News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against G & K Citrus LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to four produce sellers in the amount of $265,700 from October 2018 through July 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
2022 Port Infrastructure Development Program Grants grant opened on Feb. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Florida-Based Medicare Reimbursement Consultant Resolves Litigation for Allegedly Causing False Diabetic Supply Claims to Medicare.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
There were 15 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in January.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 36-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of bank and wire fraud in two separate cases, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Caleb Lombardo | Feb 14, 2022
Last week, the USDA Forest Service announced its 2022 grazing fees on the national forests and grasslands in the western states. Grazing fees are the amount that livestock owners must pay for their animals to graze on the land.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Mark Christopher Arnold, 39, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 9 to four years and nine months in prison for interstate communication of threats, cyberstalking, unauthorized computer access in furtherance of cyberstalking, and aggravated identity theft. Arnold pleaded guilty to a four-count indictment on July 14, 2020.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
United States Attorney Clare E. Connors and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Merrill announced today that Richard Patterson, also known as Xavier Carter, 40, was arrested on February 11 in California pursuant to an indictment in the District of Hawaii.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
A federal jury today convicted a Chicago attorney on false statement and tax offenses in connection with funds he received from the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
An Antioch, Illinois, man, Carl T. Zwanzig, 56, of the 27000 block of W. Grass Lake Road, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James Shadid to 147 Months for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Matter to a Minor (Count 1 of the Indictment), and Penalty for Registered Sex Offender (Count 3).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Fiscal Year 2022 Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWG) Program grant opened on Feb. 14.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Market Development Cooperator Program 2022 grant opened on Feb. 14.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 14, 2022
More than 90 people in the U.S. die every day from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which for New York means a 11.5% increase in deaths between June 2020 and last summer.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
U.S Embassy Bujumbura- PAS Annual Program statement grant opened on Feb. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Austin, TX - The U.S. Marshals have received custody of a woman who had been sought on a Travis County Sheriff’s Office homicide warrant issued Dec. 15, 2021, by an Austin municipal court judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Donald Jackson, age 36, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on Feb. 11, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 14, 2022
The Media Freedom Coalition issued a statement on Feb. 8 regarding ongoing closures of media outlets in Hong Kong as mainland China continues to infringe on the freedom of the press.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 14, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expanded use of "Chatty Beetle" devices, among other things, to help with communications issues cause by a south Pacific eruption in January, according to a more recent news release
