News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a notice today that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) requested a public land order withdrawal that would expand the USFS-managed Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The BLM is responsible for preparing all public land orders for approval by the Secretary of the Interior, who exercises land withdrawal authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Los Angeles, California man pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on June 4, 2021, a Federal Grand Jury indicted QUENTRELL BERTHOLOTTE, age 29 of New Orleans, Louisiana, in a four count indictment for violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(c)(1)(A)(i) and Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined together to reaffirm their support...
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today joined ...
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the continued violence in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. We continue to call for both the Cameroonian government and separatist armed groups to end the violence and engage in a dialogue without preconditions to peacefully resolve the crisis. It is important...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Staples man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal jury today convicted a St. Paul man on charges of illegally possessing a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,411,012 for the State of Florida to help the City of Port Orange defray the cost of removing debris after Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal jury today convicted a St. Paul man on charges of illegally possessing a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Over $2.8 million in federal assistance has been awarded for homeowners and renters in Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties to help them recover from the storms, tornadoes and flooding that took place from March 25 through April 3.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: Since the Jan. 28, 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad, the United States has been re-engaging with UNFPA in support of its essential work to address preventable maternal deaths and the unmet need for family planning, and prevent and respond to gender-based...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: CLANTON, Ala. - Individuals impacted by the March 25-26 storms and tornadoes receiving Social Security payments or other government assistance have no cause for concern that FEMA disaster assistance might affect their benefits.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: As the summer approaches, we can expect a rise in airport traffic in the air and on the runways. With this in mind, the Federal Aviation Administration is redoubling its effort to offer guidance, resources and expertise to preempt any airfield errors by general aviation pilots, especially those who have spent a year away from the cockpit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Six individuals are charged with a methamphetamine conspiracy in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison on May 12, 2021, announced Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. The indictment was unsealed following the arrests of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - The vice-president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, Pittsburgh Chapter pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Michigan man caught selling drugs in Huntington last year was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Oregon biotechnology consultant was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in an insider trading scheme involving the acquisition of a Cambridge biotechnology company in 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: As we recognize World Food Safety Day, we celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Food Safety Network (FSN), a partnership between USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FSN provides developing...
