News from November 2020
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: (FRESNO, CA) - In an effort to ensure American farmers and food producers continue to have access to fair trade rules and the movement of products overseas, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa (CA-16), joined by 111 of his colleagues, sent a bipartisan letter calling on the Administration to protect common food and wine terms in future trade discussions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a petition from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) seeking deregulation of a corn variety developed using genetic engineering for resistance to corn rootworm and tolerance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys will lead the efforts of this office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: Today, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and Agriculture (USDA) will be joining efforts to put American workers first in a post-COVID-19 economic recovery initiative to help more families experience the benefits of work.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to Wabash County, Indiana, to expand the Heartland Career Center to provide adult career training in healthcare and advanced manufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of federal charges against 13 individuals in Operation Dead Ringer. The individuals are charged in 12 separate cases, with cumulatively stealing more than one million dollars in benefits paid by the Social Security Administration on behalf of beneficiaries who were deceased. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Defrauded More Than 600 Investors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL - The National Park Service (NPS), Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS), is proposing to implement a Commercial Services Strategy (CSS) to better manage commercial operations in the Crab Island Area of the national seashore. Prior to beginning the next stage of planning for this CSS...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be offering insights into pioneers’ lives along the trail throughout November.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: [Mosca, CO] - Great Sand Dunes will implement an online permit system for backpacking in the National Park starting Nov. 18, 2020 at 8amMT. Backpackers must purchase a permit for the Dunes Backcountry and the designated backcountry campsites along the Sand Ramp Trail through the Recreation.gov online reservation system.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: MOOSE, WY- National Park Service investigators are looking for information related to the illegal shooting of a collared black-colored gray wolf. The body of the wolf was located near the Pilgrim Creek Trailhead in Grand Teton National Park on the morning of Oct. 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Miami-Dade County Police Officers Roderick Michael Flowers, 30, and Keith Maurice Edwards Jr., 28, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine. It also charges Manuel Carlos Hernandez, 23, with conspiracy to traffic cocaine. Hernandez, Durojaiye Obafemi Monsuru Lawal, 24, and Trevanti McLeod, 23, all from South Florida, have been charged with money laundering crimes.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Baldwin and Mobile counties who suffered losses caused by excessive wind, flash flooding and excessive rainfall caused by Hurricane Sally that occurred from Sept. 15 through Sept. 16, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas woman was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison after a hearing in which prosecutors said she sold heroin laced with fentanyl while ignoring overdoses among buyers in Leavenworth, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Unusually warm and dry conditions persist in Arizona, and fire activity continues across the state. As outdoor recreation increases in the Phoenix District, public lands users are reminded that BLM lands administered by the Phoenix District in Maricopa, Pima, Pinal and Yavapai counties, including the Sonoran Desert National Monument and Agua Fria National Monument, remain under fire restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Lured teen from home with promises of a music career; groomed her to be a prostitute on Seattle streets.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN EVANS, 21, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Marvin Keaton, 39, of Columbus, Ohio, pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Law enforcement agencies in Kansas will receive a total of $2.7 million in federal grants to fight violent crime, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
