News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Greeneville, TN: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (NHS) will transition to new hours of operation beginning Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. The new hours of operation will be 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Sunday. The change will allow staff additional time to address challenges faced at many parks today - how to reach underrepresented audiences, resource protection, and improvements to the park’s education and interpretive programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the Allenwood United States Penitentiary in Allenwood, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of infliction of bodily injury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to a new e-cigarette policy announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which allows menthol-flavored...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Offered Free Shipping of Illegal Drugs to Customers in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), a member of the committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a federal commission to reevaluate counterterrorism information sharing and the ability of federal, state, and local law enforcement to identify, track, and prevent all terrorist threats in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) is recruiting six Acadia Teacher Fellows to spend the summer learning about Acadia National Park’s diverse natural and cultural resources, and ways to protect them. Teachers will be selected to work on Mount Desert Island and at Schoodic Point. Acadia National Park invites full-time, K-12 public classroom school teachers to apply online by February 21.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on President Trump’s announcement that his Administration is implementing a partial flavor ban on tobacco products, breaking a promise he made during a live press conference in the Oval Office last year...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on President Trump’s announcement that his Administration is implementing a partial flavor ban on tobacco products, breaking a promise he made during a live press conference in the Oval Office last year...
By State Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
Release: More information about The Gambia is available on The Gambia page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 22 months in jail and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution on her conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued this statement following the Trump Administration’s long-awaited guidance on e-cigarette flavors...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Mario Alberto Rangel, 28, of Fresno, charging him with unlawfully possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the AmericInn by Wyndham Hotel in Griswold to resolve allegations that the hotel had not been operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By EPA Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on President Trump’s announcement that his Administration is implementing a partial flavor ban on tobacco products, breaking a promise he made during a live press conference in the Oval Office last year...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: General Aviation pilots who want to fly around Miami or Fort Lauderdale between Jan. 27 and Feb. 4, 2020, will need to check out the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for air traffic procedures for the area. Super Bowl LIV is Sunday, Feb. 2, at Hard Rock Stadium. Game time will be at approximately 6 p.m. EST.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - As we begin a new year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing some changes in key leadership across the State:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A 40-year-old native of Angola and citizen of France in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) died Sunday at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause of death.
By State Newswire | Jan 1, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement calling for Iran and its proxies to be held accountable for attacking the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
