News from February 2023
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Healthy democracies benefit from strong institutions and a plurality of voices. The United States supports independent, well-resourced electoral institutions that strengthen democratic processes and the rule of law.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2021, terrorist activity decreased in the Far North Region. The NGO Stand Up for Cameroon reported that Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA) killed 339 people in 2021, compared to an estimated 400 people in 2020, a 15 percent decline in fatalities. Attribution for the attacks...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: African American lawyer, businessman, and civil rights activist. Place of Birth: Canton, Mississippi. Date of Birth: June 22, 1891. Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois. Date of Death: Sept. 1, 1986. Place of Burial: Alsip, Illinois. Cemetery Name: Burr Oak Cemetery. Earl B. Dickerson...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: South Africa. Overview: There were no terrorism-related incidents in South Africa during 2021, possibly owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. This continued a downward trend following an unusually high number of incidents in 2018. ISIS facilitation networks and cells remained a threat, after the South African...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: France. Overview: France is a key partner of the United States in the global fight against terrorism. Bilateral U.S.-France counterterrorism cooperation is strong. France is a longstanding and important member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The terrorist threat in France remained high. Security ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview: More than a dozen significant armed groups and about 100 criminal gangs and local militias operate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ISIS maintains links with local affiliate ISIS-DRC, locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $5 million in grant funding to four California institutions for community-based research to examine how climate change may compound adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations in underserved ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Eight years have passed since Boris Nemtsov’s assassination in downtown Moscow. Nemtsov was a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, a political activist, and a reformer; someone who devoted his life to improving the lives of his fellow citizens. He was fearless and outspoken, andhis civic commitment has continued to be an inspiration for other pro-democracy politicians andhuman rights defenders, such as Aleksey Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: or. RHS Headquarters at 315-336-5870. Legal:. The Rome Historical Society is the sole owner of the Fort Bull - Fort Wood Creek property and neither the Erie Canal Village, Cross Roads Redemption Church, Richard J. Rios nor the Fort Bull Research Group have any title or right to authorize access to this...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Subcommittee Vice Chair Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) sent letters today to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requesting information about their response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Mexico. Overview: Counterterrorism cooperation between Mexico and the United States remained strong in 2021. There was no credible evidence indicating international terrorist groups established bases in Mexico, worked directly with Mexican drug cartels, or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Amman, Jordan and Muscat, Oman February 25-March 2, 2023.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland). Overview: The UK remained a key U.S. partner in the global fight against terrorism, and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries was excellent. As a Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS partner, the UK continued to contribute to Iraq and northeast Syria stabilization ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a “grandparent scam" conspiracy that defrauded more than a dozen Rhode Island seniors between the ages of seventy-nine and ninety-four out of more than $300,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article summarizing an NIJ-supported study that examines where terrorists live and plan terrorist acts, in relation to where the acts occur.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $21,410,211 in grant funding to 16 institutions for community-based research to examine how climate change may compound adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations in underserved communities.
