News from May 2021
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: GREENBELT, MD. -The Greenbelt Metro Community Vaccination Center (CVC) will continue its normal operating hours through Memorial Day weekend and Tuesday, June 1. The CVC will close after June 1.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the detention of civilian leaders of Mali’s transition government. We support the May 24 joint statement of ECOWAS and the African Union, and we are working closely with the local transition monitoring committee and other international actors to seek the immediate and unconditional release of those detained and resumption of the civilian-led transition.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - With Memorial Day weekend approaching, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah asks the public to recreate responsibly and be mindful of the potential for wildfires as extremely dry conditions persist across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Wendell Wilkins, 32, of Spartanburg, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering, for his role in a scheme to extort and defraud military members that was operated out of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC).
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the detention of civilian leaders of Mali’s transition government. We support the May 24 joint statement of ECOWAS and the African Union, and we are working closely with the local transition monitoring committee and other international actors to seek the immediate and unconditional release of those detained and resumption of the civilian-led transition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - A St. Louis man is heading to prison after arranging to purchase a kilogram.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a Committee markup of H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, and H.R. 2062, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Maurice Quinn, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Jan E. DuBois for Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying and using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Former Minister of Government of Bolivia, Owner of Florida-Based Company, and Three Others Charged in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: REGION I - From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT took on over $1 million in expenses for emergency protective measures to safeguard the health of the general public. FEMA awarded $1,293,489 covering emergency work and associated costs from Jan. 20, 2020 to April 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that James P. Reardon, 22, of New Middletown, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a two-count indictment charging him with transmitting a threatening communication and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - George Kuiper, 74, of Lawrenceville, Georgia was sentenced to five years of probation for conspiracy to distribute unapproved drugs, distribution of unapproved drugs, and unlawful smuggling of goods into the United States, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a joint press release by the U.S. Department of State and the European External Action Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Ashburnham man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for selling firearms on three occasions in 2019 in Fitchburg.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally possessing a handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By US DOT Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final policy aimed at ensuring that airport solar projects don’t create hazardous glare. The policy requires airports to measure the visual impact of such projects on pilots and air traffic control personnel.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Defense Environmental Restoration.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly agricultural trade forecast, released today, projects fiscal year 2021 U.S. farm exports at $164 billion - the highest total on record. This represents an increase of $28 billion, or 21 percent, from last fiscal year’s total, and a $7-billion increase from USDA’s previous FY 2021 forecast published in February. The annual export record of $152.3 billion was set in FY 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Russell Graham, 41, of Lowell, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
