News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDWARD GALPIN, 39, of Stratford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to offenses related to the sexual exploitation of multiple children.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on science-based strategies to protect workers from COVID-19...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 8, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the PRC’s continuing assault on democratic institutions in Hong Kong. The National People’s Congress decision today to unilaterally change Hong Kong’s electoral system is a direct attack on autonomy promised to people in Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. These...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: An experienced art instructor will guide students through the process of painting a scene inspired by the Indiana dunes. Each class will feature a different nature-related theme. The Birds at the Shoreline class on April 10 will show participants how to paint shorebirds, sand and a little water to make...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing on the reliability, resiliency, and affordability of electric service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Fourteen individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Those charged in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Christopher Morvant, 48, of Jennings, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to 280 months (23 years, 4 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites you to help shape a long-term vision for Harmony Hall, a historic site in Prince George’s County, MD. You’re invited to attend a virtual public meeting on Monday, March 22, 2021 and share your thoughts online or by mail from March 22, 2021 to April 22, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Biden nominated Health Subcommittee Deputy Staff Director and professional tax staffer, Melanie Anne Egorin, Ph.D, to serve as the next Assistant Secretary of Legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity that included attempted murder, drug trafficking, and obstruction of justice.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: Digital press briefing on U.S. efforts to combat terrorism in Africa, featuring John T. Godfrey, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and Michael C. Gonzales, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs. The speakers addressed recent developments in U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Africa, including in the Great Lakes region and Mozambique.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the PRC’s continuing assault on democratic institutions in Hong Kong. The National People’s Congress decision today to unilaterally change Hong Kong’s electoral system is a direct attack on autonomy promised to people in Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. These...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Lakisha Smith, 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of tax fraud. Smith appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppman announces today that a federal jury has found Colum Patrick Moran, Jr. (42, Jacksonville) guilty of attempting to entice minors to produce images and videos depicting child sexual abuse and also of possessing materials depicting the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man admitted conspiring with others to distribute fentanyl that caused the death of a Monmouth county woman, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $18 million in funding for four cutting-edge projects that will help passenger vehicles operate more efficiently, reduce energy consumption, and contribute to the Biden Administration’s goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A newly filed federal superseding indictment adds bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges against Glenda Hodges, age 69, of Clinton, Maryland, who was already facing wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with the misuse of federal funds...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Chair of the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee and member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, ...
