News from October 2022

By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Scientists use machine learning to accelerate materials discovery

By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will extend the deadline for stakeholder organizations to submit applications for innovative projects that help increase underserved producers’ access to land, capital and markets. The new deadline for applications is Nov. 18, 2022.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republicans are pressing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Kahn over the FTC’s use of unpaid consultants and experts. An investigation by the FTC Inspector General (OIG) ...

By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
Supporting Civil Society in Syria grant opened on Oct. 20.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned a five-count superseding indictment charging a former New Castle, Indiana, police officer with excessive force and obstruction of justice, and a former Henry County, Indiana, Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy with obstruction of justice.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM is using an innovative system at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to streamline an annual inspection process and reduce resources needed to complete reports.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that John Fadden, 49, of Savona, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of child pornography by an individual who has a prior conviction involving the sexual abuse of a child. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 36-year-old South African citizen illegally residing in La Marque has handed a significant sentence multiple child pornography convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned an indictment yesterday charging an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department sergeant with violating the civil rights of an arrestee by using excessive force.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: Defendant Threatened Filipino Nationals with Arrest and Deportation.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC LARUELLE pled guilty to one count of distributing Oxycodone, among other narcotics, without a legitimate medical purpose while acting outside the usual course of professional practice. LARUELLE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Denis L. Cote.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in two armed robberies of hotels on the same day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With the sentencing of the last of 16 defendants, federal prosecutors concluded prosecution of a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating primarily within Franklin and Gulf Counties. The convictions and sentences were announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dallas Michael Acoff, of Euclid, Ohio, has admitted to drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
USTR Announces Next Steps in Statutory Four-Year Review of China 301 Tariffs
By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee Joint General Debate on Decolonization Items
By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Remarks at an Interactive Dialogue with the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris
By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Remarks at a Second Committee Side Event on Trade & Logistics in Food and Energy Security

By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Mary Louise Kelly on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2022
Remarks at a Meeting of the Sixth Committee on Agenda Item 74: Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts