News from April 2022
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
Release: Collegiate Engineering Teams Will Compete to Advance Clean Transportation Technology and Accelerate the Equitable Transition to Electric Vehicles
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Ceremony to be held at West Virginia State Capitol on Tuesday, April 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division, which includes the state of South Carolina, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced today on drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Timmie Ford, 60, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 120 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Ford pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2021 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Joseph Favorite, 24, of Benton Harbor, was sentenced to serve 120 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering also imposed a period of supervised release of 3 years to follow. Both the 120 months’ incarceration and 3 years’ supervised release are the statutory maximum terms a judge can impose for a felon possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
By Yu Bing, ChinaAid special reporter | Apr 22, 2022
The day before Easter, Christians of Shenzhen Trinity Harvest Gospel Church drove for two hours to another city to baptize six believers on the beach. Local police harassed them afterward, however.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is seeking public input on a draft plan to improve the off-highway vehicle riding experience at the Williams Hill Recreation Area in southern Monterey County. The BLM has prepared this plan with support from the California State...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Cleveland, OH - Yesterday afternoon, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Torrez Smith, 23, and Mark James, 31, who were both wanted by Cleveland Division of Police for homicide.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Joint statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) on the Biden Administration’s new transportation guidance that reinforces their intent to discourage critical road and highway expansion projects in clear defiance of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA):
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman met today in Brussels with European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino prior to their participation in the third High-Level Meeting of the U.S.-EU Dialogue on China. Deputy Secretary Sherman welcomed ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) celebrates Earth Day and recognizes the agency’s key accomplishments in the last year in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to fight climate change and advance environmental justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley woman pleaded guilty today to providing false information on an ATF form in order to acquire a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The Justice Department today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a four-count indictment charging former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Sergeant Lorenzo Mills, 55, with assaulting three compliant inmates with a wooden baton at ADOC’s Draper Correctional Facility. Mills is also charged with falsification of records for submitting a false written statement in connection with the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly targeted Springfield-based Merriam-Webster, Inc. and other institutions and individuals with threats to commit anti-LGBTQ violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Mexican national living in Lawrence was indicted yesterday on charges of trafficking fentanyl.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Apr 22, 2022
The Biden administration invoked the Defense Production Act last week as a new approach to combat high gas prices, despite the act concerning electric vehicles, not American energy production.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis. The Secretary thanked Greece for its steadfast support to Ukraine, including Greece’s strong sanctions enforcement and its extensive humanitarian and defensive assistance. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
