News from April 2022

By Ariana Chiarenza | Apr 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing imports of solar energy following a complaint in February that claimed solar panel components sourced from East Asian countries were actually from China.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 13, 2022
California Trail Interpretive Center's emergence last week from its COVID-19-induced scaled back hours has been a "top priority," the park's manager said in an April 1 news release.

By Caleb Lombardo | Apr 13, 2022
A Illinois man was sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison for offenses, including drug trafficking and unlawful use of firearms.

By Andy Nghiem | Apr 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration recently released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2023.

By John Kelly | Apr 13, 2022
An investigations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations led to a 21-year sentence for a Kentucky woman.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Signing ceremony took place at EGGER manufacturing plant in North Carolina U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and the Austrian Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Margarete Schramböck signed a memorandum of understanding today to expand apprenticeship and other high-quality work-based learning programs ...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 10 grant opened on April 13.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal court convicted a Port Clinton, Ohio, woman yesterday on charges of production and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Steven Bernard Norwood, age 46, of Lutherville, Maryland to 13 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and posses with the intent to distribute five...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County woman pleaded guilty today to misappropriation of postal funds.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Appomattox, Va. - Appomattox Court House NHP announces “African American Legacies of Appomattox: A Community Curation Event" to be held at Galilee Baptist Church on Saturday May 7, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This curation event seeks to find and digitize historic documents and artifacts associated...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met to discuss the U.S.-India commercial relationship. Secretary Raimondo expressed interest in continued engagement with the Government of India as the United States moves toward the launch of ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 65 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: MIDDLESBORO, Kentucky - Over 24,000 cars, trucks, motorcycles, RVs, buses, and commercial vehicles pass through Cumberland Gap Tunnel every day, according to the Cumberland Gap Tunnel Authority. From July 2020 through June 2021, authorities escorted over 18,000 trucks transporting hazardous materials...
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Release: Pakistan has been an important partner on wide-ranging mutual interests for nearly 75 years and we value our relationship. The United States congratulates newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and we look forward to continuing our long-standing cooperation with Pakistan’s government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for intentionally running a locomotive at full speed off the end of railroad tracks near a United States Navy hospital ship that was deployed to provide medical relief during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 7 grant opened on April 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Champaign, Illinois, man, Charles Howard, 41, of the 400 block of North James St., was sentenced on April 12, 2022, to 40 years’ (480 months) imprisonment for sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: A Louisiana man was sentenced today to three years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $1,000 fine for possession of an animal in an animal fighting venture.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Michael Deherrera, 26, of Belen, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on April 11 to five years in prison for carjacking and being a felon in possession of a firearm.