News from April 2020
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee, and Congressman James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip and Chairman of the House Democratic Rural Broadband Task Force, along with 10 members of the Rural Broadband Task Force and Energy & Commerce Committee, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - From May 1 through Aug. 31, the Department of the Interior will conduct a Macroinvertebrate Production Flow at Glen Canyon Dam. This experiment, also known as a Bug Flow, aims to improve egg-laying conditions for aquatic insects, which are the primary food source for endangered and native fish in the Colorado River. This is the third consecutive year for the Bug Flow under the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE - Daniel McMahon, 31, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Western District of Virginia to one count of threatening an African-American Charlottesville City Council candidate identified by the initials D.G. because of his race and because he was running for office, and to one count of cyberstalking a separate victim through Facebook messenger.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Tomas Morales-Cresente, also known as Danny Rivera, a 45-year old man living in Ellenville, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Terrell Javon Jones (28, Jacksonville) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Jones had pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee, and Congressman James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip and Chairman of the House Democratic Rural Broadband Task Force, along with 10 members of the Rural Broadband Task Force and Energy & Commerce Committee, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula woman who admitted her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced today to 46 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee members held a bipartisan teleconference forum with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today on the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - From May 1 through Aug. 31, the Department of the Interior will conduct a Macroinvertebrate Production Flow at Glen Canyon Dam. This experiment, also known as a Bug Flow, aims to improve egg-laying conditions for aquatic insects, which are the primary food source for endangered and native fish in the Colorado River. This is the third consecutive year for the Bug Flow under the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: “Think Before You Click" encourages parents to talk to children about potential online dangers and take action to protect their privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Adrian L. Stargell, 39, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Correctional Officer who worked as an Education Specialist at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler, announced DOJ Civil Rights Division Assistant...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee members held a bipartisan teleconference forum with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today on the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a final environmental assessment for releasing the insect Sericothrips staphylinus within the contiguous United States to control gorse. Gorse is a spiny shrub found primarily on the east and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man was charged in U.S. District Court with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Zachary Gage Pebley, age 22, of MaComb, Oklahoma was sentenced to 147 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years’ supervised release for Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) today sent a letter to the Department of the Treasury and Small Business Administration (SBA) on disparities in the allocation of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: A federal court in Utah has entered an injunction halting the sale of a fraudulent coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Guaranteed Rate Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $15.06 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) by knowingly violating material program requirements when it originated and underwrote ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint with maliciously damaging a building by means of a fire. Proffitt will appear in court on Apr. 30, 2020, for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Abbie Crites-Leoni.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals.
