News from November 2020
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Grundy and Muscatine counties who suffered losses caused by a derecho that occurred on Aug. 10, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leaders wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging them to crack down on deceptive and dangerous lawsuit advertising and marketing practices by plaintiff lawyers.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues making great strides in bringing the online shopping experience to more of its program participants. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is working rapidly to expand capacity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Online Purchasing...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - In keeping with the Trump Administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Nevada geothermal lease sale resulted in 11 competitive bids for 23,351.300 acres. The combined bids from the sale brought in $148,009 which will be distributed between the Federal government and Nevada and used for projects likeroads, hospitals, and schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces that ERIK MARTIN, aged 48, has been charged by a Bill of Information with Conspiracy to Commit Bribery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 201(b)(2). If convicted, MARTIN faces up to five years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Jason Kelly Register (42, Woodbine, GA) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The court also ordered Register to forfeit a.380 caliber pistol and 7 rounds of ammunition. Register had pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - Rufino Costales Jr. made his initial appearance today after being charged in a criminal complaint alleging he possessed an unregistered firearm silencer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for November 2020, which are effective November 1-Nov. 30, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, today announced $2,870,008 in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $458 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide up to $32 million for research to advance the development of sophisticated software for the chemical sciences.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito today announced more than $2.9 million in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in the District of New Jersey. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $458 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Russian Cybercriminal Sentenced to Prison for Role in $100 Million Botnet Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a two-count indictment charging Dazhan McCallister, age 20, of Akron with illegal possession of a machinegun and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - United States Attorney Michael Bailey today announced more than $2.6 million in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in Arizona. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $458 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - Annie Corbett has been charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud local county governments of funds entrusted to her for the benefit of foster children, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson; FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair; Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Phoebe E. Harmon, of Cameron, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Missouri, man who led law enforcement officers in a pursuit in Taney County, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing approximately six pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Christopher P. Tenorio (619) 909-7556.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Billy Adell, III, 21, today to nine years in federal prison having previously pleaded guilty to a Hobbs Act robbery; that is, robbing a business involved in interstate commerce and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. There is no parole in the federal system.
