News from July 2020
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. During the Holocaust, the Nazis, their allies, and collaborators murdered 1.4 to 1.6 million Jews in Ukraine and destroyed hundreds of communities around the country, particularly in the western and central regions. Before and after the Holocaust, the Jewish community faced repression at the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Cornell Slater, a/k/a Chopper, age 34, of Odenton, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence;...
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. The Jewish communities of Greece are amongst the oldest in Europe, dating back more than 2,000 years. Of the estimated 71,600 Jews who lived in Greece at the time of the 1941 Nazi invasion, at least 58,885 perished in the Holocaust. Most Jews lived in Thessaloniki, formerly known as Salonika ...
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Restitution is a complex, contentious issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in part due to its history of conflict. After centuries of Ottoman rule, Austro-Hungarian annexation, Nazi occupation, four decades of socialism, and violent conflict in the 1990s, each ethnic and religious group possesses ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Following are remarks from United States Attorney Matthew Krueger as prepared for a press conference to announce the expansion of Operation Legend to Milwaukee to reduce violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Cornell Slater, a/k/a Chopper, age 34, of Odenton, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Defendant engaged in exam cheating scheme on five occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced affirmative civil enforcement (ACE) achievements in 2019 by the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and its ongoing efforts in the first half of 2020 to stop fraud, waste...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, legislation to expand the availability of quality child care, help workers return to their jobs when it is safe, and enable America’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 recession.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Florida Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Obstructing the IRS.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport are using new technology that validates a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, U.S. Marshals Service Director Donald Washington visited Portland, Oregon, to meet with agency employees responding to repeated attacks from violent opportunists at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse. As he toured the federal building, Director Washington was able to see firsthand the damage and chaos wrought from almost two months of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Members of organized communities estimate there are between 12,000 and 18,000 Jews currently living in Uruguay. Since 2013, Uruguay has been an observer member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Uruguay encourages the implementation of national policies and programs in support ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to eight EDA Economic Development District organizations across Minnesota to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Romania, under pro-Nazi dictator Ion Antonescu, joined the Axis alliance in November 1940 and collaborated in the persecution and extermination of Jews. Quantifying the deadly impact of the Holocaust on Romanian Jews is complicated due to the numerous border and population shifts prior to and ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: University of Nevada at Reno (Reno, NV) seeks to accelerate discoveries of new, commercially-viable hidden geothermal systems in the Great Basin region (GBR) in the Western United States by combining play fairway analysis, machine learning, advanced geostatistics, and other analytical techniques into a comprehensive exploration toolkit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division announced today that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment today for Brian K. Dennis, 50, Spooner, Wisconsin. Dennis is charged with possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he possessed the methamphetamine on May 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - The former director of Dayton’s Minority Business Assistance Center was sentenced via videoconference in U.S. District Court today to six months in prison and two years of supervised release for accepting a thing of value in connection with a local government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson, 39, has been federally charged with theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the unsealing of the criminal complaint today.
