News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Eastern District of Kentucky Charged 184 Defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - 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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) demanded more information on the Trump Administration’s plan to send $200 “Trump cards"...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that last week a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeremy Digby, 40, of South Royalton, with possession of an unregistered firearm, specifically, a multi-caliber, AR-style rifle with a barrel of less than...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - From a more efficient approach for disposing debris to a digital-based monitoring system that helps detect and prevent heat stress, DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR have incorporated dozens of innovative solutions to enhance safety and accelerate the pace of cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. -Fire crews had an extremely successful day yesterday (Oct. 12) on the White Fire just north of Kingman. After a slow weekend, fire crews have secured 80 percent containment around the fire with very minimal forward spread, and no growth in acres from yesterday. The fire experienced a small flare up yesterday evening in difficult terrain. This area will be closely monitored today for further developments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Cyber Security Awareness Month.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Almost 25 years ago, when the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant sat shuttered with dilapidated, contaminated buildings, its future as an economic and recreational hub was hard to imagine. Now, with cleanup complete, that transformation has become a reality.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LARRY WHITE, a/k/a “L.O.," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a racketeering enterprise known as Bully Gang, setting two cars on fire in Manhattan on Jan. 14, 2019, committing multiple armed robberies, and committing a shooting on June 3, 2017, in Manhattan. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff accepted the defendant’s guilty plea.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it has selected two U.S.-based teams to receive $160 million in initial funding under the new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). ARDP, announced in May, is designed to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $65 million through its Connected Communities funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to expand DOE’s network of grid-interactive efficient building communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Fraudulently Obtained more than $82,500 in COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, the Justice Department 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 DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) demanded more information on the Trump Administration’s plan to send $200 “Trump cards" to Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two Detroit, Michigan men were sentenced to prison for federal drug crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: 328 defendants charged in Northern District of Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Washington - 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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: As of today, well over 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census. Self-response and field data collection operations for the 2020 Census will conclude on Oct. 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach is highlighting three USDA initiatives that build upon the considerations included in USDA’s July 2020 -risk management education funding, updates to livestock market reporting and producer training opportunities.