News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jason Safford, 45, of Queens, New York, pled guilty today in federal court in Utica to bank fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray is commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month with an important reminder about the federal law that prohibits domestic abusers from possessing guns.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: “We have made the necessary changes to the movie experience to ensure visitor and employee safety, and we are very eager to reintroduce this wonderful way to learn about the history of the Gateway Arch and give our visitors a more detailed look at how the monument was built," said Gateway Arch National Park Superintendent Mike Ward.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Irvine man was taken into federal custody today on charges alleging he set fire to a Santa Monica Police Department car during civil unrest that accompanied widespread protests in late May.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Oxford, MS - Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These cases have been a Department priority since November 2019 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: A woman who falsely claimed she had breast cancer and genetic disorders to defraud nonprofits has.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: NORTH BEND, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District will lift fire restrictions on public lands administered by the BLM on the southern Oregon Coast at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced its contribution of $750K in funding to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (PIPS), an independent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Amid the rise of violent crime in metro areas across the nation - including and Aurora - the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office has doubled down on efforts to target gun violence and enforce federal firearm laws. Despite the challenges of COVID-19 and its impact on the criminal justice process, the office filed 51 indictments related to firearms since June.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - Two individuals connected with a heroin trafficking conspiracy that brought heroin from Maryland into Shenandoah County, Virginia and caused one fatal and one non-fatal overdose were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Jesse Fong, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Field Office made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A grand jury has returned indictments that charge four Chicago women with allegedly defrauding a government child care subsidy program intended to provide affordable child care to eligible parents. Each woman owned and operated a licensed day care in Chicago that allegedly submitted...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: “Mr. Chairman, “I’m frustrated. “I’m frustrated that we are here having another hearing under the auspices of the Select Revenue Subcommittee. The majority of what we will hear from our witnesses today will have almost nothing to do with what is in our subcommittee’s jurisdiction. “I’m frustrated...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective immediately, the Bureau of Land Management has reduced fire restrictions in some areas of public lands in Southern California managed by the California Desert District.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These cases have been a Department priority since November 2019 when Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 684 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6.3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Colorado. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 763 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity OXFORD, Iowa, Oct. 13, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $5.4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Iowa. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect Nearly 1,600 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 13, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $46.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Alaska. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 8,500 Rural Households to High-speed Internet e-Connectivity WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $46.4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Illinois. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement following President Trump signing the Executive Order Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council: “The Trillion Tree Executive Order signed today by President Trump further demonstrates ...
