News from February 2023

By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2023
FBI Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania State Police, and West Virginia State Police announced a new initiative in the search for Maria Miller

By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2023
OraPharma, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that the incentive compensation it paid to certain account managers, who also practiced as dental hygienists, resulted in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: “EPA Region 5’s number one priority is – and will always be – the health and safety of communities across the region. That’s why as soon as EPA was notified of the Norfolk Southern train derailment on Friday, Feb. 3, EPA personnel were on-site by 2 a.m. Saturday morning to assist with air monitoring. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: FBI Los Angeles Field Office Warns of Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: LANCASTER, KY - A Lancaster meat processing plant allowed eight minor-aged employees to work outside of federally allowed hours and engage in hazardous work, a federal investigation has found.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Nassau, The Bahamas, from February 14-16 and Munich, Germany from February 17-18. In Nassau, Secretary Kerry will continue efforts to advance international cooperation among nations particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis at the 44th...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. This investment of over $231 million will fund state crisis intervention court proceedings, including but not limited to, extreme risk protection...
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler, will join U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Africa Molly Phee, the Special Presidential Representative for U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Implementation Ambassador Johnnie Carson, USAID Assistant Administrator ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI - Three defendants are charged with crimes related to two murders in Cincinnati during the summer of 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling, West Virginia man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison today after trafficking cocaine while on federal probation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: At the northeast edge of the Town of Tampa, KS, in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of 330th St and Limestone Rd. Significance: The trail passes through the cemetery and there are visible trail ruts. MANAGED BY: Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery. From the “Crosses Here" sign...

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - After you apply for disaster assistance from FEMA, you may be referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). If you receive an email from the SBA with a disaster loan application link, you should click the link, fill out the application, and return it.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently published an interim final rule establishing procedures and timeframes for handling employee retaliation complaints under the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, enacted Dec. 23, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the first set of estimates from the National Experimental Wellbeing Statistics (NEWS) project, an experimental data product that uses a new methodology to calculate income and poverty estimates.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 14, 2023) – Capital Region Water will make substantial upgrades to the sewer and stormwater systems that serves the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area under a proposed modified consent decree announced today with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - George Daren Hall, also known as “Pops," 47, of Nitro, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 14, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that $18,914,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to West Virginia to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for spring break travelers and offers a few travel tips for the most efficient checkpoint experience. The spring break travel season begins around Feb. 17 and continues through April 21. TSA anticipates that its Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) will screen increasing numbers of passengers at airport checkpoints as travel volumes may exceed pre-pandemic levels.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2023
News Release: Following is the text of a Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States