News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in connection with his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy that trafficked dozens of kilos of heroin and fentanyl into Springfield from Bronx, N.Y. and the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A registered sex offender convicted in 2014 of possessing child pornography was indicted today by a federal grand jury on two counts of distribution and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police Colonel James M. Manni, and Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael S. Shea.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Agents also Recovered Almost One Kilogram of Fentanyl During Execution of Search Warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is pleased to announce the arrest of two inmates that had previously been placed on escape status at the NH State Prison for Men.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider the.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published additional frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) regarding the need to report employees’ in-patient hospitalizations and fatalities resulting from work-related cases of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Eugene Springfield Fire Department paramedic has been charged with illegally obtaining controlled substances from a local pharmacy and using them to drug and rape multiple female victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau is launching a new experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. The Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) report will feature interactive state-level data visualizations that combine data from Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Seven Charged in the Northern District of Alabama in a $41 Million Drug Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old Rosalinda Fuentes to 45 months in federal prison for stealing more than $973,000 from her former employer, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the recent outbreak in violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms following a three-vehicle collision in which he struck and killed another motorist while fleeing from a gunfight.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national, who previously resided in Malden, pleaded guilty today to immigration and firearms crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has signed a five-year, $12.3 million multi-year agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to continue the federally owned Nimbus Fish Hatchery facility’s operations and maintenance in Rancho Cordova.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- In response to the Alexander Lukashenka regime’s violent crackdown and political repression following the fraudulent August 9, 2020 election, House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican Leader Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Committee’s Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY),...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Committee Members announcing that she is beginning to release a series of new staff reports detailing the findings of the Committee’s sweeping investigation into the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs. She made her announcement in conjunction with two days of back-to-back hearings with drug company CEOs being held today and tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Steven Mack, 31, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted today at trial of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, arising from an incident during which state parole agents caught Mack with the firearm and ammunition shortly after he was released from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Teton Interagency fire managers have lowered the fire danger rating to HIGH in the Teton and Wind fire danger rating areas (FDRA). The Wyoming FDRA remains at VERY HIGH. It is important to note that despite the lowering of the rating, the chance for fires to start easily and spread quickly remains.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today led a Committee markup to advance 19 pieces of legislation, including key Natural Resources measures to protect federally recognized waters from dangerous mining, remove Confederate monuments from public lands, and support Indian Country. One bill provides federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2020-The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is publishing a final rule that removes the federal domestic quarantine regulation for the pine shoot beetle (PSB, Tomicus piniperda). Eliminating this regulation is in keeping ...
