News from October 2020
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement after Russian ransomware attacks targeted hundreds of U.S. hospitals.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Rock County, Minnesota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SMYRNA, Del - While the challenges facing conservation continue to climb, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with some of America's leading conservation groups to celebrate passage of America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Admitted that He Failed to Pay More Than $540,000 in Social Security, Medicare, and Income Taxes Over a 10-Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GUSTAVO L. VILA, a disbarred lawyer in Westchester County, pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to stealing government funds. VILA’s plea results from his theft of approximately $1 million that the Department of Justice’s 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF") had awarded to the defendant’s client, a 9/11 first responder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Ralph Mendez, Jr., 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 510 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, including admitting responsibility for two homicides, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Justin J. Seley, 36, of Craig, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a registered firearm by an unregistered person.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 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 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY CHARLEMAGNE, also known as “Red," 44, of Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl to an overdose victim.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Raúl M. Grijalva, the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, called for the removal of James Reilly as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) after the Department of the Interior Inspector General found that he targeted and retaliated against whistleblowers...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Visitors are invited to join park staff as we commemorate the 157th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga. Unfortunately, due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic, our programs will be hosted virtually. They are scheduled to be conducted on the park’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/chickamauganps) and on the park’s YouTube page (www.youtube.com/chchnps) on the following dates and times.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Trump administration's final rule regarding the gray wolf. The final rule delists the gray wolf in the lower 48 states from the endangered species list.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s final rule on price transparency.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrick Robinson, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today to life incarceration plus 10 years for drug distribution resulting in death and a myriad of other charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Shon Brian Beck, age 56, of Eldersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of production and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for the October 2019 robberies of the TD Bank in Worcester and the East Boston Savings Bank in Revere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY. - A Richmond, Ky., man, Terry Smith, 44, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 72 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of acetylfentanyl and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: A Farmington Hills man has been indicted and charged with defrauding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, defrauding credit card companies, and stealing the identities of local residents, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced three separate indictments charging 60 defendants for their roles in a $300 million nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable victims. The charges include conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and violating the Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994 (the “SCAMS Act"). The defendants are located in 14 states, 16 judicial districts, and two Canadian provinces.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two South Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Oglala Lakota and Union counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
