News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Six individuals have been indicted on felony charges and nearly $400,000 seized in the Southern District of Georgia relating to the alleged submission of fraudulent loan applications for pandemic disaster relief funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to the Texas Economic Development Council, Austin, Texas, to support economic recovery efforts through educational resources for local businesses responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The EDA grant is expected to create 225 jobs, retain 284 jobs, and spur $5 million in private investment.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers that the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) is Dec. 11, 2020. This program provides direct relief to producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - The Pullman Trail will be closed to bicyclists on Saturday, November 14 through approximately 3 pm on Sunday, November 15 due to the Güdrun Mountain Bike Festival. The closure will ensure the safety of race participants and recreational cyclists with the trail reopening on Sunday as soon as all contestants finish the race.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - John Allen, 63, of Bedford, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report that reinforces the bipartisan concerns of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders related to the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) $12 billion plan and initial contract to build a new class of cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIO PARIS, also known as “Moreno," 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Tennessee Emergency Medical Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: 15 Face Federal Charges, 29 Face State Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Latisha Williams, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted distributing cocaine, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr., to time served, with a period of 6 years of supervised release
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Pearl, Mississippi Property Owners and Rental Agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Vidalia, Ga., man has been indicted on a federal charge for calling in a bomb threat to a Port of Savannah facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A member of a Camden drug-trafficking organization today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Laser from Cheesman Park illuminated the cockpit of “Air 1".
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), will convene a virtual conversation with Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and Member of European Parliament David ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced a settlement agreement with Federal Way Public Schools in Washington to resolve an investigation into allegations of peer-on-peer harassment on the basis of religion and national origin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD - The National Park Service (NPS) is proud to announce a partnership with the Pride of Baltimore, Inc. (Pride, Inc.) that will enhance the experience for visitors at select Chesapeake Bay ports along the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (Trail). While Pride, Inc. has worked...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continual improvements in clocks have value beyond timekeeping.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ely District announces the availability of a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Pancake Complex of herd management areas located in Nye and White Pine counties. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a complaint has been filed against Christopher Lloyd Turnbull, charging him with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Turnbull made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
