News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Providence, RI - A violent fugitive, wanted on charges of child molestation, attempted breaking and entering and vandalism, has been apprehended by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task force (RI VFTF) after four years on the run.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Acadia National Park’s winter bird populations have declined by nearly half since 1971, according to a study published today in the journal Northeastern Naturalist.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the extradition of SAMUEL BANKMAN-FRIED, a/k/a “SBF," yesterday from the Bahamas.[1].
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) was elected Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for the 118th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: In Cottage Grove, Oregon, a giant garden sprouting rows of green and brown tree seedlings is part of an ongoing genetic experiment. Researchers at the US Forest Service’s Dorena Genetic Resource Center are methodically searching for whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) seedlings showing natural resistance...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: -Charles Floyd (Sergeant): Born in Kentucky in 1782; civilian; cousin of the Virginia governor (John Floyd) and of expedition member Nathaniel Pryor; quartermaster.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
Complementary Response Small Grants Program (CRSGP) to Support Ukrainian Refugees grant opened on Jan. 3.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, in remarks on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), reflected on her tenure as the top Democrat on the Committee and all the progress made over eight years to address challenges families across the country face-and recognized the tireless work of both her colleagues on the Committee and her staff, which made it all possible.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
Release: The spotted-wing drosophila is native to East Asia. It was first detected in California, Italy, and Spain in 2008. It has since established in most fruit-growing regions in North America. The invasive pest lays eggs inside ripening fruits, which then develop into larvae. The larvae feed on the fruit and puncture the skin. Punctures in the fruit’s skin create pathways for secondary bacterial and fungal infections.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
Support for Libyan Customs College grant opened on Jan. 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A pharmacy employee today admitted conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County, New Jersey, pharmacy where he worked, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, GREG ALLEN HENKE, 43, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 540 months in federal prison for production of child pornography and possession of material containing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 3, 2023
More than a dozen suppliers to a waste-treatment plant at a decommissioned nuclear production complex were lauded for contributions to projects at the site.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: This home was built by Thomas S. Bocock and Henry F. Bocock in 1849. Thomas became the Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives from 1862 to 1865, and Henry was the first County Clerk for Appomattox County serving from 1845 to 1860. During the Civil War the home was occupied by Lewis D. Isbell, who represented the county at the 1861 secession convention. Isbell also served as the Commonwealth Attorney for Appomattox County. The structure is not open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 3380 Beaver Rd, Union, KY 41091. Significance: Meriwether Lewis stopped here in 1803 to collect fossils for President Thomas Jefferson. William Clark returned here in 1807 to do the same. Designation: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, National Natural Landmark, National Register...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ANTONIO MARQUES MITCHELL, 25, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 201 W Riverside Dr, Clarksville, IN 47129. Significance: At the Falls of the Ohio, where William Clark’s older brother, George Rogers Clark, had settled on the north side of the river at a settlement known as Clarksville, Meriwether Lewis and his initial crew met up with Clark and...
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
Advancing Strategic Trade Management in SE Asia grant opened on Jan. 3.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2023
Develop. CBRNE Capabilities Panama's Border Security Academy grant opened on Jan. 3.
