News from December 2020
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 16, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Sexually Assaulted a Victim During Home Invasion Robbery in Queens.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man admitted today conspiring to illegally distribute over 1 million prescription pills and launder drug trafficking proceeds through the use of fictitious shell companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
Release: NORTH CANTON, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recognizes the agency’s highest performers and the most effective teams of 2020. TSA selected the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) as the “2020 Airport of the Year, CAT II-IV" for its size. Due to the current pandemic, the 2020 TSA Honorary Awards celebration will be conducted virtually this year to highlight the distinguished work of the recognized individuals and teams.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million grant to the Global Forum for Freedom and Justice, Washington, D.C., to develop a feasibility study to determine where to establish the Global Forum for Freedom and Justice in Birmingham, Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Lakeview, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Lakeview Field Office is issuing firewood permits. Permits will be processed over the phone ONLY from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. BLM firewood permits are no longer sold at the Silver Lake or Paisley Ranger Stations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Santa Ana Police officer was charged today with accepting $128,000 in bribes from a crime figure seeking to thwart law enforcement activities against his illegally operating businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 15, 2020, Keynan J. Juul (age: 23) of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was sentenced to ten years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on his meeting with Deputy Treasury Secretary-Designate Wally Adeyemo...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: A Hampton man who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, while possessing a gun, pled guilty on Nov. 18, 2020 in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: As a temporary measure due to COVID-19 concerns, service on the United States Attorney in civil cases shall be via email and US mail as follows: A copy of any summons, complaint or emergency motion shall be emailed to USATXS.CivilNotice@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that on Dec. 3, 2020, a federal jury in Mobile, Alabama found defendant Daniel Marcellas Houston, 45, of Selma, Alabama, guilty for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Jeffrey ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment regarding the conveyance of 2.5 acres of land to the Fry Fire District in southern Arizona. Under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act in 1985, the BLM conveyed use of the land to the fire district. The proposed conveyance would...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role as a member of a heroin trafficking conspiracy in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser and Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, announced that CAJAN WELDING & RENTALS, LTD., a company located in Opelousas, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ARCATA, Calif., -- Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed fire in the Lacks Creek Management Area near the community of Hoopa in Humboldt County from Tuesday, Dec. 15, through Thursday, Dec. 24. Smoke will be visible from residences along Bair and Stover roads, and there may be light residual smoke for one to two days after the piles are burned.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued two Final Rules focused on quality-of-life improvements for the American people. The first rule ensures that Americans can have access to high-performance, time-saving clothes washers and dryers. The second rule ensures access to showerheads that can provide enough water for quality showers.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Dec. 15, 2020) Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee, sent a letter to Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, requesting information about all pandemic-related government contracts in which he played any role.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), applauded the U.S. Department of the Interior's final rule defining “habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
