News from October 2021
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) final rule on Title X. The new rule for the family planning program, which was first...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced today in federal court for shooting and killing a man as he tried to flee from the defendant, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marc L. Leonardis, age 49, of Skaneateles, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment filed by a federal grand jury charging him with Receipt of Child Pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: REPORT: Biden’s Tax Plan Turns IRS Into Spying Regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: A Kansas woman was sentenced Monday in federal court for partnering with two others in a sex trafficking ring that prostituted a 16-year-old in Tulsa, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Government Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit for Overbilling in Federal Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging a nurse from Kansas City, Missouri, with two counts of tampering with a consumer product and two counts of possession of fentanyl by deception and subterfuge.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Drone pilots with current Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificates may now obtain near real-time authorizations to fly at night through FAA-approved providers of Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) services. LAANC is an automated system for drone pilots requesting to fly below 400 feet in controlled airspace often found around airports. Drone pilots need FAA approval prior to flying in controlled airspace.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 22 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DONOVAN DIRON JOHNSON (“JOHNSON"), age 27, of Thibodaux, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on Sept. 29, 2021 in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey for being a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence found in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(9).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Young, 45, of El Dorado Hills, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 18 months in prison and a $50,000 fine for tampering with monitoring equipment, unlawful discharge of industrial wastewater, and conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Company Managers Admitted Taking Bribes and Kickbacks Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Exchange for Steering of Lucrative Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A U.S. Government contractor has agreed to settle allegations that the company improperly billed fees on U.S. defense contracts involving a number of federal agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Old Fall River Road closed for the season to vehicles today, Monday, October 4. The road will be closed to all uses through Friday, October 8, for park staff to conduct road maintenance and culvert replacement. Old Fall River Road will reopen temporarily to bicycles, leashed pets and walkers for Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Saint Pauls, North Carolina woman, Stephanie Chavis, was sentenced today to 65 months in prison and three years of supervised release for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Chavis was also ordered to pay $760,966 in restitution to the Social Security Administration. On April 16, 2019, Chavis pled guilty to the charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has submitted two reports and supplemental information on the Feb. 3, 2021, alert at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The reports include a root cause analysis...
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: DENVER - This evening, FEMA authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Auburn Fire burning in Pennington county, on the north side of Rapid City.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Honey bees could be intentionally bred to thrive on plants that are already locally present or even solely on artificial diets, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.
