News from February 2022
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $2,968,350 to support disaster-relief employment for individuals to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts, and to provide employment and training services in northern California after devastating wildfires between July and October 2021, which burned extensively throughout the national forests there.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Defendant used fraudulently obtained pandemic grant funds to pay for three-carat diamond ring, online dating membership, private school tuition and luxury hotel stays.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 15, 2022
The world's largest single lightning bolt to date was captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite earlier this month.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Administrator Samantha Power met virtually with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to discuss USAID’s ongoing support for the democratic and economic aspirations of the Serbian people and current challenges to peace and stability in the region.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after a bipartisan briefing on the tax-filing season...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - Armon R. Simpson, 18, and Jamariante N. Burgess, 19, both of East St. Louis,.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Today, Administrator Power met with Angeles Moreno Bau, Spain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Global Issues. Administrator Power and Secretary Moreno discussed shared priorities for the United States and Spain in Central America, the Sahel, and on global efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13 was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy and his participation in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy in Lynn, who suffered at least 32 sharp force trauma wounds consistent with being stabbed repeatedly, along with blunt force injuries to the head.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 13-14. Special Envoy Satterfield will meet with Ethiopian government, African Union, and United Nations officials, as well as representatives of humanitarian organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part II-Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care.".
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
U.S. Embassy Nairobi, PDS Annual Program Statement &- Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Crime (Executive Calendar)” on Feb. 9.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
“LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOT IN 2021“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1105-H1108 on Feb. 9
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Junious Flemming, 29, of Trenton, NJ, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison, and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones-Alejandro for trafficking 40 semi-automatic firearms from North Carolina into Philadelphia and New Jersey via Amtrak’s Philadelphia 30th Street Station.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “HUMAN DIGNITY IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT” on Feb. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Richland, Washington - Judith K. Caporiccio, N.D., a Richland-based naturopathic doctor, has agreed to pay $70,096 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act and the False Claims Act, which allege that she improperly prescribed controlled substances between July 2016 and July 2021. The...
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM SACCO, 49, of Pelham, New Hampshire, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a construction project fraud scheme.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong met today in Honolulu, Hawaii, to reaffirm the critical importance of strong U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation as we seek to address the most pressing 21st Century challenges.
