conspiracy, and multiple obstruction offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Shon Brian Beck, age 56, of Eldersburg, Maryland, yesterday to 15 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for the production and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old resident of Laredo has been ordered to federal prison for bringing drugs into the country concealed in his “lunch," announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the selection of four projects to receive up to $3.5 million to apply machine learning techniques to geothermal exploration and production datasets. This work constitutes the Phase 2 portion of research and development (R&D) conducted under the DOE Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) FY 2018 Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy funding opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
Release: We are deeply concerned by a Russian court’s decision to uphold the designation of the Khakassia regional branch of Falun Gong as “extremist" and criminalize the peaceful practice of their spiritual beliefs. Russian authorities harass, fine, and imprison Falun Gong practitioners for such simple acts as meditating and possessing spiritual texts.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Hōnaunau, HI - On Aug. 11, 2021, Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park will be closed. The purpose of the closure is to carry out a much-needed resources management operation to remove feral goats. This action is being taken in cooperation with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: 7/9/2021. FAA Amends Cargo Exemptions. The FAA amended an exemption authorizing airlines to transport cargo that is secured to the seat tracks (PDF) of a passenger aircraft when seats are removed and no passengers are in the cabin. This amendment extends the exemption through Dec. 31, 2021.. The ...
