News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Hughes, age 33, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 7, 2022, to 132 months’ imprisonment to be followed by four years on supervised release by U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the abduction of Robert A. “Bob” Levinson from Kish Island, Iran. Bob Levinson was abducted on March 9, 2007.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A Birmingham man plead guilty this week to the charges of sex trafficking of a minor and production of child pornography, announced U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Two defendants charged in a nationwide “grandparent scam” have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
On March 9, 2022, a federal jury convicted James Cloud, 37, of White Swan, Washington, on four counts of First Degree Murder.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Ricardo Ortiz, 30, a former teacher at Horizon High School in El Paso pleaded guilty today to three counts of Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and one count of Possession of a Visual Depiction Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
After a seven–day trial, a federal jury found Robert Pierre Duncan, 26, of Sacramento, guilty on Tuesday of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a child, sex trafficking of a child, and escape from custody, U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s remarks on countering China with more spending in his State of the Union address.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden’s State of the Union remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement following President Biden’s remarks during the State of the Union on jobs, inflation, and the economy.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s State of the Union Address:“For a strong state of the union, I urge the President to make restoring U.S. energy dominance his top priority.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
At a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing today on Big Tech, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) addressed how Big Tech mishandles our personal information, harms our kids, their role in the current Ukraine-Russia war, and the need for national privacy and data security protections.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
When it comes to understanding the health of landscapes like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, scientists have their own canary-in-the-coal-mine – amphibians.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
On March 1, 2022, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Missouri in Cape Girardeau returned an Indictment against Marvin "Mark" Remster in connection with the arson of the Round Spring Visitor Contact Station in Ozark National Scenic Riverways last December.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Ever wondered how the earth, sea and sky are connected? Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is excited to announce a new educational opportunity entitled “Earth, Sea, Sky: Creating Connections.”

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve announced its prescribed fire season beginning now through April, weather conditions and moisture levels permitting.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters are now accepting applications for the 2022 Stanley Paterson Research Fellowship.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Homestead National Historical Park is now accepting applications for the summer 2022 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC).

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Reservations for the peak season at Fairholme Campground in Olympic National Park will be available online, through recreation.gov, beginning Friday, March 11th.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park will commemorate the 157th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and Freedom Day (April 9) with special anniversary programs and activities from April 7-12, 2022.