News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Defendant authorized the murder in his capacity as one of the gang leaders.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 14, 2022
NOAA Fisheries celebrates Black History Month by highlighting the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shaped the nation.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small today unveiled a resource guide to help people in rural America start and grow businesses, create good-paying jobs in their communities and strengthen America’s economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM), a time to raise awareness about this all-too-common issue, focus efforts on ending the violence, and share resources for teens experiencing violence, survivors, and their communities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - 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. Patterson...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
U.S. Embassy Mogadishu Public Affairs Section Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 14.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Itamp Inc. satisfied a $26,912 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 14, 2022
Western District of Missouri Judge Greg Kays on Jan. 14 appointed a receiver to take over at a pesticide distributor in St. Joseph.
By John Suayan | Feb 14, 2022
Four La Quarenta gang members on Jan. 27 entered guilty pleas in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Central Falls man admitted in federal court today to being a member of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that shipped dozens of packages containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A California man who admitted to fraudulently obtaining over $170,000 in unemployment benefits - by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits debit cards not belonging to him - was sentenced today to 30 months in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) received the 2022 Congressional Leadership Award from the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) during the 2022 State of Indian Nations & Executive Council Winter Session. The prestigious award recognizes members of Congress who have demonstrated leadership in and are champions of issues important to tribal nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: Attack Took Place in Victim’s Apartment Stairwell.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Bold Initiatives Small Grant Program grant opened on Feb. 14.
By David Hutton | Feb 14, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed its roster of Pacific Northwest honorees for their sustainability efforts to conserve energy and water and reduce food waste and trash headed for landfills.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the employer involved in a February 2021 double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite and his successor company again for failing to provide employees with essential and required safeguards, this time at an East Boston residential construction site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A retired Marine Corps captain who traveled to Cambodia in 2005 for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors was sentenced today to 210 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to communicate restricted data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person he believed was a representative of a foreign nation.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
Release: The Government of Chile has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a Pest Risk Assessment (PRA) that describes potential pests associated with the commodity, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for Phase 8 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). This experimental survey was designed and launched in April 2020 to measure the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. It has also proven valuable...
