News from November 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Committee Chairs sent a letter to 61 federal agencies requesting information on conversions of political appointees to civil service positions during the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Shawn Tyson, 34, and Natasha France, 30, brother and sister, both of St. Thomas, were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a firearms trafficking scheme. Tyson, who was found guilty after a two-day trial of being a felon...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River woman was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on child sexual exploitation charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 25, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) filed a detainer with the Washington County Jail Nov. 20 for a man accused of sexually assaulting minor children.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota for its March 2021 lease sale. The comment period runs from November 24 through Dec. 23, 2020 and is intended to solicit public input on issues and potential impacts described in the Environmental Assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is drawing to a close with a record-breaking 30 named storms and 11 landfalling storms in the continental United States. While the official hurricane season concludes on Nov. 30, tropical storms may continue to develop past that day.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The spores of some fungi can linger in the environment for months or years just waiting for something to spread them elsewhere, like a gust of wind, falling rain or a passing insect or animal. Not so with Fusarium xyrophilum, a fungus found growing on two types of yellow-eyed grass in the savannas of Guyana, South America, and reported in the December 2019 issue of Mycologia.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will offer an embargo period for subscribers to view 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, which cover more than 40 social, economic, housing and demographic topics, including language, education, commuting, employment, mortgage/rent status, income...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Boulder, Colorado, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a historic year for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award - the nation’s only presidential award for organizational performance excellence - MESA, a family-owned U.S. small business, has become the first three-time recipient, and Elevations Credit Union has become the first two-time recipient in the nonprofit category.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the Village of Hinsdale, Illinois, alleging disability discrimination in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that Hinsdale has discriminated and continues to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Five local members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) international street gang are set to appear in court following charges of conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Former Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) Corporal Tommy Morris, 29, pleaded guilty to conspiring to cover up the beating of an inmate and to encouraging other officers to provide false information to investigators, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP (Purdue) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, to conspiracies to defraud the United States and violate the anti-kickback statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: A Sutton, Massachusetts, man was arrested and charged today with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, 34-year-old Kristopher Sean Matthews (aka Ali Jibreel) admitted to conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria (aka ISIS), announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer for the Western District of Texas, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Florida First City Banks, Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Florida Written Agreement dated Feb. 26, 2010 (PDF) Terminated November 5, 2020 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of twist ties from China. The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters/producers from China received countervailable subsidies at a rate of ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Delta Fabrication – a sheet metal parts manufacturer based in Canoga Park, California – will pay $19,694 in back wages to 71 employees. The company wrongly paid workers only two-thirds of their regular rates when they took coronavirus-related sick leave, a violation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Delta Fabrication – a sheet metal parts manufacturer based in Canoga Park, California – will pay $19,694 in back wages to 71 employees. The company wrongly paid workers only two-thirds of their regular rates when they took coronavirus-related sick leave, a violation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
