News from June 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: To the skeptic, a sustainable, self-sufficient solar-powered future might seem like a long row to hoe for a long-suffering Indian Tribe embedded in America’s heartland.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Tom Carper (D-DE), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), applauded the Senate passage of the Safeguarding American Innovation Act as a part of the U.S. Innovation and Competition...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay May 23 - May 29, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A Dayton man on supervised release from a prior federal case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to dealing methamphetamine near Austin Landing in Miamisburg.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Senate Republicans voting to block consideration of the Paycheck Fairness Act, common-sense legislation to help end to the wage gap, and ensure women are paid fairly for their work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Garry William Moran, II, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to drug and counterfeit charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at United State Penitentiary- Lee County (USP Lee) pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to kill a fellow inmate, attempting to commit murder, and being an inmate in possession of a prohibited object in relation to an assault that occurred in January 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jermaine Hadley, 32, of Quincy, Florida was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Friday, June 4, 2021. Hadley headed a drug trafficking organization affiliated with a violent gang in the Gadsden County, Florida area that was responsible for the distribution of over 50 kilograms...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement officials have arrested three men allegedly involved in a ring that kidnapped at least six people near the U.S.-Mexico border, later demanding ransom for their release, and often refusing to release them after payments were made.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment on May 27, 2021, charging Daniel Devaty, 49, of Elyria, Ohio, with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, released a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent and unprecedented attack on January 6th.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Colleagues, I’ll have prepared remarks in a moment. First, a brief comment on the breaking news. This morning there is what appears to be a massive, unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer records. The source of this information is unclear. Given the IRS’s responsibility to protect taxpayer data, it has a responsibility to investigate the source of this disclosure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and assaulting three women he met online.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix M. Velazquez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, June 8, 2021-"Predictive Strength of Atwater Values at the Biology: Behavior Interface" is the title of Richard D. Mattes' 2020-21 Agricultural Research Service W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, presented today at Nutrition Live Online 2021, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition. .
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 115 months in prison and three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm. On Jan. 19, 2021, Shawn Antonio McNeill, 34, pled guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a South Dakota man convicted of failure to register as a sex offender was sentenced on June 7, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today reopened Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, following a complete rehabilitation of the site and transformation of the visitor experience. New exhibits and research allow the NPS to interpret the history of the Custis and Lee families alongside that of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County chiropractor was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges accusing her of defrauding health insurers by fraudulently submitting and causing to be billed $2.2 million in billings for chiropractic services never provided, bogus medical diagnoses, office visits that never occurred, and medical devices falsely prescribed.
