News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


USDA Designates Toole County, Montana, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Granholm: Block grant program a tool for ‘local governments to build their clean energy future’

Applications for funding through a U.S. Department of Energy program that supports community-based clean energy will open in January 2023.


News Release: EVANSVILLE -Roy L. Durham Jr., 37, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.


Four Defendants Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs and Guns in the Medina, NY

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants were arrested and charged in two separate criminal complaints with selling cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms in the Medina, NY, area.


News Release: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between the United States and Romania. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Bucharest, Romania November 28-30 for a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs and will meet with senior Romanian officials, including President Klaus Iohannis and Foreign Minster Bogdan Aurescu.


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on Nov. 28 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Member of Baltimore Gang Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracies, Including Murders, Attempted Murders, Carjackings, and Armed Robberies

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Rashaud Nesmith, a/k/a Shaud, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy charge in connection with Nesmith’s participation in...


Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain will travel to Morocco, The Gambia, and Senegal from November 28 through Dec. 1, 2022.


News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas- A Cleveland, Texas man and woman have been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


South Georgia Physician Sentenced to Prison after Admitting Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Drugs

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - A Coffee County, Ga., physician has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after he admitted to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed massive amounts of addictive-controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics.


Tucson Couple Sentenced to Five Years for Stealing $5 Million from Investors

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Nov. 15, 2022, Michael Feinberg, 73, and Betsy Feinberg, 80, both of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2022, a jury found the Feinbergs guilty of multiple counts of securities and wire fraud.


USDA Designates Bennett County, South Dakota, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Miami Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Payroll Tax Crime

News Release: A Miami business owner pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes to the IRS. The proceeding was held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis. A sentencing date will be set by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore.


News Release: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - After working around the clock for two weeks, the Biden-Harris administration announced today it has forged critical agreements to ensure legal, traceable and biologically sustainable international trade of wild animals and plants. U.S. government leaders met with over 2,000 representatives ...


McCaul: “I Salute the Bravery” of Chinese Protestors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following the widespread protests in China against draconian COVID-related restrictions in the country. Reports indicate protest activities have included PRC citizens openly calling for the end of the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and General Secretary Xi Jinping.


Brooklyn, New York Man Sentenced to 36 Months’ Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution in Rutland Area

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Olayinka Babatunde (a.k.a. “Tom"), 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III to 36 months of imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution.


Whitehouse: EPA funding 'will help solve pressing environmental and public health issues in the Ocean State'

Rhode Island is receiving six of 22 community-improvement grants awarded across New England recently.


Ten Defendants Charged in Augusta-Area Drug Trafficking Operation

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Ten people have been indicted in an Augusta-area drug trafficking conspiracy linked to another large-scale drug trafficking prosecution.


News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointment of 28 members, 14 new and 14 returning, to the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC). The Agency also announced the next meeting of the committee, to be held on December 1-2, 2022. Members of ...


Two-Time Sex Offender Against Children Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Christopher Gene Beke, 44, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material with a prior conviction.