News from September 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Macedonian man wanted in his home country for causing serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park announces the reopening of Spud Rock and Manning Camp Campgrounds and all trails closed due to the Mica Bowl and Spud Rock Fires burning on Mica Mountain in the east district of the park. The Mica Bowl Fire has been burning within natural features with minimal fire...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: FBI Joins Search for Florence Okpealuk.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed campsite 82 and a section of Hazel Creek Trail after rangers have discovered the remains of an out-of-state adult male at the campsite. On the afternoon of Sept. 11, backpackers found an unoccupied tent at campsite 82. Shortly thereafter...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: Defendant is first to be sentenced in large prosecution on the Western Slope.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2020
News Release: Medford, Ore. - As a result of extreme fire activity, the Bureau of Land Management Medford District has temporarily closed all BLM-administered public lands south of Grants Pass, Interstate 5, and U.S. Route 199 to the border of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. In addition, the BLM has closed all public lands near the South Obenchain Fire outside of White City and the Slater Fire along the California state line.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: In September 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence (CTTV Framework) and now offers this corresponding Public Action Plan demonstrating the Department’s efforts to combat emerging threats and improve information sharing. ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 6,853 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $21 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced a criminal complaint charging Ri Jong Chol, Ri Yu Gyong, North Korean nationals, and Gan Chee Lim, a Malaysia national. The three were charged with conspiracy to violate North Korean Sanctions Regulations and bank fraud, and conspiracy to launder funds. The defendants allegedly established and utilized front companies that transmitted U.S. dollar wires through the United States to purchase commodities on behalf of North Korean customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr has released the following statement: “Nineteen years ago this morning, our nation was subjected to a horrific, unprovoked terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans in New York City, the Pentagon, and aboard United Flight 93 — which was downed by heroic passengers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Operation Legend launched in Milwaukee on July 29, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has agreed to pay the U.S. $10 million to settle claims that it improperly charged NIH-funded research grants for time spent by researchers on non-grant related activities such as developing, preparing, and writing new grant applications, teaching, and engaging in ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the adoption of a final rule modernizing the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system. Commerce also announced plans to unveil a new online platform for SIMA on Commerce’s website in October.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today posted revisions to regulations that implemented the paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the IRS and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are presenting a webinar on paid sick leave, and expanded family and medical leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) for Iowa’s employers and business owners.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), three vape product retail stores operated by Coughing Cardinal LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, and owner Marco DiMaiern will pay 55 employees $123,422 in back wages for violating the Fair Labor Standards ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Darmody Enterprises L.T.D. – owner and operator of McDonald’s restaurants in Idaho – has paid $50,000 in civil money penalties for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at 11 locations.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: PARAMUS, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CarePlus Bergen Inc., doing business as Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, for violating respiratory protection standards at its Paramus, New Jersey, location. OSHA cited the hospital for two serious violations, with proposed penalties of $9,639.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: GREELEY, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed $15,615 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: NORTH BERGEN, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc. OSHA issued two serious citations and one other-than-serious violation for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at its North Bergen, New Jersey, facility. OSHA proposed a penalty of $28,070 for the violations.
