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United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated late Wednesday that Nancy Marie Stein, age 62, of Anderson, South Carolina , was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong in federal court in Greenville, to a total of 73 months in prison for six counts of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344, commonly referred to as bank fraud

Black rhino mother and calf at one of WWF South Africa's Black Rhino Range Expansion Project sites where ongoing conservation work is being done to increase rhino populations.

Aftermath of a natural disaster in Kalehe, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 24-26 October 2014.

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan speaks during the 2015 Hunger Hero Award ceremony, where the World Food Programme (WFP) honoured her.

On January 21 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the automotive industry and the states signed an agreement to reduce the use of copper and other materials in motor vehicle brake pads. The Copper-Free Brake Initiative calls for cutting copper in brake pads to less than 5 percent by 2021 and 0.5 percent by 2025.

Indian tigers in water

A family of farmers watch as locust-control workers spray pesticides on their land in Madagascar’s Betroka region.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with three companies affiliated with Shell Oil Company to resolve Clean Air Act violations, including selling gasoline and diesel fuel that did not conform to federal standards on January 20. These violations resulted in excess emissions of harmful air pollutants from motor vehicles, which pose public health threats and environmental impacts. The companies will pay a $900,000 penalty to resolve these violations.

Foreign funds belonging to Greenpeace India that were controversially frozen by the Indian government were unblocked by the Delhi High Court on January 20, as a judge ruled the freeze arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.

Solar panels dot the rooftops of homes in Salt Lake on Oahu, Hawaiʻi.