News from November 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced the formation of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board...

By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the local FSA county office or postmarked by December 7.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: A Calera man pleaded guilty this morning to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The defendant supplied the gun allegedly used in the murder of Tulsa Police Sergeant Craig Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN E. CREED, 69, of Litchfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing approximately $1.4 million from a charity he organized.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Michael Gladney to 112 months in prison today. The 44-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in January, to one count of armed robbery affecting interstate commerce and one count of brandishing a firearm in the furtherance of a crime of violence.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Enjoy Fort Scott National Historic Site’s 39th Annual Candlelight Tour from the warmth and comfort of your own home. The virtual tour will air on the park’s web page (www.nps.gov/fosc) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FortScottNPS) at 7pm central time on Friday, December 4, 2020. There is no cost or fee for participating and Rangers will answer questions during and immediately following the program.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Ashley Martin (a/k/a “Hey Bae Bae"), 34, of Magnolia, Arkansas, was sentenced November 6, 2020, to 110 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - If you’re planning to fly for the Thanksgiving holiday, here are some steps that you can take now, well ahead of Thanksgiving, to help ensure that you won’t be a turkey when you get to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at the airport.
By State Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
Release: More information about St. Maarten is available from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 123,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Michael Scott Leslie engaged in identity theft to obtain funds for fraudulent mortgages.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today four Anchorage men were indicted on charges related to the June 6, 2019 burglary of Granny’s Guns, a federally licensed firearms dealer located in Anchorage.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael J. Truesdail, 39, of Montour Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in a scheme to transport more than 20 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, sent a letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Janet Dhillon praising EEOC’s proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Used accounts and passwords of other employees - sold value online to pay for exotic car, waterfront home.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Republican agenda for the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: One Injured in Club Miami Shootout.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, November 6, 2020, that DEREK NOLAN, a/k/a “Pop," age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a ten-count indictment by a federal grand jury. In Count 1, NOLAN is charged with a conspiracy to distribute and possess ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released 2019 greenhouse gas (GHG) data showing continued reduced GHG emissions under the Trump administration.