News from October 2020
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: Students Will Perform Thesis Research at National Laboratories
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago-area man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business in the city and suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Christian Burke, 23, of Portland, Oregon, made an initial appearance today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hudson, South Dakota, man convicted of Wire Fraud was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Armond Calvin, of St. Louis City, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of using a firearm to commit murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Calvin, 22, appeared before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it would hear FCC, et al. v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary test used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Applying their findings to computerized test equipment could improve our ability to identify people who are infected but do not exhibit symptoms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on October 5, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - It was a successful day for the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force as they brought in two fugitives from justice who were wanted for murder.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against North Pacific Canners and Packers Inc., doing business as NORPAC Foods Inc. (NORPAC) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Oregon, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 145 produce sellers and creditors in the amount of $19,128,784 from June 2019 through January 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Jocelyn Lopez-Sanchez, 23, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Frank R. Zapata to two concurrent sentences of 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Lopez-Sanchez previously pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and importation of fentanyl resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Scott Alexander Laney, 38, of Boise, was convicted on October 5, 2020, by U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft following a bench trial, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The bench trial ran from September 21 through Sept. 25, with the Court announcing the verdict today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Gila District has rescinded a temporary emergency closure of public lands within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) in Cochise County. The rescission area includes the area north of Highway 90 to Horsethief Wash, east of the administrative road across the river and the riparian area on approximately 100 acres.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added Papua New Guinea to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). On March 30, 2020, the veterinary authorities of Papua New Guinea reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it would hear FCC, et al. v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it would hear FCC, et al. v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man has pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Terry Alan Blackmon, Jr., 34, pled guilty to one count of distribution of heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - This year, over one million acres in Oregon and over four million acres in California have been destroyed by wildfires. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), whose district in Oregon has lost entire towns as a result of the fires, penned an op-ed in The...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced the release of a new report: U.S. Oil and Natural Gas: Providing Energy Security and Supporting Our Quality of Life. This report acknowledges the critical role of advanced energy technology innovation ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - This year, over one million acres in Oregon and over four million acres in California have been destroyed by wildfires. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), whose district in Oregon has lost entire towns as a result of the fires, penned an op-ed in The...
