News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Due to extreme fire danger and to protect public safety, all backcountry camping areas within Redwood National Park have been closed until further notice. This decision is consistent with park guidance contained in the Redwood National Park Fire Management Plan and is issued under the authorities at 36 CFR §1.5.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: After allegedly lying about having cancer in order to scam money, the defendant left for Australia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are calling members of the public as part of an imposter scam, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Aug. 23 - Aug. 29, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Brexit negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky.- A Cincinnati, Oh., man, Sammie Green, 25, pleaded guilty Friday, before U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning, to carjacking and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Aug. 21, 2020, that it plans to evaluate technologies and systems that could detect and mitigate potential safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft. The effort will be part of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program.
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
Release: The Republic of Malta is a small, strategically located country 60 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles north of Libya, astride some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. A politically stable parliamentary republic with a free press, Malta is considered a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for American investors to do business.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Friend-of-The-Court Brief in Indiana Supreme Court Supporting Catholic Archdiocese’s First Amendment Rights in Former High School Teacher’s Lawsuit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that six people are facing federal charges for participating in actions including arson, inciting riots, and other civil disorder in Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, on May 30 and 31, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Mobile and Washington counties who suffered losses due to excessive rainfall and flash flooding from Tropical Storm Cristobal that occurred June 7 through June 10, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, including a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, including a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Hussein Al Hasani, 22, of Boise, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Al Hasani was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on Aug. 13, 2019. Sentencing is set for December 7, 2020, before U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role as the supplier of large quantities of heroin and cocaine in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy in the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
Release: The Government of Belarus (GOB) officially welcomes foreign investment, which is seen as a source of new production technologies, jobs, and hard currency. Belarusian authorities stress the country’s geographic location, its inclusion in the Eurasian Economic Union (which also includes Armenia, Kazakhstan ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an Environmental Assessment to enhance visitor safety, improve visitor access at the Paw Paw campground parking lot, and prevent disruptions to towpath continuity that may result from future landslides in the Paw Paw Tunnel Hollow area located...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Jackie Speier, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Armed Services’ Subcommittee on Military Personnel, sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy requesting documents and information after the recent deaths of soldiers stationed at Fort Hood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-In separate criminal cases, three Portland residents have been charged with civil disorder for crimes committed during declared civil disturbances in Portland, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
