News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System grant opened on April 5.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: On Monday, April 4 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Grand Canyon National Park was alerted of an unresponsive river trip participant near Ledges Camp (river mile 152) along the Colorado River. Due to darkness, Grand Canyon National Park requested Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) emergency helicopter response. DPS arrived on scene at Ledges Camp at approximately 8:30 p.m. and pronounced the individual deceased.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
Release: To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its requirements for the importation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada to prevent ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Energy - Renewable Energy Opportunities in Rural America".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Karen Rhett, 59, of Mt. Pleasant, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and false statements on tax documents. Rhett formerly served as the bookkeeper for Simmons Realty Company (“SRC") and related business entities.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Relations Committee on April 4.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in the case against Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-al Rahman, a former Janjaweed commander also known as Ali Kushayb. This marks the beginning of the first trial against any senior leader for crimes committed by the Omar al-Bashir regime and government-supported forces following the genocide and other atrocities in Darfur.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Armed Services Committee on April 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on April 1, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: MEXICO CITY, April 5, 2022 United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos met this week to continue cooperation on shared priorities including open trade, science-based policy making, and sustainable and climate-smart agricultural production.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Today, Deputy Secretary Sherman met in Washington with Republic of Korea President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol’s U.S.-ROK Policy Consultation Delegation, led by National Assembly Representative Park Jin. The Deputy Secretary congratulated the delegation ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Environmental monitoring near a waste repository originally named the “burial ground" at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site officially began in 1960 when the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began drilling wells at the landfill perimeter to monitor for the migration of radioactive and hazardous constituents.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dalton Kade Riggs, of Cameron, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: DHS is a global leader in combating child exploitation and abuse. The DHS Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (CEIU)-part of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cyber Crimes Center (C3)-leads the nation in the fight against online child sexual abuse. CEIU detects and apprehends producers and...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 4.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
Release: Following a coordinated German law enforcement action, the United States today took further action to combat Russian-related illicit finance and cybercrime by sanctioning the world’s largest darknet market for Russian speakers, Hydra, and the virtual currency exchange Garantex.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Edward Lamp, II, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was sentenced today to 135 months of incarceration for drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO- Durante una visita oficial a México, la subsecretaria del Trabajo de los Estados Unidos, Julie Su, anunció hoy nuevas inversiones del departamento para apoyar el fortalecimiento de los derechos de los trabajadores, la promoción de la libertad de asociación, el derecho a la negociación colectiva y la eliminación del trabajo infantil y forzado.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the release of its Strategic Vision, The Role of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in Achieving Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Keon Ball, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft in relation to multiple identity theft schemes and fraud schemes-including schemes conducted while on probation after a past state fraud conviction and while on pre-trial release in connection with state fraud charges. As part of his plea agreement, Ball will be ordered to pay at least $715,504 in restitution.
