News from December 2020
By Interior Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Rangers at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park have three tips for visitors intent on seeing the new Kīlauea summit eruption: stay on trail, avoid peak times, and spread out.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Dec. 10, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of five long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050. Today’s actions follow several LNG export term extensions issued since October pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: The 2020 Census data collection contained numerous quality checks, including analyzing data about census takers’ work and reinterviewing cases where the data suggested a potential problem. Every completed case and every census taker’s work went through a battery of checks designed to spot unusual patterns...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ- If you are looking for a fun and unique place to recreate nearby, visit the Petrified Forest National Park! Petrified Forest is a beautiful and safe place to get out and explore after feeling cooped up. Exercise has proven to be an excellent stress reliever and the park has a wide...
By State Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the new investment agreement between the European Union (EU) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC):
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule to drastically undermine the use of science in agency decision-making.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Daniel Hansen, 21, of Albuquerque, was charged in federal court today with attempted bank robbery. A detention hearing is scheduled for Jan. 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of five long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050. Today’s actions follow several LNG export term extensions issued since October pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Evansville - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the North Gibson School Corporation in Princeton, Indiana to address and prevent the discriminatory secluding and restraining of students with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Dec. 30, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Robert Dean Stagers, age 32, of Mount Pleasant, to 140 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Stagers was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site would like to welcome our newest Lead Park Ranger, Kim Wentland. Kim joined our team in September 2020. Kim was born and raised in Wisconsin and even though she has lived a lot of places, WI still has a special place in her heart and she’s happy to call it her home state. Kim grew up enjoying the outdoors and being surrounded by nature.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Sayler A. Fleming was appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr on Dec. 11, 2020, to replace U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen. She assumed office on Dec. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: Honored for More Than 35 Years of Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Carjacking, Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 31, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, issued the following statement tonight following the passing of former Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Governor, Dick Thornburgh.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President-elect Biden chose Ways and Means Director of Outreach and Member Services, Lee Slater, to serve as Special Assistant to the President and House Legislative Affairs Liaison...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today that they resolved a claim that luxury jeweler Harry Winston Inc. violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by refusing to offer full-time employment to U.S. Army National Guard Reservist John A. Walker because of his military service obligations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging that commercial real estate in Cleveland, Ohio, was acquired using funds misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine as part of a multi-billion-dollar loan ...