News from June 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on COVID-19 response.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Charles Jon David (57, Jacksonville) with three counts of wire fraud and four counts of tax fraud. If convicted, David faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District has reopened BLM-managed public lands on Stansbury Island following 100% containment of the Tabby Canyon and North Stansbury Fires. Fire crews will patrol and monitor the area over the next couple of days and the public is advised to use caution when visiting the area due to the recent burn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for distributing fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Florida - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Biscayne National Park is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) are marking the 100thAnniversary of the Jones Act, a fundamental piece of U.S. maritime...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Terry Gibbons, age 43, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was sentenced to a total of 120 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - In partnership with the State of Montana and Park County, Montana, health officers, Yellowstone National Park tested 43 non-symptomatic employees for COVID-19 on May 28 and 29. All test results came back negative. These employees are in front-line positions and have been interacting with the public over the past two weeks, since the park opened the Wyoming entrances on May 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three men were arrested Wednesday and charged today for conspiring to and setting fire to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department patrol vehicle during a protest in Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Defendants Had Claimed that “Tonics" and “Herbal Teas" Cured HIV, Cancer, Ebola and Other Serious Illnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Timothy Felder, 47, of Brewton, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court on a charge of failure to register as a convicted sex offender. Felder pled guilty to the charge in December of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been charged with a federal firearm offense for allegedly illegally possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun in Chicago this past weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - The American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States today signed and exchanged letters on behalf of the United States and Taiwan inaugurating a new organic equivalence arrangement, effective May 30, 2020, allowing organic products certified in the United States or Taiwan to be sold as organic in either market.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, a federal grand jury returned a 24-Count Indictment charging Ronald J. McCord, 69, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with defrauding two locally-based banks, Fannie Mae, and others, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. The charges include bank fraud, money laundering, and making a false statement to a financial institution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - According to an analysis released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an extension of increased unemployment benefits would result in more unemployment and lower economic productivity in 2021 and would “weaken incentives to work as people compared the benefits available during unemployment to their potential earnings, and those weakened incentives would in turn tend to decrease output and employment.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Westmoreland joins 3 other Southwestern PA counties in heightened effort to combat drug trafficking and reduce the supply of illegal drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Jason D. Bivins, age 47, of Akron, was sentenced this week to a term of 97 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: As the country faces more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 - and the number continues to rise - Admiral Brett Giroir will reportedly no longer oversee COVID-19 testing and will not be replaced by a new testing lead.[1] Many challenges remain to ramp up testing in the U.S., ...
