News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) experienced an almost nine percent increase in total recreational visits this June compared to June 2017. Last month’s visitation (389,722) made it the busiest June at the Seashore since 2002.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: DAVIN D. THOMAS (“THOMAS"), age 32, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was charged July 5, 2018 in a one-count Superseding Bill of Information with soliciting money from students in exchange for awarding students financial aid, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, followed by a lifetime period of supervised release, for obstructing a counterterrorism investigation and receipt of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Humacao-area man was sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to more than 17 years in prison for production of child pornography. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted the investigation that led to the arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that District Judge John E. Dowdell sentenced Jeremy Batey, 44, of Tahlequah, to serve 87 months in federal prison for Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography. Batey must also pay a special monetary assessment totaling $100. After release from prison, Batey must serve ten years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY COUNTY, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office is implementing fire restrictions for all BLM-administered public lands within the boundaries of Albany County South of Highway 34, beginning July 6th, 2018. The BLM urges visitors to these public lands to adhere to the restrictions, in order to aid firefighters and help keep the lands healthy and productive.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen has announced her determination that an extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Yemen is warranted pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. After carefully reviewing conditions in Yemen with interagency ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Press Secretary Tyler Q. Houlton released the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Southwest Border Migration numbers for June: "Following the implementation of the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy, the June 2018 Southwest Border Migration numbers declined by 18 percent when compared to the previous month.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON, July 5, 2018) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of four members to serve on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board. Producers newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: * Craig A. Poore, Alton, Kansas * Boyd Funk, Garden City, Kansas * Jim Massey ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG), a Swiss-based issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, reached a resolution with the Department of Justice and agreed to pay a $47 million criminal penalty for its role in a scheme to corruptly win banking business by awarding employment to friends and family of Chinese officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it recently entered into a settlement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky State Board of Elections, and the Kentucky Secretary of State, resolving the Department’s claims that Kentucky was not complying with the voter registration list maintenance ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 12-13, 2018. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday invited public comment on a proposal to adopt the ISO® 20022 message format for the Fedwire® Funds Service. If approved, the proposed action would replace the Fedwire Funds Service's current, proprietary message format. Potential benefits to the adoption of the ISO ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Introduced by Joe Mensah, President of AmCham Ghana.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: CANTON, MI – Canton Petroleum – a gas station and convenience store based in Canton, Michigan – will pay three employees $64,146 in unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found the company violated overtime and recordkeeping requirements of ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: GAYLORD, MI – A federal judge has ordered Timberline South LLC – based in Gaylord, Michigan – and its manager Jim Payne to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees after finding the logging company and Payne violated the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: GENOA, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Cleary Pallet Sales Inc., a Genoa, Illinois-based pallet manufacturer, after 10 employees required emergency medical treatment for carbon monoxide exposure. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $216,253.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 5, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 5, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
