News from October 2019
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 12 Kentucky counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Breathitt, Clay, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, and Wolfe counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Francisco L. Mendez, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty upon his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
Release: NEWARK, NJ - Someone had a crappy day at one of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints yesterday at Newark Liberty International Airport when he didn’t watch his “Pees and Qs" and instead of rolling through the security process, this cowboy got stopped up when he was found to have a most unusual prohibited item in his carry-on bag on Tuesday, October 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- Kian T. Christopher, of Frankfort, was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison on Thursday, by United States Federal Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove, after pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ngoc Nguyen, 22, and Fendi Brooks, 26, both from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were sentenced today for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- Kian T. Christopher, of Frankfort, was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison on Thursday, by United States Federal Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove, after pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The regional president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club was arrested late yesterday and charged with illegal firearms possession.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture held the first ever Impact Expo with employees to celebrate the impact of its customer-focused IT modernization efforts. This event underlined the connection between modernization, customer experience, and USDA’s overall ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed a lease for permanent office space at 805 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri to serve as the new home for USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Brazilian law enforcement authorities culminated in the Brazil Federal Police (DPF) conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational alien smuggling organization, including the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: A homebuilder and the owner of Tarryall River Log Homes was sentenced to 60 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Terry Knope, age 46, was sentenced to 336 months imprisonment today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for conspiring with other members of his family to obtain forced, unpaid household labor and services from D.P., an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, for assaulting D.P. and violating her federal Fair Housing Act rights because of her disabilities, and for helping others manufacture methamphetamine on his property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: David M. Schwartz, 48, and Donna K. Gentry, 55, former correctional officers at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC), pleaded guilty today to federal charges in connection with the assault of a detainee and a subsequent attempt to cover up that misconduct. A third officer, Devan Edwards, previously pleaded guilty to assaulting the detainee and failing to intervene to prevent Schwartz from assaulting him.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2020 will increase from $26,700 to $27,200.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) and Federal Reserve Board today announced the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) that will apply for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2020. These thresholds are set pursuant ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Dallas decreasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 2-1/2 percent to 2-1/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will lead a Business Delegation to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Bangkok, Thailand and subsequently to Indonesia and Vietnam from November 3 – 8, 2019. This mission supports President Donald J. Trump’s goals of accelerating U.S. commercial activity in the region, supporting job-creating export opportunities for American companies, as well as meeting the region’s needs for economic growth and development.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross issued the following statement upon the release of the preliminary results of the 2019 Census Test: The U.S. Census Bureau conducted the 2019 Census Test this summer to study the operational effects on self-response of including a citizenship question on the 2020 ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Sysco Corp. has entered into conciliation agreements with the Department of Labor to resolve alleged gender discrimination at its Sysco Baltimore LLC, Sysco Eastern Maryland LLC, Sysco Central Pennsylvania LLC and Sysco Virginia LLC locations.
