News from April 2020

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $108,807,073 in airport aid to 97 airports in Ohio to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant funding ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week recommending improved oversight of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, which funds state efforts to help low-income families access crucial child care services. Following the release of the report, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the statement below...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $107,731,471 in airport aid to 18 airports in Maryland to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Department of Justice announced today that it has repatriated to Malaysia approximately $300 million in additional funds misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $36,168,767 in airport aid to 35 airports in Maine to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant funding ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to President Donald Trump after his decision this evening to suspend U.S. funding to the World Health Organization (WHO).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $446,739,181 in airport aid to 78 airports in Illinois to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Nursing Home Chain Saber Healthcare Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $85,019,529 in airport aid to 53 airports in North Dakota to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national who previously resided in Lawrence was arrested yesterday and charged with illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Byron Rosetta, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., made an initial appearance today in federal court in Albuquerque on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm in the commission of a violent crime in Indian Country.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, in response to guidance from the New York State Department of Health, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $224,869,172 in airport aid to 59 airports in Arizona to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: New Haven - John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DENZIL STEWART, 25, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to approximately 37 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for firearm and drug possession offenses.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $24,017,194 in airport aid to six airports in Rhode Island to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: FBI Offers Reward in Hunt for Fugitive in Murder Investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) today urged citizens to be on high alert for scams related to the COVID-19 economic impact payments.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Rong Sun, a/k/a Vicky Sun made her initial appearance on federal criminal charges Thursday for illegally importing and selling an unregistered pesticide, and mailing a prohibited article, as part of an online scheme offering the product for sale on Ebay while claming, without any legal basis, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Money can be used in a variety of ways - including for staffing, overtime, protective gear or medical care in jails and prisons.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Celebrate National Park Week from April 18 through 26 with fun and innovative digital experiences. While parked at home, journey to national parks through a variety of online activities including virtual tours, scavenger hunts, trivia contests and junior ranger programs.