News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- The Department of Justice yesterday filed a Statement of Interest in a South Carolina federal court to promote the proper and uniform interpretation of the Voting Rights Act. The Statement of Interest is part of the Department of Justice’s continuing efforts around the country to enforce our nation’s federal voting rights laws.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, HELP Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), spoke about what is needed before the U.S. can safely reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked health experts and officials about...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: CHARGED - Lakee Ealey, Crystal Ealey & Rodrick McKinney *.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Big Thicket National Preserve has temporarily modified its visitor services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and use a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2020
Release: BALTIMORE-Transportation Security Administration supervisor Samantha Mudge remembers what it was like last year, working during the Federal government shutdown for several weeks without a paycheck.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of Chaniqua Boyd, via criminal complaint, with assault occurring on the Fort Knox, KY military installation, land within the federal maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis, D-Ga., and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., today condemned a final rule by...
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s David Gray is a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. The medals, also known as Sammies, are awarded to outstanding federal employees who serve the public good and are addressing many of the country’s greatest challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on May 11, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Raceland, Kentucky, man, Gary Kendall, age 66, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 120 months in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning, for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Man Arrested in Connection with an Attempt to Kidnap Law Enforcement.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representatives Michael McCaul and Eliot Engel, Republican Leader and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senators Jim Risch and Bob Menendez, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A former Deputy Sheriff from Cattlesburg, Kentucky, Patrick Allen Adkins, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, before U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning, admitting that he violated the rights of a woman to be free from unwanted sexual conduct.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing a final rule amending the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licensing requirements for all regulated animals, as well as certain veterinary care standards. These new regulations will promote compliance, ...
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: U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the appointment of Christopher Boeckers to serve as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Coordinator for the District of Minnesota. As the MMIP Coordinator Mr. Boeckers’s role will be to support investigations into missing and murdered persons...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: U.S. Census Bureau Program Supports Learning at Home for Pre-K-12 Students.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a press conference will be held this Thursday, May 14, 2020, at 3 p.m., outside the Mount Pleasant Police Headquarters, 100 Ann Edwards Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Middletown, N.J. - A four-year program has been initiated to re-establish the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle in New Jersey at Sandy Hook. Once abundant on beaches across the Northeast Atlantic coast, the rare beetle now occurs only in Massachusetts and along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia.
