News from November 2022
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
Release: The United States is committed to tackling the climate crisis through the deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies at home and abroad. As countries gathered for “Energy Day" at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, the United States continued to demonstrate leadership through both the launch of new initiatives and the expansion of previous work.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Adelita Castillo Juarez, age 55, of Kent City, Francisca Adelita Juarez, age 35, of Kent City, Evelyn De-Maya Vanderbilt, formerly known as Kwamaine Dejaun Trice, age 32, of Grand Rapids and Inkster, and Mya Michelle Giordano, formerly...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JONATHAN or Pilla SINLAO, age 38, a resident of San Jose, California, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b)(2).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
Release: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins will travel to Halifax, Canada on November 18-20 to participate in the Halifax International Security Forum. Under Secretary Jenkins will promote the United States’ leadership in international arms control...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, today admitted agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived, and fabricated violations of the prison’s rules and customs in a manner that resulted in injury to the inmates, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
Release: The Conflict Observatory, a program supported by the U.S. Department of State, released an independent report today that details numerous instances of unjust detentions and disappearances in Kherson, Ukraine, as they relate to Russia’s ongoing filtration operations. Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces to end a needless war that it cannot and will not win - no matter how despicable and desperate its tactics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Andre Maurice Lewis (37, Orlando) to life in federal prison for enticement of a minor. The court also ordered Lewis to forfeit the cellphone he used to commit the offense. Lewis had pleaded guilty on Aug. 15, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Derek Morales-Figueroa (26, Orlando) to 19 years and 7 months years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Morales-Figueroa had pleaded guilty on May 10, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One defendant was sentenced and two others pleaded guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in the Eastern District of California, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: A Fort Worth man who allegedly manufactured and sold thousands of machinegun conversion devices - small, 3D-printed gadgets that convert ordinary firearms into fully automatic machineguns - has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Todd Young, R-Ind., raised concerns regarding conflicts of interest at the National Academy for Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) after it published a report on the organ procurement and transplantation system that mirrored recommendations supported by industry groups.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - The temporary Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in Arroyo, Barceloneta, Cayey, Ciales, Las Piedras, Santa Isabel, Toa Baja and Utuado will be closing permanently.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2022
News Release: BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of six Healthy Communities Grants in Rhode Island out of 22 grants across New England. Today's announcement represents a $191,000 investment for Rhode Island community projects that will help to make progress on crucial public health, environmental and climate resilience related challenges ranging from much needed food waste diversion to floodplain protection and toxics awareness.
