News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, Hartford State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott, Acting Special Agent in Charge David Magdycz of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and East Hartford Police Chief Scott M. Sansom today announced that SAEED MUSTAPHA MOUSSA, 30, of East Hartford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with child exploitation offenses related to his alleged sexual assault of a minor.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at South Bend International Airport (SBN) is now using new technology in the security checkpoint that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) hosted a successful clean up November 14 at Mojave National Preserve and is seeking volunteers for future events. In partnership with Overland Bound - an off-highway vehicle exploring and recreation community - 86 volunteers - joined NPS staff to remove an extensive amount...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: - In 2019, the median estimated poverty rate for school-age children was 13.9% for all school districts, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters informing lawyers for Dr. Richard Sackler, Mr. David Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, and Mr. Mortimer D.A. Sackler that the Committee will hold a hearing next week on the role of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family in fueling the opioid epidemic. Purdue CEO Craig Landau has also been invited.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: One of the chief obstacles facing quantum computer designers - correcting the errors that creep into a processor’s calculations - could be overcome with a new approach by physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland and the California Institute of Technology, who may have found a way to design quantum memory switches that would self-correct.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A convicted felon, who is also a member of the Black Disciples street gang, is facing a maximum 20 years in a federal prison after being arrested twice this year for illegally possessing firearms, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Tinken was involved in the possession and distribution of over 2 pounds of meth.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: The Arctic Report Card is an annual compilation of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations and analyses of a region undergoing rapid and dramatic alterations to weather, climate, oceanic, and land conditions. Compiled by 133 scientists from 15 countries, the 2020 report card tracks environmental...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A large, private collection of century-old documents from the desk of Civil Rights icon Maggie Lena Walker is now public, thanks to a generous donation from Margaret Stallings and family. The Stallings’ gift includes elements of Walker’s personal and professional correspondence as well as institutional records generated by the predominantly female office staff of Walker’s Black fraternal organization, the Independent Order of St. Luke (IOSL).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Kerry Trent Kinard, 49, of Bamberg, South Carolina, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with making material false statements in connection to the attempted acquisition of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Members of the Savannah River Site (SRS) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) project team received Secretary of Energy Appreciation Awards for completing the last major piece of the liquid waste treatment system at SRS.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) continues to seek information related to sexual assaults that may have occurred within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On December 7, 2020, Richard L. Graham and Dusty William Oliver were sentenced for aggravated sexual abuse arising...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Shottuan Deshawn Galloway, aka “Pablo", 27 of Columbus was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 120 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in Columbus.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Defendant found with multiple weapons and ammunition after previous state conviction for aggravated robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: A Sioux City man who engaged in rebate schemes, fraudulent invoice schemes, and stole items belonging to the Winebago Tribe of Nebraska pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today introduced a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through December 18 and keep the government open after the current stopgap funding law expires Friday.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showing a number of serious challenges facing the vital national air quality monitoring system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges of possessing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former jewelry importer, TSI Accessories Group, Inc. (TSI), will pay $402,637 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay customs duties on sterling silver earring imports from China.
