News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Tauri Benjamin Rivas Nunez (22, Orlando) guilty of robbery and aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm. Rivas Nunez faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 28, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Marcus Randall, 37, of Bakersfield, charging him with distribution of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State, through the Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative, and in partnership with Google’s Women Techmakers, will host the Women Tech Founders Kick Off: #LoopHerIn on May 17, 2021 to launch the Women Tech Founders Program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Rural Development Fund, Casper, Wyoming, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kenneth Eugene Cherry, Jr., 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle III, for 27 counts of firearms trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Tauheed Rochelle of Raleigh was sentenced today to 58 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. On Dec. 21, 2020, Rochelle pled guilty to the charge. At the time of his arrest, Rochelle was on state probation for two felony drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A general contracting company based in Newark today admitted violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, leading to the death of an employee, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The following provides an overview of summer operations for Zion National Park that will occur in May, June, July, and August 2021. The Park always recommends that visitors plan ahead and check the park website before their visit at nps.gov/zion to see what activities are currently available...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Kalispell man who admitted to conspiring with others to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine for distribution was sentenced today to three years in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a markup on the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076), which was introduced by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).
By State Newswire | May 13, 2021
Release: The United States and the Republic of Korea committed to expanding cooperation in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific in support of ASEAN centrality and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific during the first U.S.-ROK Dialogue on ASEAN and Southeast Asia on May 12. State Department Bureau of East Asian...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man pleaded guilty today in connection with defrauding the General Services Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Marcus Randall, 37, of Bakersfield, charging him with distribution of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin, has found Shannon R. Donoho, 44, Tomah, Wisconsin, guilty of child pornography crimes. The verdict was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin. The jury reached a verdict this afternoon after two hours of deliberation following two days of testimony.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase flows downstream of Lucky Peak Dam to provide additional water for salmon migration in the lower Snake and Columbia rivers.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: FACT CHECK: President Biden Makes It Easy to Turn Down Jobs and Still Get Unemployment Benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hudson, New York, to capitalize and administer a...
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 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 business meeting to consider the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior.
