News from June 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, ARIZONA, June 22, 2020-Putting honey bees into early indoor cold storage in October rather than November increases their chances of surviving the winter and the colonies emerge readier to pollinate almonds, according to a new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Friday, June 19, 2020, for the September 2019 robbery of a branch of TD Bank in Chelsea.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee hearing to examine COVID-19 impacts on racial inequities in education, health, and the workforce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Beattyville, Kentucky man, Michael B. Hensley, 58, was sentenced on Monday to 248 months in federal prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for possession with intention to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in California state prison was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that smuggled narcotics into the prison with the help of the prison’s then-cook and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national living in Lawrence pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in federal court in Boston to trafficking crack and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: BOISE, ID - The arrival of vacation season and increasing wildfire activity with hot, dry summer weather in the West is prompting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ask the public to help prevent wildland fires, the majority of which are caused by people.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: BOZEMAN, MT - As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will begin negotiations with National Links Trust (NLT) to operate three historic golf courses in Washington, D.C., under a long-term lease.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican Mafia associate who ordered murders and assaults in Orange County’s jail system on the prison gang’s behalf was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for his racketeering conspiracy conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: Owner of Information Technology Services Company Fraudulently Sought More than $13 million in Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Buffalo, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Marvin Forbes, 50, of Orlando, FL, appeared today before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for an advice of rights hearing after being taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) at the Cyril E. King Airport last Friday. Forbes was charged with Possession with Intent to...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: Beginning Monday, June 22, 2020 the Heritage Center parking lot at Grand Portage National Monument will be closed for a chip seal project. Alternative parking will be available near the north entrance of the fur trade depot stockade. Signs will direct visitors to this temporary parking area. Weather permitting, the project will take approximately three days. Once the project is completed, the Heritage Center parking lot will reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider on New York City’s Reopening Plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: "The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Alabama, FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division are reviewing the situation surrounding the noose that was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage to determine whether there are violations of federal law. Regardless of whether federal charges can be brought, this type of action has no place in our society.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Small Business Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced they would disclose certain information regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and recipients...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bhaskar Patel, 69, of Horseheads, New York, was sentenced Friday in federal district court in connection with a kickback and bribery scheme conducted in connection with federal energy savings performance contracts (“ESPCs").
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Cynthiana, Kentucky man, Randall Perry, 53, pleaded guilty on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Friant Water Authority and Madera-Chowchilla Water and Power Authority have scheduled contract-renewal negotiation sessions for the transfer of operation, maintenance and replacement activities related to the Friant-Kern Canal and the Madera Canal and associated facilities.
