News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old Brazoria County man has pleaded guilty to threatening employees at the Lake Jackson Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Douglas F. Harris, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Anthony Spilios, of Newell, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A massive steel structure is rising more than 120 feet above the semiarid landscape of southeastern Washington, with construction well underway on the protective enclosure - or cocoon - for the seventh of nine former plutonium production reactors on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a Jefferson County, Missouri man who was caught with child pornography and homemade explosive devices to four years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Brady: President Biden’s Inflationary Policies Made a Recession Inevitable.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2023 Defense and Legislative Branch appropriations bills and its fiscal year 2023 302(b) subcommittee allocations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Handgun Fell Apart During Robbery, DNA Matched from Gun Parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 15 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced to prison today for aiding and abetting the destruction of an energy facility, a known mine located across Boone and Lincoln counties. Christopher Priestley, 44, of Boone County, was sentenced to one year in prison while Earnest Wriston, 56, of Ohio, was sentenced to two years in prison. Both face three years of supervised release after their prison terms.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Colombian President-Elect Gustavo Petro to congratulate him on his election as President of the Republic of Colombia and to reiterate the United States’ steadfast commitment to the bilateral relationship. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal mail theft laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the four winners of Phase III of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize, a multiphase competition that incentivized American entrepreneurs to develop and demonstrate processes that, when scaled, have the potential to profitably capture 90% of all discarded or spent lithium-based batteries in the United States for eventual recovery and reintroduction of key materials into the U.S. supply chain.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, released the following statement in commemoration of Juneteenth, which marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved people were emancipated...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds agencies and programs in the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and several independent agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Boston, MA - National Parks of Boston encourages public input on a proposal for an environmental assessment (EA). Feedback will help inform possible effects of proposed plans to revitalize Charlestown Navy Yard.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: This World Refugee Day, we acknowledge the unprecedented humanitarian crises across the globe, resulting in the largest number of refugees in history. Last month, we reached the tragic milestone of more than 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. Through humanitarian assistance, diplomacy, and refugee resettlement, the United States leads the way in helping the courageous and resilient people who are forced to flee persecution to find safety and rebuild their lives.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that following a four-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Earnest Baker, 36, of Rochester, NY, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distributing cocaine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl and distributing cocaine and fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2022
News Release: Several key personnel changes are taking place in the front office of EM headquarters as Chief of Staff Mike Nartker and Deputy Chief of Staff Allison Finelli leave the cleanup program in coming weeks for new roles.
