News from July 2020
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Today, House Democrats passed H.R. 7027, partisan child care legislation that burdens children's future with debt, ties providers hands with bureaucratic red tape, and fails to offer relief to all providers.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Turkey has legal mechanisms to address Holocaust-era property returns, although with no known current cases, these mechanisms remain untested. As a country that was not occupied by Axis powers during World War II (WWII) and that maintained a policy of active neutrality during the war, Turkey ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Tyler Pang, 20, of Honolulu, received a sentence of five years imprisonment from United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi today for possessing child pornography. The defendant also must register as a sex offender in the jurisdiction(s) where he resides, is employed, or is a student.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Anthony D. Jones, Jr., 28, of Bridgeton, Missouri, for his role in the May 4, 2019 carjacking and death of victim Jessica Vinson. The indictment charges Jones with carjacking resulting in death, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death, felon in possession of ammunition, felon in possession of a firearm, and witness tampering.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Germany has taken commendable steps to confront its role as the perpetrator of the Holocaust and to ensure that Holocaust victims and their heirs receive restitution and/or compensation. Germany also honors and remembers the victims of the Holocaust and has worked to cultivate a culture of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Dameon Johnson (46) was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the arson of a duplex located on North 37th Street in Milwaukee. Johnson also will spend three years on supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: This morning, in federal court in East St. Louis, Mia Lynn Cousett, 33, of Alton, Illinois, was.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. During World War II (WWII), approximately 300,000 people crossed the border into Switzerland from Nazi-occupied countries. Of the refugees, around 30,000 were Jews. An estimated 24,500 mainly Jewish civilians, however, were turned away. To review its wartime policies, the government set up ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the city of Cleveland.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Good Morning. The committee will come to order. I want to welcome our witnesses. Today, we’re fortunate to have some very smart people who can provide insights on making an important institution - the World Trade Organization, or WTO - work again.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted four MS-13 gang members today on federal charges in connection with their MS-13 gang activities, specifically for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence in connection with a murder. Charged in the three-count indictment are Jose...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Recent rains have moderated fire danger in the Gunnison and Montrose areas, therefore, effective Thursday, July 30 the National Park Service is lifting fire restrictions for Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: A search is currently underway for a backpacker reported missing in Olympic National Park. John Solomon is a 21-year-old male from Maryland and is 6’1" tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a Yellowstone baseball cap and carrying a blue Kelty Backpack. His last known location is the Graves Creek Trailhead in the Quinault Rain Forest.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Prior to the Nazi German occupation of Denmark on April 9, 1940, the Jewish population numbered approximately 7,500. About 6,000 of these were Danish citizens; most of the others were refugees from Germany and Eastern Europe. By 1943, as it became clear that the German occupiers planned to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the city of Cleveland.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Effective immediately stage 2 fire restrictions are rescinded for the entire Grand Canyon National Park. Increased monsoonal activity throughout northern Arizona has significantly lowered the fire danger risk within the last week. Visitors and residents are now allowed to use charcoal grills and have campfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Florida Man Charged with COVID Relief Fraud, Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Correa, age 32, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 23, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 30 months’ imprisonment for his participation in a heroin trafficking conspiracy in Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Scott Lynn Garland, age 55, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 120 months (10 years) in federal prison followed by 5 years on supervised release for possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to identified victims. Garland appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody and was remanded at its conclusion. The Denver office of the FBI joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Seattle - The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected the appeal of former Washington State Auditor TROY X. KELLEY, clearing the way for him to start serving the one-year-and-one-day sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton on June 28, 2018. The court declined to hear oral argument and upheld the conviction with an order today.
