News from April 2020
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced its intent to issue, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), a funding opportunity to stimulate technology innovation, improve the energy productivity of American manufacturing, and enable the manufacturing of cutting-edge products in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, sending the relief package to the President’s desk...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Romney Christopher Ellis (55, Indianapolis, IN) has pleaded guilty to making threats and mailing a dead animal using the U.S. Mail. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 30, 2020.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., sentenced Lonnie Alton Henderson, 47, of Asheville, to 180 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for drug trafficking and firearm offenses, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Brady Discusses Next Round of COVID-19 Relief on Fox News.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - April 24, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency order revoking the repair station certificate of Puerto Rico Industrial Non Destructive Testing (PRINDT) of Carolina, Puerto Rico.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: National Park Service officials announced today that approximately 25 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the vicinity of Asheville, NC and between Milepost 365 and 392, will be resurfaced with thin-lift asphalt beginning April 27, 2020. Within scheduled project areas, park visitors can expect full, two-lane night closures and single-lane day closures and delays. Due to high traffic volumes in the area of this project, the following specific conditions will be in place.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions in order to reduce the risk of wildfire on public land at Ft. Stanton-Snowy River Cave NCA and BLM lands around the community of Lincoln. The restrictions will go into effect on April 23, 2020, at 6 p.m. and will remain in effect until further notice.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: A federal court entered a permanent injunction halting a purported “ozone therapy" center in Dallas, Texas, from offering unproven treatments for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Cooley, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Defendant’s Retail Store in Plainview Sold “COVID-19 Essentials," Including Face Masks, Face Shields, Surgical Gowns and Disinfecting Products, at Inflated Prices.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has contracted with Engineer Operations (eO) to perform routine Underwater Bridge Inspections of three bridges on US 50 located along Blue Mesa Reservoir. The inspections are planned for between April 27 and May 8. These inspections must be performed during reservoir low water levels for diver safety. CDOT does not anticipate the inspections will affect motorists on US 50.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Entered a Walgreens, Coughed Audibly, Claimed to Have “COVID," and Stole Merchandise from Store.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - Fire behavior on the Sunday Afternoon Fire in Everglades National Park has significantly diminished. Firefighters will continue to monitor this area until substantial rainfall extinguishes the remaining hot spots. Aircraft will continue with reconnaissance of the Sunday Afternoon Fire...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Dr. Jeffrey R. Carlson of Newport News, VA has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve allegations that he accepted kickbacks from SpineFrontier, Inc., a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Brady Lauds New Funding for Health Providers on Front Lines.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Denver - MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK is announcing continued modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. The National Park Service (NPS)...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia obtained a warrant Friday authorizing seizure of coronaprevention.org following an HSI Philadelphia investigation in support of Operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Defendant Held Without Bond Pending Trial.