News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce a special edition of Astronomy Night celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s Moon landing on Saturday, July 20th, at the Harkers Island Visitor Center, from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in crashing a car into a Cabela’s store to steal guns, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced actions it is taking to assist Americans in states affected by Hurricane Barry.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2019
News Release: Recent cooler, wetter weather in Denali National Park and Preserve has moderated fire danger, and campfire restrictions are now lifted. Campfires are allowed in established fire rings in the Riley Creek, Savage River, and Teklanika campgrounds and in the 1980 Park and Preserve additions. Learn more about camping in Denali.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke with NBC’s “Meet the Press" this morning about possible solutions to address the ongoing crisis at the border.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: Morristown, NJ - On Nov. 14, 1944, five months after D-Day, June 6, 1944, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy France to fight Nazi Germany, and six months before Nazi Germany’s May 1945 surrender to the Allies, the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael donated to Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) a high chest purported to have John Hancock provenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: On July 16, 2019 at 10 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on women and girls in the criminal justice system. This hearing will address the expanded percentages of women entering the criminal justice system nationwide, and the issues faced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A New Jersey man pleaded guilty for his participation in a drug trafficking operation in Fayette County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. James Terry, 38, of East Orange, New Jersey, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Stuart commended the cooperative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Three individuals were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court for crimes associated with stealing money, gift cards and credit cards from the mail, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: Chairman says relying on Vladimir Putin and his satellites to supply America with uranium is dangerous and unacceptable
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Charleston woman was sentenced in federal court on her convictions for possession with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Amy Wilkinson, 44, of St. Albans, was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department STOP Team and the DEA Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: The United States today extradited Andres Felipe Arias Leiva, who served as Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2005 to 2009, to face a prison sentence in that country based on a 2014 conviction by the Supreme Court of Colombia for two offenses committed while Arias served in public office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today reached a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Sandoval County, New Mexico, to ensure that the County’s polling places are accessible during elections to individuals with mobility and vision impairments. The Department of Justice surveyed and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: A Colombian fentanyl trafficker, who was scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 1, 2019, pleaded guilty earlier today to drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the leader and organizer of an international continuing criminal enterprise while incarcerated in Quebec, Canada. The enterprise involved ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Former East Greenwich, Rhode Island, businesswoman Monique N. Brady, 44, whose company, MNB, specialized in preserving the condition of foreclosed homes for resale, yesterday admitted to utilizing her business and business contacts, often times family members, friends, and business associates, to operate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: A former Virginia resident was sentenced today to six years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for transporting child pornography. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia and Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today invited public comment on a proposal to clarify the treatment of land development loans under the agencies' capital rules.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the 27th Secretary of Labor, R. Alexander Acosta, submitted his resignation to President Donald J. Trump, effective Friday, July 19, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
