News from June 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - River Mountains Loop Trail will be closed from mile post 11.5 to 11.75 to repair cracks June 8-12.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Bandelier National Monument is increasing recreational access to Frijoles Canyon. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Fayette County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Michigan Real Estate Developer Indicted for Tax and Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 65-year-old Texas man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in his connection to stealing millions from a Deer Park oil corporation, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man who admitted firing a gun during a confrontation in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to five years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Jonathan Daniel Rooney, age 25, of Winnebago, Nebraska with Manslaughter occurring in Indian Country for the death of Kozee Decorah. Rooney’s arrest occurred on June 1, 2020. The maximum punishment for the offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment that charges a former physical education teacher at Urbana’s University High School with distribution and possession of child pornography. Douglas O. Mynatt, 56, of the 100 Block of Dropseed Ave., Savoy, Ill., also previously served as the coach of the school’s girls’ cross country program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Jonathan Daniel Rooney, age 25, of Winnebago, Nebraska with Manslaughter occurring in Indian Country for the death of Kozee Decorah. Rooney’s arrest occurred on June 1, 2020. The maximum punishment for the offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - A federal judge sentenced Gabriel Albala, 45, of Margate, Florida to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possessing child pornography that included images of children under age 12 engaged in sex acts. On Albala’s release from prison, he must register as a sex offender. Albala worked as a police officer with the Boynton Beach Police Department prior to his arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: (Berlin, MD) Repair work continues on beach parking lots in the Virginia District of Assateague Island National Seashore. Winter and spring storms, the COVID-19 global pandemic and hiring delays have impacted progress in completing the parking lot repairs. National Park Service (NPS) crews have been working 12 hour shifts to relocate and rebuild parking lot #2 and repair parking lots #3 and #4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man who initially was arrested after throwing water bottles at police officers during protests at the Country Club Plaza was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report analyzes how federal agencies use infectious disease modeling to help guide decisions to fight outbreaks and how these models can be improved. The report was requested by Energy and Commerce Committee leaders in 2017 after learning about challenges with infectious disease modeling during the Zika outbreak at a hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Ill., man, Ca’Quintez Gibson, 26, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with using the internet to incite rioting in Peoria beginning on May 31 and ending June 1, 2020. Peoria police officers arrested Gibson last night and he appeared in federal court this afternoon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings woman who admitted methamphetamine trafficking charges was sentenced today to six years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed rule titled “Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man who admitted firing a gun during a confrontation in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to five years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter this week to World Bank President David Malpass calling for strict accountability and transparency measures for the announced $7 million grant to support the COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chicago woman pled guilty today in U.S. District Court for conspiring to steal the identities of three Savannah residents and a checking account of a Savannah-area corporation.
