News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


St. Louis County man pleads guilty for interstate transport of a minor for illicit sexual conduct

News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk accepted a plea of guilty from Wesley Kimble, age 24, on today’s date for interstate transport of a minor for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Kimble on the charge.


Eight Individuals Indicted and Arrested for Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Fraud

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On October 27 and 28, 2021, the Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned six separate indictments charging eight (8) individuals with fraud against the Unemployment Insurance and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for...


News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on today’s bipartisan, bicameral Appropriations Committee meeting.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Los Alamos Establishes New Processing Line to Remediate Liquid Low-Level Waste

News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) are using a new processing line to stabilize and remove excess liquid low-level radioactive waste containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to prepare the waste for shipment to an off-site licensed disposal facility.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...


News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Nathalie Lopez, 32, of Puerto Rico, was sentenced in District Court on one count of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute on Board an Aircraft, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


Late Fall Operations at the National Seashore

News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass - Frost will soon be on the pumpkin, salt marsh grasses are turning russet, and hardwood trees are showing off a kaleidoscope of colors, signifying the transition to late fall and the scaling back of some seashore operations.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HOUSTON - A local man who had several offices in the Houston area is set to appear in federal court for allegedly filing false taxes for clients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario," a citizen of Colombia, pleaded guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The proceeding took place before...


News Release: roles in a multi-year joint federal and state investigation of a large drug trafficking organization that operated out of Burlington. One of the defendants was previously arrested and federally charged with felon in possession of a firearm. Four defendants were arrested today. Those arrested will make...


News Release: November is Native American Heritage Month, and in honor of their contribution to our nation’s diversified history, Shiloh Battlefield will host two interpretive hikes of the Shiloh Indian Mounds. The hikes will take place on Saturday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 27, at 10:00 am.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 1, 2021, Jared B. Heisey, age 30, of Etters, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to assaulting a subordinate employee at the Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.


Release: “The world’s ocean basins are critical to the success of our Nation and, indeed, to life on Earth. The ocean powers our economy, provides food for billions of people, supplies 50 percent of the world’s oxygen, offers recreational opportunities for us to enjoy, and regulates weather patterns and our global climate system."


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone on Prescription Drug Pricing Agreement in Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the bicameral agreement to lower prescription drug prices for Americans in the Build Back Better Act...