News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Apopka Man Indicted For Receiving And Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Charles Vincent Yannaccone (51, Apopka) with three counts of receipt of child sexual abuse material and one count of possession of sexual abuse material. Yannaccone faces a mandatory minimum penalty...


News Release: DETROIT - A Dearborn doctor was sentenced to four years in federal prison based on his conviction for conspiring to distribute and distributing over 12,000 powerful opioid pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Armed Services Committee and the bills it addressed on Sept. 15

There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on Sept. 15.


Record-Breaking Radiation Detection Pins Down Element Formation in Stellar Novae


Join Us for Justice Week at the U.S. Department of Energy


Breakthrough Reported in Machine Learning-Enhanced Quantum Chemistry


Innovative FRIB Liquid-Lithium Charge Stripper Boosts Accelerator Performance


Department of Energy Announces $21 Million to Support Energy-Relevant Research in Underrepresented Regions


DOE Announces $178 Million to Advance Bioenergy Technology




DOE awards PME faculty $2.5 million for research into sustainable technology



Six Mexican Nationals Sentenced For International Sex Trafficking Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EFRAIN GRANADOS-CORONA, a/k/a “Chavito," a/k/a “Cepillo," was sentenced today to 212 months in prison in connection with trafficking three victims. Five additional defendants in this case were previously...


Following Request for Information, New Ways and Means Report Examines the U.S. Health System’s Role in the Climate Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-The Ways and Means Committee released a new report detailing the role the U.S. health system plays in the climate crisis. After issuing a request for information back in March 2022, this Majority Staff Report analyzes responses from health systems, hospitals, dialysis companies, nursing...


There was activity on four bills related to the Agriculture Committee on Sept. 15.


REMINDER: On Sept. 30, New USDA Database Will Replace Three Import Manuals and the Fruit and Vegetable Imports Requirement (FAVIR) Database

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed a new database called “Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements" (ACIR ). ACIR gives users a simple search interface for finding and displaying import requirements for agricultural commodities.


USDA Designates Four Rhode Island Counties 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...


23 Members of a Violent Gang Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Yauco, Puerto Rico

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 23 violent gang members from the municipality of Yauco with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances...


News Release: Defendants’ Schemes Targeted the Korean American Community in Queens.