News from November 2020
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Nov. 25, 2020 - Thanksgiving brings a late-season busy holiday weekend in the parks, and trip planning is important for a safe and enjoyable visit. Visitors should anticipate that tire chain restrictions could go into effect at any time. As on any holiday...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $35 million in funding for 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. SHARKS teams will develop new economically competitive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) designs for tidal and riverine currents.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Jose Martin Sanchez, a/k/a Jorge Sanchez (49, Winter Garden), a Mexican national, to a total of eight years in federal prison for using a telephone to facilitate a drug felony, false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and aggravated identity theft. After completing his sentence, he is expected to be removed to Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Defendant Jorge Pena-Venzor acquired high-powered rifles and other firearms for sale domestically and in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A new statewide, interagency task force focused on combatting unemployment insurance (UI) benefit fraud in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is supporting investigating agencies and encouraging citizens to report suspected UI fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling announced today that the District of Massachusetts has been allocated funding to hire an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) to focus on prosecuting cases involving fraudulent schemes to unlawfully obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and related offenses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - Former Cincinnati City Council president pro tem Tamaya Dennard, 41, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 18 months in prison for accepting $15,000 in bribe money she sought and accepted as payment in exchange for her vote on a proposal before council.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Moores Creek National Battlefield will not be able to host the annual Christmas in the Colonies event this year. However, the park will hold a “virtual" Christmas in the Colonies event beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday December 5, via Facebook Live, on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/moorescreeknps).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau is celebrating the fifth anniversary of The Opportunity Project (TOP) at its first-ever three day virtual conference, featuring more than 35 new products from the Census Bureau and industry collaborators. There will be 24 sessions at this year’s conference including keynotes...
By State Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Dear Prime Minister Abiy: We write to express our grave concern over the ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We commend your commitment to reforming Ethiopia since your appointment as Prime Minister in April 2018, specifically efforts to pursue accountability for human rights violations,...
By State Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released an affidavit submitted to the Committee by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael F. Miller as part of the Committee’s investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The Pilot Project Implements Tailored Guidelines To Coordinate Efforts With Tribal Communities And Law Enforcement Partners.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - As the potential for wildland fire subsides with cooler, wetter weather, the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office today is easing seasonal fire restrictions on approximately 230,000-acres of public lands in central California. Recreational target shooting and campfires, with a valid campfire permit, are once again allowed on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Five MS-13 Members Charged with Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Drug Shipments Orchestrated from Tennessee State Prison - Plea Agreement Calls for 25 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Agricultural Research and Securing the United States Food Supply."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office is installing the water treatment system for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site. The disposal facility will hold much of the debris and other material from demolition of the large gaseous-diffusion...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Virginia - A North Carolina resident, and his sport supplement company, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge relating to the introduction of unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - What’s the safest way to climb and inspect a 70-year-old, 250-foot-tall brick exhaust stack?
