News from November 2019

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $2.5 million in an airport infrastructure grant to Groton-New London Airport in the state of Connecticut. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $10 million in an airport infrastructure grant to Burlington International Airport in the state of Vermont. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple bats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Walker Manuel Moreta, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - On Wednesday Nov. 20, 2019, a jury in federal court found a Greensboro resident guilty on three felony charges, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Kristina Blake, 29, of Northfield, was sentenced in federal court Thursday, to 10 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and a conspiracy to possess firearms during a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Dylan Lee Jarrell, 22, of Anderson County, Ky., admitted in federal court that he transmitted a threatening communication in interstate commerce, committed cyberstalking, made a false statement to federal law enforcement officers, and possessed a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Jarrell pleaded guilty to the charges today, before U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
Release: Summary: The Swine Health Protection Act regulates food waste fed to swine and helps ensure that it is properly treated to kill disease causing organisms. APHIS is amending the garbage feeding regulations and move the lists of State statuses from Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the APHIS website.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Release date: Nov. 22, 2019. Contact(s): John Lambert, Chief of Maintenance. John_Lambert@nps.gov; (570) 426-2416. NPS Announces Reduced Winter Services and Priority Snow Removal Routes. BUSHKILL, PA- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area provides year-round recreational opportunities, however...

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $12.3 million in airport infrastructure grants to two airports in the state of Arizona. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. -The Bureau of Land Management will begin construction to expand and level the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Sand Canyon south trailhead parking area starting in the beginning of December. The parking area will be closed to the public during construction, with an anticipated re-opening in February 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former executive at StyleHaul Inc., a digital marketing company that represents “influencers" on Instagram and YouTube, pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for embezzling more than $22 million from his employer and then using the stolen money for personal expenses and crypto-currency gambling.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Maria Andrea Gonzalez, age 31, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced following conviction after a jury trial in February 2019, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A longtime corrections officer at the Belmont Correctional Institution was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 months in prison for smuggling contraband into the prison.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
Release: More information about Cuba is available on the Cuba Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the recent convictions of five additional defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud. The charges stem from a lengthy federal, state, and local investigation that has spanned...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Sequna Copeland a/k/a "Cutthroat", 30, of Ripley, Tennessee has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jasmine Lea Meikle, age 38, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 17 months’ imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release for Unlawful Use Of A Communication Facility, in violation of Title...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) announced the unconditional closure of a unit of its Pinellas County, Florida, Site.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $12.8 million in airport infrastructure grants to three airports in the state of Ohio. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.