News from December 2022

By US DOT Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of impaired driving.

By Homeland Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
An HSI Philadelphia-led investigation landed a New Jersey sheriff’s deputy in prison for child pornography offenses.

By EPA Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
The Long Island Sound Futures Fund received 41 grants totaling $10.3 million to improve the health of the environment.

By Tamara Browning | Dec 16, 2022
A Washington, man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sex trafficking a six-year-old girl.

By State Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
A newly compiled UN Human Rights report details how Russian troops killed civilians in Ukrainian towns and villages and that these violations may constitute war crimes.

By Tamara Browning | Dec 16, 2022
A U.S. senator who serves on the budget committee is calling on Congress to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government operating and allow for passage of an omnibus funding bill for fiscal year 2023.

By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment today charging an Ohio man for allegedly sending threatening communications to an election official with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Department Makes Funding Available Under the Inflation Reduction Act to Expand Renewable Energy in Rural Communities
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Seattle - A 50-year-old Olympia, Washington man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury for three arsons that damaged or destroyed Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls, announce U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Mikey Diamond Starrett, aka Michael Jason Layes, was charged in a superseding indictment with...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Trafficked Firearms to Family Member in the District of Columbia.

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: Ten years ago today, respected Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone was abducted from a police checkpoint in Vientiane, Laos. The United States remains deeply concerned over his fate, the lack of progress by the Government of Laos in resolving his disappearance, and holding those responsible for his abduction accountable.

By State Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said President Joe Biden has mishandled situations in the Middle East to the point of pushing Saudi Arabia into China’s arms in response to a new comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Saudi Arabia and China.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Today, the United States and Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU), which improves our cooperation on energy security and strengthens our diplomatic and economic relationship.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kelsey A. Mulvey, 30, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of tampering with a consumer product, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Quinn, a former corrections officer at the North Central Regional Jail (NCRJ) in Greenwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for selling drugs to inmates, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Building Back Better grant opened on Dec. 16.