News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, after reviewing a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report on imports of medical supplies, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called for a 90-day suspension of all tariffs on products relevant to responding to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: FBI Releases 2019 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Following a request from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) conducted an expedited fact-finding mission to identify imported products that may be needed...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Angelita (Angie) Bulletts has been selected as District Manager for the Southern Nevada District. Her official start date is Aug. 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man who threatened to shoot tellers and others when he robbed eight banks in Southern California over a six-week span was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On May 4, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that a Southgate, Michigan, man has been arrested and charged with one count of manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Velva, North Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by Prohibited Person was sentenced on April 27, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Mustapha Traore, aka Olivier Adella, was sentenced to six months in prison and six additional months of home confinement for knowingly making false statements in an application for a passport with the intent to induce and secure the issuance of a passport, announced United States Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Sulphur, Okla. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Chickasaw National Recreation Area is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide 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 | May 4, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Animal Health International Inc., a Colorado corporation that obtains prescription drugs for animals from manufacturers for further distribution to veterinarians, farms, feedlots, and other facilities, was sentenced today, through its corporate counsel, in U.S. District Court after previously pleading guilty in February 2020 to introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Fultondale doctor today pleaded guilty to prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and engaging in health care fraud announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man who threatened to shoot tellers and others when he robbed eight banks in Southern California over a six-week span was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 4, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to make available up to $100 million in competitive grants for activities designed to expand the availability and sale of renewable fuels.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
Release: APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine is developing a new online permitting system called eFile. Beginning in fall 2020, importers will be able to use the eFile to apply for and receive fresh fruit and vegetable import permits, in many cases, within the same day! Until then, APHIS will continue issuing ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on May 4, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: National Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Fultondale doctor today pleaded guilty to prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and engaging in health care fraud announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today the winners of the United States Attorney’s Office’s 17th Annual Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Logo Contest.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: COULEE DAM, Wash. - Beginning May 5, 2020, fishing will resume in Washington and within Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in coordination with Governor Inslee’s amendment of the Stay at Home-Stay Healthy proclamation. Boat launches are open as water levels allow. Minimum boat launch elevations...
