News from May 2022
By Trina Thomas | May 23, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh recently visited George Washington University’s Hospital and Behavior Health Department to discuss how to build up mental and behavioral health care.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2022
Release: On July 1, 2022, APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) will require all stakeholders who import earthworm species into the United States to request and obtain a PPQ 526 pest permit, and to comply with rearing and shipping requirements.This new policy applies to all earthworm species and will help ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Pleasanton man was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for receipt of child pornography.
By Caleb Lombardo | May 23, 2022
An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations in Baltimore resulted in a life sentence for a member of the MS-13 gang.
By Caleb Lombardo | May 23, 2022
This week, a sentence of eight years in prison was handed down to a Washington State man convicted of drug-related charges.
By Solange DeLisle | May 23, 2022
Sweden and Finland have officially applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a move that has been met with opposition from at least one Middle Eastern country.
By Bob Pepalis | May 23, 2022
Crew members on an National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries research vessel discovered a possible deep-sea sponge reef within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Woonsocket man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for participating in the distribution of crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Bradley Dewalt, 30, was one of eighteen “Operation River Fork" defendants arrested during an FBI Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation in 2020, in Woonsocket, Providence, and Cranston. The arrests resulted in the recovery of six loaded firearms and more than a kilo of crack cocaine.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 EPA Budget:”
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
John Abowd, associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist for the U.S. Census Bureau, is the inaugural recipient of the 2022 Edward Lazear Prize from the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE).
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
As part of a government effort to reduce animal testing, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have worked with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Inotiv Inc. to produce a new protocol for screening skin allergens.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region Corporation (seCTer), Groton, Connecticut, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Access to Baby Formula Act into law today, helping to ensure moms and babies who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have the formula they need amid the ongoing shortage.
By Press release submission | May 23, 2022
USDA Commits to Big Game Conservation Partnership with the State of Wyoming: Initial Investments Forthcoming
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced the unsealing of a 30-count indictment against 13 individuals for charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin. On May 4, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned the indictment against the following individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Milwaukee, WI - The United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Anna Ruzinski joined by Racine Police Department Chief Maurice Robinson announce the arrest of Terry “Scooter Man" Jackson following an arrest operation conducted this morning in Chicago, Illinois by members of the United...
By Karen Kidd | May 23, 2022
Kids ages 8-18 are invited to sign up for this summer's Federal Aviation Administration's summer aviation education opportunities across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - On April 30, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their support for DEA’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has collected nearly 16 million pounds of unneeded prescription medications.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2022
Release: PITTSBURGH Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport prevented an Allegheny County, Pa., resident from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight early this morning, Monday, May 23. The.380 caliber handgun was loaded with six bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2022
News Release: Defendant sold drugs from his barbershop and home.
