News from April 2022
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: The United States joins the international community in expressing outrage in response to today’s heinous attacks on the Mumtaz Education Center and the Abdul Rahim Shahid school in Kabul, Afghanistan. We offer sincere condolences to the families and other loved ones of those killed in these cowardly acts. The perpetrators must be brought to justice.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A tornado disaster can shock the emotions of the people who lived through it. Survivors frequently report feelings of anger, depression, sadness, stress or anxiety for months after the event.
By Art Benavidez | Apr 21, 2022
Minersville Solar Energy LLC has been awarded leases to construct a giant solar farm on approximately 4,800 acres of public land in Utah's Escalante Desert.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Two brothers from Michigan were among three men indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly scheming to create and sell false works of art and memorabilia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly sent 99 threatening messages to an applicant for police chief.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on a new Politico report that details a culture of inaction at the Food and Drug Administration in the agency’s food safety and nutrition...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. -A Pekin, Illinois, man, Sean E. Ward, 49, of the 2200 block of Court Street, was sentenced on March 22, 2022, to six-and-a-half years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Lisa Wheeler, 56, of Lyndonville, Vermont was sentenced by United States Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford on April 19, 2022 to time served for selling misbranded pet medications which were not approved for use in the United...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
The US Interior Department published a five page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
Release: Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal war on Ukraine, the ceaseless bombardment of Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure by Russia’s forces has created one of the fastest-growing humanitarian crises in decades. This is a tragic and...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Justice Department announced today the seizure of Hydra Market (Hydra), the world’s largest and longest-running darknet market. In 2021, Hydra accounted for an estimated 80% of all darknet market-related cryptocurrency transactions, and since 2015, the marketplace has received approximately $5.2 billion in cryptocurrency.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a Health Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, April 27, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for HHS and its agencies. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 HHS Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN- Hunter Brett Wherry, 26, of Union City, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon-in-possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: TYLER, TX - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Grapeland man and woman with federal solicitation of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Dominic Zampini, age 26, of Liverpool, New York, pled guilty today to one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Matthew Scarpino, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo, New York Field Office, and New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory broke ground on a $75 million facility that will boost clean energy adoption and make the nation’s power grid more resilient, secure, and flexible.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
PDS Budapest - Student Artist in Residence grant opened on April 21.
