News from February 2022
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Superintendent Judy Forte of Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park is excited to announce the 2022 Black History Month schedule for virtual programs, offered to organized groups. Superintendent Forte stated that, “As we celebrate this year’s theme, “Black Health and wellness," we...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: JACQUON BENEJAN, also known as “Blick," 20, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from his membership in a violent Bridgeport street gang.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management will host a virtual meeting of the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. PT Thursday, Feb. 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Director of Media Relations Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Randall Aaron Koontz, Jr., of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas John Winston, of Westover, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
Release: Private exporters report sales of 380,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Emiliano Rodriguez, 44, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, and two counts of causing the delivery of hazardous materials by air carrier in connection with a scheme to utilize counterfeit goods in used vehicles, which he then resold to unsuspecting customers.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 2, 2022
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently encouraged his colleagues to reflect and continue to serve the community in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), along with members of the China Task Force sent a letter to Board Chair of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Susanne Lyons stressing the importance of ensuring U.S. Olympians are educated on how to stay safe and on the CCP’s gross human rights abuses, including genocide.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Middletown man pleaded guilty yesterday to shipping firearms in interstate or foreign commerce without notifying the courier that it was transporting firearms. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika accepted the plea.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Nature can be a great inspiration! Local students can celebrate their creativity and interest in nature through the Youth Arts in the Parks 2022 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. Now is the time for students to get their entries in, for the online contest entry window...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on charges of illegally possessing a weapon and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Sex Trafficking of a Child was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rick Scott (R-FL) that requires federal agencies to take disaster resilience into account when investing in and managing federal property and assets has advanced in the Senate. The legislation builds off of a 2021 report...
By Trina Thomas | Feb 2, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security announces a new program that will enlist and encourage recent graduates and federal employees to focus on the climate change crisis.
By William Gibb | Feb 2, 2022
Robin Hutcheson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety Policy for the U.S. Department of Transportation, is the new Deputy Administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the DOT announced recently.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
U.S. Embassy-Bishkek Democracy Commission Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 2.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department is investing $1.4 billion to help a diverse rural America keep resources and wealth right at home (PDF, 383 KB) through job training, business expansion and technical assistance. The programs...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, once again urged the Biden administration to take action on the ongoing migrant and drug crisis at the southern border. In addition to the unprecedented...
