News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Nobel-winning experiment enables Fermilab-led quantum network

Nobel-winning experiment enables Fermilab-led quantum network


Scientists find sex differences in mosses play key role in carbon storage

Scientists find sex differences in mosses play key role in carbon storage


Argonne Distinguished Fellow Linda Young to receive honorary doctorate

Argonne Distinguished Fellow Linda Young to receive honorary doctorate


Juanita McKinney and Erton Rudder of the AAAG Honor Black History Month

Juanita McKinney and Erton Rudder of the AAAG Honor Black History Month


Anaconda, Montana now thriving after more than three decades of clean-up efforts by EPA, State, businesses, and the community

Anaconda, Montana now thriving after more than three decades of clean-up efforts by EPA, State, businesses, and the community


U.S. – Mexico Border 2025 Program Selects Environmental Projects for Implementation in the Border Region in Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León

U.S. – Mexico Border 2025 Program Selects Environmental Projects for Implementation in the Border Region in Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León


New Orleans Double Murder Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals in Memphis

Michael Harris, 33, of Louisiana, who was wanted by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, was captured by U.S. Marshals in Memphis yesterday.


Armed Fugitive Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a fugitive Feb. 16 near the 800 block of Cass Street


U.S. Marshals National Operation Nets More Than 830 Fugitives Across the Country

The U.S. Marshals Service has conducted the second phase of a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative, Operation North Star II (ONS II), focusing on the country’s most violent offenders in 10 locations.


U.S. Marshals Operation Captures More Than 800 Fugitives

The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings to include Kansas City.


Conneaut Child Rape Suspect Arrested in National Forest in Florida

Members of the U.S. Marshals, Florida-Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Matthew Rutter, 29. Rutter was wanted by the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office and Conneaut Police Department for rape and three counts of gross sexual imposition.


U.S. Marshals Task Force Apprehends Attempted Homicide Suspect Fugitive Found Hiding Underneath a Bed

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (GLRFTF) captured a fugitive on the 300 block of Rethke Avenue on Madison’s east side


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $26,676,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Tennessee

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $26,676,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Tennessee


U.S. Marshals Arrest Fugitive Couple

The U.S. Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force (JFTF) wants to thank the Manchester Police Department and the public for their assistance in locating two-time “Fugitive of the Week,” Jose Hiram Martinez-Rolon, who was arrested yesterday by the JFTF along with his girlfriend Sabrina Deleon.


USMS NY-NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force Arrests Shooter of NYPD Officer

Deputies and Task Force Officers from the USMS NY-NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force (NYNJRFTF) apprehended Randy “Popper” Jones, wanted for critically wounding an off-duty New York Police Department (NYPD) police officer during a planned robbery on Saturday.


Fugitive Chooses Peace Over Violence

The U.S. Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is pleased to announce that Dec. 21 “Fugitive of the Week,” Paul Tasker, is no longer at large. After an extensive media campaign inspired intense public pressure, Tasker turned himself in to the Belknap Sheriff’s Department and is finally serving the sentence he had been avoiding since November, while also facing new charges.


U.S. Marshals Locate Critically Endangered Child Missing Since 2021

The U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit in the Eastern District of Michigan is pleased to announce that they have successfully recovered and reunited a critically endangered 14-year-old from Port Huron, MI that had been missing for over one year


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $52,638,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Alabama

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $52,638,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Alabama


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Idaho

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Idaho


EPA Directs Ameren to Conduct Additional Cleanup Work to Address Elm Point Wellfield Contamination

EPA Directs Ameren to Conduct Additional Cleanup Work to Address Elm Point Wellfield Contamination