News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida male escort who lied to the IRS about his income was sentenced today to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $278,325 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With new revelations that political aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deliberately interfered with state public health officials in order to mask the true magnitude of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state, Republican Congressional leaders urged their House Democrat counterparts...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With new revelations that political aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deliberately interfered with state public health officials in order to mask the true magnitude of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state, Republican Congressional leaders urged their House Democrat counterparts...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline from March 5 to April 9 for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules. This program assists producers who suffered crop quality losses due to qualifying 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged four Central Ohioans in a narcotics conspiracy involving bulk quantities of fentanyl, crack, cocaine and methamphetamine. Three of the four defendants have also been charged federally in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy related to illegally receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Newport News man today on 20 counts relating to his participation during a series of more than 12 robberies of gas stations, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants stretching from Fredericksburg to Virginia Beach.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-directed Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on fentanyl possession charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Foster man convicted and incarcerated in 2017 for sharing sexually explicit photographs online with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, and with whom he attempted to meet near her middle school to engage in sex, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Abilene, Texas, March 26-27, at the Guitar Arena at the Taylor County Expo Center. The two-day event, featuring 110 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 26. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, March 26, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 27. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-directed Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere will Help America Achieve Net-Zero Emissions, Create Jobs
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: Today, I am announcing the public designation of oligarch and former Ukrainian public official Ihor Kolomoyskyy due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity as a Governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 2014 to 2015, Kolomoyskyy was involved in corrupt acts that...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Our Nation’s critical infrastructure is vital to keeping our communities safe and secure. U.S. critical infrastructure includes the transportation that moves us, the water we drink, and the energy we use in our homes, businesses, and emergency services. Without these services, the effects on national security, economic security, and national public health and safety would be devastating.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson announced today the results of the March Federal Grand Jury A.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday in connection with defrauding victims using various online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging JOHN DAVID MCAFEE, the founder...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced the selection of Cynthia Gaines as Administrative Services Division Manager for the California-Great Basin Region today. In her new role, Gaines will be responsible for the Freedom of Information Act program oversight, as well as, Property, Records, and Visual Information Services.
