News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - Today, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Gaffney, SC - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ninety Six National Historic Site (NHS), Cowpens National Battlefield (NB), and Kings Mountain National Military Park (NMP) are increasing recreational...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today to reassert their request for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to help the millions of uninsured...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Republic, Mo. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 233,000 visitors to Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield spent $13.8 million in communities near the park in 2019. That spending supported 218 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $17.8 million. An estimated 96 percent of visitor spending at Wilson’s Creek was from non-local visitors, according to newly-released 2019 Visitor Spending Report.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today to reassert their request for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to help the millions of uninsured...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois joins the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, including financial exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against MONTEZ TERRIEL LEE, 25, charging him with arson. LEE, who was arrested today in Rochester, Minnesota, will make his initial appearance on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, before a Magistrate Judge in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 52-year-old Groves, Texas man has been sentenced to 78 years in federal prison for violations related to an arson and insurance fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Today, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded $58,008 to Cumberland County to address the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Today, U.S. Attorney Trent Shores joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is withdrawing its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs that Donald Trump has touted as a prevention and treatment for COVID-19 without medical evidence...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today to reassert their request for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to help the millions of uninsured...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the Full Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 23, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, on the nation’s COVID-19 response with four key Trump Administration officials leading the response. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio has returned a one-count indictment charging Dominic Wright, 25, of Lima, Ohio with felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Copper Center, AK. As of June 15, Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve is opening the Kendesnii campground on the Nabesna Road and camping within the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. On July 1, 2020, non-subsistence users will be able to reserve the following public use cabins: Caribou Creek, Viking Lodge and Nugget Creek by emailing wrst_info@nps.gov. The Esker Stream cabin can be reserved by calling 907-784-3295.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: The Moulton Ranch Cabins, the last privately-held inholding on the Mormon Row Historic District in Grand Teton National Park, have officially been transferred to the National Park Service from Grand Teton National Park Foundation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the Full Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 23, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, on the nation’s COVID-19 response with four key Trump Administration officials leading the response. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Northeast Texas businessman, his wife and son were sentenced Friday for their roles in a massive illegal gambling and money laundering enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. United States Attorney Erica MacDonald also released a new public service announcement, aimed at raising awareness and reaching potential victims.
