News from May 2021
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brian Pickett, age 40, of Troy, New York, was arrested last week on a child pornography charge. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Disaster recovery testing teams recently conducted a behind-the-scenes emergency drill at the Hanford Site, assessing capabilities while also upgrading data storage and improving system performance during a weekend service outage.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - One of 19 defendants charged in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for his part in furthering the violence of the local Crips gang.
By State Newswire | May 11, 2021
Release: The threat that Hizballah poses to the United States, our allies, and interests in the Middle East and globally, calls for countries around the world to take steps to restrict its activities and disrupt its facilitation networks. We applaud the countries in Europe, and South and Central America that have taken action against Hizballah in recent years and call on other governments around the world to follow suit.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Diana Daffin, 68, of Charlotte, North Carolina was arrested today and charged with violating the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act by selling unapproved COVID-19 remedies over the internet, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington - Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) use large, standardized (big) data to evaluate land management and sustainability in large landscape.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A New York man with prior felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Police Week is May 9-15. The names of 394 fallen officers added in 2020 to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial will be read on Thursday, May 13, 2021, during a Virtual Candlelight Vigil, which will be livestreamed at 8:00 PM EDT.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- The list of groups coming out in support of the bipartisan “Fair and Open Skies Act" continues to grow. The bill was introduced by Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), Vice Chair...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Daniel “Grumpy" Hernandez, 33, of Silver City, New Mexico, was convicted by a federal jury on May 6 on seven counts of a 10-count indictment. Hernandez and his co-conspirator, Savannah Padilla, were indicted on Nov. 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: A felon and convicted domestic abuser who possessed firearms pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Retired Officer also Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A New York man with prior felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Texas woman Monday for her role in a child sex trafficking conspiracy to recruit and exploit a child in multiple states, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 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 US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Joint statement from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) on the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack...
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today convened a hearing with senior federal cybersecurity officials to examine last year’s SolarWinds hack, other subsequent breaches and how the federal government can better protect...
