News from May 2020
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $27 million in funding for 9 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Generating Electricity Managed by Intelligent Nuclear Assets (GEMINA) program. These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce operations and maintenance (O&M) costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants by 10-times in order to make them more economical, flexible, and efficient.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to appeal a court ruling that has halted a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition rule. The rule would make harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man, who admitted to conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine and multiple sales of crystal methamphetamine was sentenced today to 150 months in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today released a predictive modeling tool to estimate natural decay of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) under a range of temperatures and relative humidity. Leveraging the results of research being...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lamario Mills, a/k/a Rio, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Lame Deer man today admitted he hit his girlfriend repeatedly in the face, causing facial and dental injuries, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Maurice Fayne, who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP") loan that he obtained in the name of Flame Trucking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man was arrested today for his alleged role in a large-scale fraudulent credit card and fake identification making operation, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced a commitment to investigating reports of housing-related sexual harassment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is consistent with recent direction from Attorney General William P. Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Duncan Eric Herron, II, 32, and Regenea Carol Berry, 31, of Oklahoma City, have been sentenced collectively to more than 12 years for their roles in an armed bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Ten residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been charged in four separate, but related, Criminal Complaints with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, May 14, 2020, at 3 p.m., outside the Mount Pleasant Police Headquarters, 100 Ann Edwards Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to ask for a hearing on how funds are being distributed to providers from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF), now referred to as the “Provider Relief Fund."
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Daniel Jou and Joseph Miner with receiving and possessing multiple firearms with obliterated serial numbers. The defendants were arrested Tuesday night and made their initial appearances via teleconference this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. The defendants were ordered detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Micah Austin Goodale, 26, was arrested today for cyberstalking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2). He will make an initial appearance in federal court in the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Cape Girardeau, Missouri indicted Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, for his conduct in connection with the April 24, 2020 fire at the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center. The indictment charges Proffitt with damaging religious property because of the property’s religious character, using fire to commit a federal felony, and damaging a building used in interstate commerce through the use of fire.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, On May 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $900,000 for local governments to host a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CCFWR) pilot project for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The cooperative agreements will support projects that develop and test...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is investing $3.3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in South Dakota. This investment is part of USDA’s round one investments through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Union, Kentucky, man, Randy Lee Hall, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
