News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina couple made their initial court appearance today on charges of trafficking firearms into New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A pair of Winchester, Virginia men, pleaded guilty this week to possessing and distributing Eutylone, a Schedule I controlled substance primarily used for its psychoactive, stimulant effects.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- Last week, former preschool teacher and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced her strong support for the largest investments in child care and pre-K in our nation’s history, which are included in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following joint statement on the vaccine mandate issued by the Biden Administration for Medicare and Medicaid providers...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Fresno, Calif. - Officials at Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno State University, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce a joint conservation effort to recover the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard. As part of this effort, Fresno Chaffee Zoo has successfully hatched 19 lizards in a captive breeding program-a first for the species-with the long-term goal of releasing them to their native habitat.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC RUNDSTROM, 47, of Wallingford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for downloading child sex abuse images from the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Ahmad T. Ismail, 70, of Bonifay, Florida, pled guilty on Wednesday to the subscription and transmission of multiple fraudulent federal income tax returns, announced Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Shanga A. Hankerson, the former owner of the Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced for willful failure to remit payroll taxes.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) new goal to remove gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and durably store it for less than $100/ton of net CO2-equivalent. The “Carbon Negative Shot," the third target...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - FEMA has approved a request from the Commonwealth to allow extra time for residents to register for assistance for damage caused by the Remnants of Hurricane Ida between Aug. 31 and Sept. 5.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, introduced a resolution commending the government of Lithuania for increasing ties with Taiwan and supporting its firm stance against coercion by the Chinese Communist Party.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Tait Gurney (Gurney) and Talkin T Cattle Company LLC, (Talkin T) of Saline, Utah, on Oct. 4, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Gurney and Talkin T waived its right to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $4,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant stole 17 firearms from West Springfield gun shop.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-31. Nov. 1, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective Sept. 30, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) established an Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A U.S. Army soldier in training at Fort Gordon has been indicted for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JUAN CAZES, age 46, and CRANDALL WASHINGTON, age 42, both residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, were charged November 4, 2021, in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement following the introduction of a concurrent resolution condemning the Oct. 25, 2021 military coup in Sudan...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, called on the National Football League and the Washington Football Team to commit to complete transparency...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Jimmy Astudillo, age 32, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for the possession of heroin with intent to distribute, related to his role in the distribution of narcotics that caused the fatal overdose of a Park City woman in 2018.
