News from August 2020
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on July 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Beken Livestock Inc. of Texas for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Beken Livestock Inc. waived its right to a hearing and paid a penalty of $7,900.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Criminal complaint details lengthy undercover investigation leading to arrest and seizures.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban financial adviser has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling clients who had sought her assistance in purchasing a new home after foreclosure.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., Aug. 17, 2020 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced the first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) in mink at two farms in Utah. These are the first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in mink in the United States. The affected farms also reported positive cases of COVID-19 in people who had contact with the mink.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Florence, Kentucky, man, Jeffery Pollard Jr., 26, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: For Racketeering Conspiracy. HAMMOND-Mark Toney, 41, of Schererville, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 87 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long today cited the extreme danger to the community posed by defendant James L. Williams, 39, of Charleston, Ill., and granted the government’s request that Williams remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Williams, of the 500 block of N. 7th...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced plans to investigate the impacts the U.S. Postal Service’s organizational and operational changes are having on the safe and timely delivery of prescription drugs, particularly in the midst of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A search was initiated on Wednesday, August 12th, for a pilot who was reported overdue by a concerned friend. The friend of the pilot became worried when he did not return after three days and called Alaska State Troopers.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Subcommittee on National Security held a joint briefing with the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation to examine China’s persecution of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. In July, National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) called on the House Oversight Democratic leadership to hold a hearing on the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghur people.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to urge the Department to continue providing flexibilities to schools and sponsoring organizations for school meals and child nutrition.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable U.S. manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jason Gerner, 46, of Shamung, New Jersey, was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone for his role in multiple healthcare fraud schemes as...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: On Aug. 17, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued guidance to help non-federal public and private entities better understand the federal laws and regulations that may apply to the use of capabilities to detect and mitigate threats posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the MidCoast Economic Development District, Damariscotta, Maine, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy agreed to the Committee’s request to testify on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, commended the state of California and five automakers - Ford Motor Company, Honda Motor Company, Volkswagen, BMW, and Volvo - for their leadership in finalizing voluntary agreements on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards.
