News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Haixi Sheng, age 20, a native and citizen of China, was sentenced on Oct. 11, 2019, by Senior United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to one year and one day imprisonment for smuggling goods from the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Two pieces of equipment at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) deliver a proverbial one-two punch to help the facility with the disposition of waste more safely and efficiently.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Hanover County, Virginia, man was cited on state weapons charges by police at Richmond International Airport on Monday, Oct. 14, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a.22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former lawyer in Wichita was sentenced today to 36 months in custody for embezzling from clients, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. He was ordered to pay restitution of more than $603,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Marcos Antonio Lopez, age 27, of Doraville, Georgia was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years’ supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The transuranic (TRU) waste debris treatment mission scheduled to conclude this fall at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site represents a relatively small footprint within the broader Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa-On Oct. 11, 2019, United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that Brandon Robert Fry, age 38, of Creston, Iowa, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer and entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Fry admitted that...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Chad Wolf, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (SOPDUS), participated in the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece on October 7, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement in support of President Donald J. Trump’s National School Lunch Week Proclamation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) celebrates food service professionals, school leaders, as well as the farmers, ranchers, and producers who grow the delicious, healthful, American-grown foods that kids enjoy every day in school lunches.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Development of a proposed state-specific rule is in response to a petition from the State of Alaska JUNEAU, ALASKA, Oct. 15, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement offering a range of alternatives to roadless management and a proposed Alaska Roadless Rule. If adopted, the proposed rule would exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Marion County School District 103, aka Woodburn School District, a public school district that serves suburban and rural communities in Marion County, Oregon. The settlement resolves a complaint that the Woodburn School District violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it refused to hire a work-authorized non-U.S. citizen as a teacher.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Acting Director Laura L. Rogers today announced awards of more than $16.5 million to support public safety efforts in the Northern District of Texas. Funds will help law enforcement agencies, local cities and counties, campus safety, and victim service providers and domestic violence shelters fight gun, gang, drug and domestic and sexual violence and bring criminals to justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced awards of more than $122 million to support public safety efforts in Michigan. The funds will help law enforcement agencies and community organizations in jurisdictions across the state fight gun, gang, drug and sexual violence, and bring criminals to justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that TÜRKİYE HALK BANKASI A.S., aka “Halkbank,” was charged today in a six-count indictment with fraud, money laundering, and sanctions offenses related to the bank’s participation in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran. The case is assigned ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Two shipping companies incorporated in Liberia pled guilty today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a hazardous condition on one if its vessels and to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) by presenting false documents to the Coast Guard that covered up vessel oil pollution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Cincinnati-area medical practice pleaded guilty today for illegally distributing opioids. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Keith Martin of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Detroit Division ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings on August 26 and Sept. 18, 2019.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Dean, for that kind introduction. And for the opportunity to discuss the Trump Administration’s trade policy and how it fits into our long-term goals for the country.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: MOLINE, IL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Osaka Steak House Sushi & Hibachi Inc. – doing business as Osaka Buffet in Moline, Illinois – will pay $78,970 in back wages to 33 current and former employees for violations of the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: CENTRAL FALLS, RI – The U.S. Department of Labor will host an energy outreach event to provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and help current and former nuclear weapons workers file claims in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island area on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.
