News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Cherry Creek, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Tampering with Evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin. SOUTH BEND - Kayla Hampton, age 28, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced in South Bend before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 120 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. According to...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) prepared remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of two bills on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following President Trump signing their bipartisan Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ) into law to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), and Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Aliquippa, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to more than 15 years (190 months) in prison, five years’ supervised release, and to pay restitution to two victim banks, as a result of his bank robbery convictions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The United Republic of Tanzania is a multiparty republic consisting of the mainland region and the semiautonomous Zanzibar archipelago, whose main islands are Unguja (Zanzibar Island) and Pemba. The union is headed by a president, who is also the head of government. Its unicameral legislative body is...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Kingdom of the Netherlands, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, consists of four equal autonomous countries: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten. The kingdom retains responsibility for foreign policy, defense, and other “kingdom issues." The Netherlands includes the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius, which are special municipalities. The six Caribbean entities collectively are known as the Dutch Caribbean.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Mali, a constitutional democracy, reelected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to a second five-year term in August 2018. International observers deemed the elections to have met minimum acceptable standards despite some irregularities and instances of violence. Parliamentary elections, originally scheduled for October 2018, were further delayed from June 2019 until at least May 2020, ostensibly to allow time to enact constitutional and electoral reforms.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Republic of Cabo Verde is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, largely modeled on the Portuguese system. Constitutional powers are shared between the head of state, President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, and the head of government, Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. The Supreme Court, the National Electoral Commission, and international observers declared the 2016 nationwide legislative, presidential, and municipal elections generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is both head of state and head of government. The 1992 Basic Law sets out the system of governance, rights of citizens, and powers and duties of the government, and it provides that the Quran and Sunna (the traditions...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The final defendant linked to a large narcotics and methamphetamine ring operating out of a Southwest Georgia community was sentenced to a total of 296 months in prison today, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. U.S. District Judge Leslie...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Today, NOAA released the first version of user-friendly code for medium-range weather prediction in an open, collaborative development environment. This new approach of collaborating across the Weather Enterprise is an effort to engage the community to improve NOAA models using the Unified Forecast System offsite link (UFS).
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty parliamentary democracy and federation. The prime minister is the head of government. The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state, represented by a governor general. The constitution provides the smaller island of Nevis considerable powers of self-governance...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Bhutan is a democratic, constitutional monarchy. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the head of state, with executive power vested in the cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. In 2018 the country held its third general elections, in which approximately 71 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. International election witnesses reported the elections were generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Beeville, Texas, April 3-4 at the Bee County Expo Center. The two-day event, featuring 90 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 3. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, April 3, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 4. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on U.S. Central Command.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: President Bashar Assad has ruled the Syrian Arab Republic since 2000. The constitution mandates the primacy of Baath Party leaders in state institutions and society, and Assad and Baath party leaders dominate all three branches of government as an authoritarian regime. An uprising against the regime...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The Russian Federation has a highly centralized, authoritarian political system dominated by President Vladimir Putin. The bicameral Federal Assembly consists of a directly elected lower house (State Duma) and an appointed upper house (Federation Council), both of which lack independence from the executive.
