News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Attack Captured on Surveillance Video. Rayvaughn Williams was arrested today on a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn charging him with the attempted robbery of the Canarsie Plaza Pharmacy in Brooklyn during which an employee of the pharmacy was repeatedly stabbed. Vaughn’s initial...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An American man was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with exploiting teenage boys in Laos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Kennewick Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Millions of Americans and small businesses are suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES") Act. This historic legislation, which included over $2 trillion in emergency financial assistance, was designed to provide immediate help for small businesses, healthcare providers, and individuals.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act would reform and rationalize the Medicare Part D payment formula, reduce overall drug costs, save the federal government roughly $100 billion over a decade, and reduce out of pocket costs for seniors by almost as much. Lawmakers should be building upon, not abandoning, this bipartisan legislation. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Kodiak man has been sentenced for money laundering and possessing drugs intended for distribution in Kodiak.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the West Central Texas Council of Governments, Abilene, Texas, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Fallon Deneem Page, 37, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keitih Starrett to serve 18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for mail fraud in connection with a widespread compounding pharmacy scheme, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national formerly residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Pittston, Pennsylvania, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT ALLEN, 30, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Fort Worth, Texas - A Fort Worth man who set fire to his neighbor’s house using a homemade Molotov cocktail has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission, Camden, Alabama, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 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 the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Pennsylvania (Little Sisters of the Poor) which was announced this morning. The court ruled that employers can deny birth control coverage to employees, upholding rules from President Trump and Vice President Pence.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Kennesaw Mountain News Release. Release Date: effective immediately. The Establishment of the Friends of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Kennesaw, GA - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park now has a non-profit organization, the Friends of Kennesaw Mountain, to aid its efforts towards...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Door County Sheriff's Department Receives Grant for Officer Safety and Wellness Project.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the tax gap and IRS enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Washington - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging Clifton Frank Peter with two counts of first degree murder, one count of second degree murder, and two counts of discharging a firearm...
