News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Minkler leaving after serving for over 26 years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Indiana.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Department of the Interior announced today that it has once again made substantial progress in Fiscal Year 2020 to reduce the risk of wildfire nationwide, treating a ten-year best, 1.5 million acres of public land to prevent wildfires. The National Park Service (NPS) worked diligently...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dante Dolson, 51, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $20,000,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the United States honors National Native American Heritage Month and renews its commitment to support public safety, health and quality of life in Native American communities, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass- Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom announced that construction is beginning on the Salt Pond Visitor Center septic system to improve water quality in the Salt Pond watershed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANCISCO LOPEZ, 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Frailin Manuel Gomez-Gil, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $16 million in funding for 17 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Ultrahigh Temperature Impervious Materials Advancing Turbine Efficiency (ULTIMATE) program. ULTIMATE teams will develop ultrahigh temperature materials for gas turbine use in the aviation and power generation industries.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Seth Manesse of Utah State University as the winner of its sixth annual CyberForce Competition™, held on November 14. The event challenged 201 individual entrants from 36 U.S. states to compete in a realistic all-day cybersecurity defense exercise.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Corpus Christi federal jury has convicted a legal permanent resident who resided in Houston for transporting illegal aliens in a vehicle disguised as a FedEx truck, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Jared Woodman, 39, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Nuclear Society (ANS) today awarded Dr. Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the ANS Presidential Citation Award. ANS President Dr. Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar announced the award during the organization’s virtual winter meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALLEN LUSMAT, 30, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Army Green Beret pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 20-year-old Laredo man has been sentenced after he admitted to conspiring to transport aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former U.S. Navy Seabee was sentenced today to 109 months in prison for transporting images of child sexual abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $16 million in funding for 17 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Ultrahigh Temperature Impervious Materials Advancing Turbine Efficiency (ULTIMATE) program. ULTIMATE teams will develop ultrahigh temperature materials for gas turbine use in the aviation and power generation industries.
