News from August 2020
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: “As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I have legislation to help revive, strengthen and protect our use of nuclear power."
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting a classified briefing on TikTok and other technology companies with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Illegally-Obtained DETR Debit Cards, Over $100,000 in Cash and Money Orders, and Other Contraband Recovered at Individual’s Residence.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $10.1 million in the state of West Virginia to protect businesses from flooding, spur growth in a critical industry sector, boost workforce training efforts,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for Cocaine Base (Crack) and Firearm violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, 85% of all wildfires in Washington State are caused by humans. Already this summer season we have had five wildfires started on National Park Service lands at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. One of those was caused by a lightning...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - Dustin Vaughn Dean Laster made an initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint for being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. Laster made his initial appearance in federal court today before Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Adam John Montrose, 40 years-of-age, was located living in a camper on cleared lot in the 200 block of High Street in North Berwick, Maine. Mr. Montrose was being sought on multiple outstanding arrest warrants issued by both...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee has invited Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to a hearing in September to examine operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for August 2020, which are effective August 1-Aug. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Wheeling man pled guilty today to conspiring with another person to produce child pornography, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Randall Lee Peggs, 56, pled guilty to conspiracy to produce child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined fellow co-founders of the Environmental Justice Caucus, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and leaders of the House of Representative's United ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting a classified briefing on TikTok and other technology companies with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man has been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with scaling the perimeter fence of the Boston FBI Headquarters in Chelsea and damaging property.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau continues to evaluate its operational plans to collect and process 2020 Census data. Today, we are announcing updates to our plan that will include enumerator awards and the hiring of more employees to accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Seeking Information About a Boca Raton Bank Robbery in January.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: St. Marys, GA - Cumberland Island National Seashore will resume ferry service and camping on Tuesday August 4th, under Phase 2 of Covid Adaptive Recovery. This means operating at 2/3 capacity and requiring the use of face coverings while riding the ferry. All other mitigation will remain in place when...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Park Rangers at Zion National Park are seeking information regarding the vandalism of sandstone in the northwest corner of the park. The vandalism consisted of approximately six bright blue squares, approximately 3’ by 3’, painted on the sandstone, one mile south of the Wildcat Trailhead. It is currently believed that the blue paint is part of a masonry or art project.
