News from May 2020
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® postponed its 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge from June 2020 to April 16-18, 2021. The event, originally scheduled to be part of the 2020 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, will move from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to the Department of...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Mineral, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Lassen Volcanic National Park is increasing recreational access and 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 using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The recently ousted head of Aviron Pictures was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges that allege he applied for $1.7 million in loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), falsely certified that the money would be used to finance the operations of other Aviron entities, and then used some of the relief funds for his personal expenses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, top House Committee Chairs sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump after the Administration sent a formal notification this week informing Congress that he plans to gift hundreds of ventilators and other supplies to Russia that will cost the American taxpayers $5.6 million-despite urgent needs here in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Cudahy man who previously was convicted in state court of child sex abuse offenses has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury for the District of Wyoming met in Casper from May 19th -22nd for a third session in 2020. Thirty-one cases were presented and forty-one people were indicted on crimes ranging from federal firearms offenses, drug trafficking, child exploitation, illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien, carjacking, sexual assault, assault by strangulation, counterfeiting, tax evasion, escape from custody, and assaulting law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Memorial Day Weekend is a time to honor the sacrifice of those who have fallen serving our country. It marks the unofficial start of summer and is traditionally Zion National Park’s busiest weekend. In previous years, over 80,000 people have visited the park over the four-day holiday...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Lexington man, Damien O. Porter, 21, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 21 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Duane A. Day, 30, of New Laguna, New Mexico appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on May 20 for arraignment on an indictment charging him with assault with intent to commit murder and kidnapping in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 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 in accordance with Oklahoma’s “Open Up and Recover Safely" plan. The National...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in 10 additional states the week of May 25. With the addition of these area census offices resuming operations, 90% of the nation’s update leave workload will have resumed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NEVILLE WALTERS, 32, of Bristol, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with gun and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A California man has been charged and will plead guilty to using fraud and bribery to facilitate his child’s acceptance to Georgetown University.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar demanding the...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write in response to the Report to Congress on Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Disaggregated Data on U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing (the Report) that was submitted to congressional committees of jurisdiction on May 15, 2020. The Report...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - This weekend, Everglades and Biscayne National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve will co-host the National Park Service's Memorial Day Weekend Virtual Campout, a three-day social media event offering a trove of unique park adventures visitors can enjoy from the comfort of their own living rooms and backyards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Duane A. Day, 30, of New Laguna, New Mexico appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on May 20 for arraignment on an indictment charging him with assault with intent to commit murder and kidnapping in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the filing of three Informations and plea agreements yesterday charging Thomas Drake, 80, Jasper, Georgia; James Moss, 61, Ladysmith, Wisconsin; and Bonnie Dennee, 66, Phillips, Wisconsin, with conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on Reclamation’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply (ENDAWS) Project.
