News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Notice published on July 6 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM issues decision on future wild horse management in the North Lander Complex

News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office has released a decision record that approves future wild horse gather, removal and fertility control operations in the North Lander Wild Horse Complex.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Patrick Harrison, 39, of Pottstown, PA, was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Chad F. Kenney for a gunpoint robbery of a Rite-Aid pharmacy in Philadelphia that occurred on Nov. 18, 2021.


Spongy Moth Aerial Treatment Planned Between July 13 -15, 2022

News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) plans to treat an area near Hayward, Wisconsin that overlaps National Park Service owned lands for spongy moth, formerly known as gypsy moth, between July 13-15. Treatment will only last one day...


Release: Good morning. My name is Uzra Zeya and I am the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the United States Department of State. It is my pleasure to be with you all virtually today. I’d like to thank our hosts, the Government of Botswana - including President Masisi - and the National Democratic Institute, for inviting me to speak at this important event, and Chargé d’Affaires Jacobsen for the warm introduction.


Two Additional Defendants Plead Guilty in Nationwide Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting the Elderly

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Two more members of a nationwide “grandparent scam" network have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act known as RICO.


Three Individuals Charged with Robberies that Targeted Jewelry Salespeople

News Release: A federal grand jury in Miami, Florida, returned a six-count indictment on June 29, which was unsealed today, charging three individuals with robbing jewelry salespeople of millions of dollars’ worth of gems, other jewelry, and property.


Antietam National Battlefield seeks input on Environmental Assessment to improve park landscape management strategies

News Release: SHARPSBURG, Md.-The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the development of a Landscape Management Plan for Antietam National Battlefield. The plan would amend the Antietam National Battlefield General Management Plan (GMP), last updated in 1992, improve the scene...


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 46, was sentenced today to serve 252 months in prison, with credit for time served, for depriving George Floyd, Jr. and a then-14-year-old child of their constitutional rights.


Ohio County man sentenced for child pornography charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary Musilli, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 5 years probation for a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Local man imprisoned after downloading nearly 700 pornographic images

News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 40-year-old Alvin man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Three Plead Guilty to Straw Purchasing Multiple Firearms

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Three Beckley-area residents pleaded guilty today to federal charges involving multiple straw purchases of firearms.


Bonifay Doctor Settles Controlled Substances Act Violations For $130,000

News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. -Ahmad T. Ismail, 70, of Bonifay, Florida, settled potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act by agreeing to pay a fine of $130,000 and surrendering his Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration. The settlement was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time discussed on July 6 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department Secures Resolution in Madison County, Alabama, School Desegregation Case

News Release: The Department of Justice has secured an agreement with the Madison County School Board to provide equal educational opportunities for Black students and pave the way for the district to fulfill its obligations in a longstanding school desegregation case. The consent order, approved today by U.S. District ...


The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a White River, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old man residing in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: It is a pleasure to congratulate the Comorian people on the forty-seventh anniversary of their independence.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement blasting the Biden administration’s proposed regulations regarding federal student loans...