News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: La Junta, CO - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site plans to begin a phased approach to increase recreational access and services starting on Friday, May 15. The...
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect nursing home and long-term care facility workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Units of Western Pennsylvania - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Johnstown Flood National Memorial are increasing recreational access.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. -Katie Harlow, who conspired with dozens of others to traffic heroin and methamphetamine into Shenandoah County, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to 60 months incarceration. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Special Agent in Charge Ashan M. Benedict of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF] made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Washington, PA, has been sentenced to federal prison on federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Former Cleveland Clinic Employee and Chinese “Thousand Talents" Participant Arrested for Wire Fraud.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 14, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced New Hampshire has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Releases Second Reward Poster in Navajo Language.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula man who admitted pouring gasoline on an ATM machine and setting it on fire, causing an explosion, was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding the Administration’s inability to prevent the now deadly spread of coronavirus in detention centers housing detainees.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: In Austin today, three defendants made their initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge on charges related to an armed Austin jewelry store robbery last week, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) released the following statements on today’s announcement on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s final rule to improve hours of service rules, provide greater flexibility for truckers, and improve highway safety...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is investing more than $500,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Iowa. This investment is part of USDA’s round one investments through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - A lack of precipitation in recent weeks has created very dry fuel conditions and a high fire danger in areas throughout Gulf Islands National Seashore. In coordination with local communities, the national seashore is implementing a burn ban for the Florida areas of the park effective...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Park management has determined that there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali).
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Dr. John Giacomini for Abusive Sexual Contact, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge James K. Wahleithner of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division (“VA OIG"), and Chief of Police Martin Sizemore of the Veterans Affairs Police Service, Palo Alto Health Care Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced today Charles Lloyd Brown, III, 39, of Asheville, to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release on gun charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a man, who is a naturalized citizen of the U.S., born in Jamaica, with naturalization fraud, passport fraud, and use and possession of fraudulent documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that the City of Knoxville received $349,956 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Washington, PA, has been sentenced to federal prison on federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
