News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - This weekend, October 31-Nov. 1, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone. The West, South, and East entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 8 a.m. Monday, November 2. The park annually closes roads in early November to prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Tuesday, December 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year old Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle ammunition out of the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today demanding answers for the FCC’s recent and sudden announcement that it is moving forward with a Section 230 rulemaking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man previously convicted in Rhode Island state court on felony drug trafficking and misdemeanor domestic assault charges has been ordered detained in federal custody, having been found to allegedly be in possession of a loaded firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to unlawfully obtaining United States citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Documented Lakeside gang member Uriah Odish was sentenced in federal court today to 174 months in prison and five years of supervised release for supplying the fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of 26-year-old Tiffany Hansen of La Mesa on Jan. 23, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today demanding answers for the FCC’s recent and sudden announcement that it is moving forward with a Section 230 rulemaking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on drug distribution charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee today released a staff report on the Trump Administration’s four-year assault on environmental and public health protections. The report examines some of the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most egregious and dangerous rollbacks in five key areas - climate...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: Beginning Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, and continuing through mid-December, the National Park Service will replace the water main at Keller Ferry Campground and Marina. This project, funded through camping and boat launch fees collected at Lake Roosevelt, will bring the Keller Ferry marina, boat launch, campground, and day-use area into compliance with Washington State drinking water regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: By Andrew B. Lyon. Tax Notes . Published on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Cross border mergers and acquisitions data show that for the first time since 2013, the dollar share of outbound transactions - that is, acquisitions by U.S. companies of foreign assets and companies - exceeded inbound transactions -...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Channel Islands National Park is soliciting proposals with the release of a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for a potential business opportunity at the historic Main Ranch on Santa Rosa Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Damien Hayes, 25, of Natchez, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to possessing a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 20, 2020, a federal grand jury handed down an indictment alleging that Evan C. Pasicznyk (age: 36) of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, distributed child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of misappropriation of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") beneficiary funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting DHS Secretary Chad F. Wolf released the following statement on the announcement of Luke Bellocchi as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Ombudsman for Immigration Detention.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: In response to U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee preparing to order the separation of families in the case of Flores v. Barr, United States District Court for the Central District of California, DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli released the following statement: “Under President Trump, the administration ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Projects Will Improve Rural Water Infrastructure for 787,000 Rural Residents and Businesses WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $891 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in 43 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: On Oct. 20, 2020, three co-conspirators were arrested on the federal charge of conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture, possess, and distribute various weapons, ammunition, and suppressors. Liam Montgomery Collins, 21, and Paul James Kryscuk, 35, recently of Boise, Idaho, were charged via an indictment, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Five residents of Lima, Peru, were extradited to the United States and made their initial appearances in Miami federal court, where they stand accused of operating a large fraud and extortion scheme targeting Spanish-speaking consumers in the United States, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today.
