News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Announcement of Visa Restrictions in Response to the Repression of Women and Girls in Afghanistan

News Release: Today I am announcing a visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict the issuance of visas for current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing ...


EPA aide rumored to lead new office: 'Environmental justice is the way a multiracial, multi-ethnic society engages'

Robin Morris Collin, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, is rumored to be in consideration to receive a promotion to lead the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 13.


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $80 Million to Improve Nutrition in School Meals

News Release: Grants support equipment purchases to prepare nutritious meals for children



News Release: Deripaska’s Property Manager Arrested in U.K. for Funding U.S. Properties for Deripaska’s Benefit and for Attempting to Expatriate Deripaska’s Artwork from U.S. through Deception.


Second Defendant Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud U.S. Department Of Agriculture

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Bassam Al Saleh (65, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA"). The court also ordered Al Saleh to make restitution to the USDA in the amount of $654,502.28.


News Release: BOSTON - Louis D. Coleman III was sentenced to life in prison today for the kidnapping and killing of Jassy Correia.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Alex Carrasquillo-Rosado, age 31, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to 70 months’ imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute six kilograms of cocaine seized from his car and house in November of 2021.


News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 11, 2022) - On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host several public forums to share information about ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions and risk information impacting Memphis, Tennessee. EPA is reaching out to communities facing the highest risks from commercial sterilizer facilities that use EtO, including Sterilization Services of TN (SST) located at 2396 Florida Street in Memphis.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Shawn Anthony Graves, 29, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, also known as “crack.".


Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Coercion and Enticement of a Minor

News Release: Defendant Sexually Abused a Minor Child Over a Three -Year Period.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with laundering money obtained from a variety of internet-based scams, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: Yakima, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced a $483,552 Department of Justice grant to the Kittitas County Sherriff’s Office. The grant provides funding to address mental health needs at the Kittitas County Jail.


News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Campbell Creek Science Center (CCSC) is introducing a new registration process for fee-based public programs using Recreation.gov.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VANIA MAY BELL, the former comptroller of Executive Compensation Planners, Inc. (“ECP"), a registered investment adviser and financial planning firm located in New City, New York, was sentenced to 80 months...


News Release: CLEVELAND - Daniel Joseph Kitlak, 37, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 10, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography.


Sulphur Springs Shooter Indicted For Possessing A Firearm

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Thaddeus Timeaus Howard (29, Tampa) with unlawful possession of a firearm. If convicted, Howard faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.


Wyden, Neal Applaud Biden Administration for "Family Glitch" Fix, Lowering Health Care Costs for American Families

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) applauded the final regulation issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that will bring down health insurance costs for Americans with unaffordable employer-sponsored coverage by fixing the so-called “family glitch"...


Dive exam scheduled for Fresno Dam

News Release: HAVRE, Mont. - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dive exam of the outlet works intake and stilling basin at Fresno Dam, 15 miles West of Havre, Montana, Oct. 17, 2022. The outlet works will be closed starting at 9 a.m. and will remain closed until the dive exam is complete, but will not exceed eight hours.