News from March 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Five years ago, scientists created a single-celled synthetic organism that, with only 473 genes, was the simplest living cell ever known. However, this bacteria-like organism behaved strangely when growing and dividing, producing cells with wildly different shapes and sizes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Public lands are an important part of many family traditions, especially during spring holidays. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands experience an increase in visitation surrounding Easter weekend. In fiscal year 2020, the BLM Utah estimates that there were almost 8.4 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kyle Elliott Leitka, age 31, of Weleetka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2244(b) and 2246(3). The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize we’re running a couple minutes late here but thank you for joining us as we discuss tomorrow’s virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group. The meeting, as you know, will be co-hosted by Secretary Blinken and his Belgian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Cutright, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: As a descendant of Japanese-American relatives who were sent to internment camps during World War II, I am painfully aware of the impact of discrimination against Asian Americans in our history. Incidents of racial injustice and violence are abhorrent and have no place in any society. The recent acts of violence in Atlanta against Asian Americans, and in particular women, represent another sad chapter in a year fraught with racial hatred and injustice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 20-year-old man has been found guilty for conspiracy to transport an illegal alien and attempting to smuggle a Peruvian national within the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Piedmont man for possession and production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: A felon who escaped from a Waterloo halfway house and was later found with a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for participating in a scheme to buy and sell over $2 million in stolen property, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Homeland Security and Emergency Management division (DPS-HSEM) announced today that $1,147,724 in federal funding has been made available to the Minnesota Department of Human Services for costs related to the state’s response to COVID-19 under the federal disaster declaration of April 7, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 29, 2021, Evan C. Pasicznyk (age:36), previously of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and currently residing in Burnsville, Minnesota, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 37, a native and citizen of Mexico residing in Chowchilla, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for conspiring with others to assist his brother in fleeing to Mexico to avoid prosecution for the murder of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh during a traffic stop and for possessing false immigration documents, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an “encounter." That’s the scientific term for it, too. As part of urgent efforts to fight COVID-19, a science is rapidly developing for measuring the number of encounters and the different levels of interaction in a group.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Copper Center, AK-Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve Fire Management staff will conduct a debris pile burn April 2nd through April 5th, if weather conditions allow. The pile is located near the park’s Headquarters & Visitor Center near Mile 106.8 on the Richardson Highway, Copper Center, AK 99573.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Mountainair, NM - Recently released statistics indicate a slight (15%) decrease in Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monuments visitation numbers for 2020, with a total of 26,982 visitors - positive results considering the overall impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Weekday visitation has been down, but...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Wendy C. Woolcock, the Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today that JUAN MANUEL AVILA MEZA, a former member of the Honduran National...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: A record-breaking 9 inches* of rain fell in the park from March 25-28, causing disruptions to park operations. This resulted in a significant amount of water flowing through the park's waterways that pushed the park's four river gauges to their operating limits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed into law H.R. 1651, the COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) that extends the temporary bankruptcy relief ...
