News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced the agency’s new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure" campaign just days before the Independence Day holiday weekend. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jose Rueben Garcia, 37, of Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - This year’s Independence Day holiday will be a quiet celebration of America’s 244th birthday. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state and local health authorities are discouraging any activities that would draw large crowds. San Francisco and other Bay Area communities have cancelled...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Madam President, I’m here on the floor this morning with Leader Schumer to call on the Senate to extend supercharged unemployment benefits for as long as our economy is suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic. Let me explain why this ought to be a no-brainer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling today’s hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - Brian Kunze, age 31, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was charged by criminal Complaint with receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Florida woman was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay over $25 million in restitution for engaging in an investment fraud conspiracy that victimized over 300 investors and caused approximately $25 million in losses.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure." campaign has launched in advance of the Independence Day holiday weekend. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A suburban Boston man was arrested Wednesday and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI, and the Bourne, Massachusetts, Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington man was sentenced to 108 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution and firearm charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure." campaign has launched in advance of the Independence Day holiday weekend. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Baldwin and Mobile counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Due to the COVID-19 situation in Montana this year, Glacier National Park was able to select only two of the three artists that usually participate in the Artist-in-Residence program. No artist was selected for June this year. With COVID-19 mitigations in place, artists Ben Justis and Ann Mansolino will be able to participate in this residency in 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: The Trump Administration today announced the appointment of John G. Campbell as the new State Director for USDA Rural Development in Mississippi. He starts his position on July 6, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: EL CENTRO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) El Centro Field Office is seeking public input on the proposed replacement of the Cahuilla Ranger Station located at 4500 Gecko Road, Brawley in Imperial County. The new facility would better serve the needs of the public as well as BLM emergency...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: William D. Schaffer, age 52, of Wellington was arrested this week on a federal criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Ohio, charging him with possession/access with intent to view child pornography and transportation of child pornography. The defendant was last employed as a Firefighter/EMT/Driver-engineer with the Elyria Fire Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) has agreed to pay $51.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare co-pays for its own drugs.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the announcement of Hilcorp’s acquisition of BP’s Alaska upstream assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Another Kansas man faces similar charges in a separate case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Ft. Lauderdale, FL. - U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn sentenced Adrian Fierros, 22, from California, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for coercing young girls into taking and sending him sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves. Making good on a threat to one of his victims, Fierros shared nude photographs of the 11-year-old girl with six of her school friends, one of whom was nine-years-old.
