News from September 2020
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
Release: Luxembourg, the only Grand Duchy in the world, is a landlocked country in northwestern Europe surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany. Despite its small landmass and small population (626,000), Luxembourg is the second-wealthiest country in the world when measured on a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita basis.
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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million grant to the city of Maquoketa, Iowa, to make stormwater infrastructure improvements needed to protect the city’s industrial parks and commercial...
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are deeply concerned by reports that leading Russian political activist Alexey Navalny was poisoned on Aug. 20, 2020, by a Novichok chemical nerve agent and formally request that the executive branch investigate whether Russia has used chemical weapons in violation of international...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Sentences. Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced TRACY REIGHARD, 62, of Cheyenne, Wyoming on Aug. 25, 2020 for mail fraud. Reighard was arrested in Laramie County. He received six months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Kelvin Valentino McDuffie, 34, of Supai, Arizona, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and one year of supervised release today for assaulting an in-custody defendant in the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Tennessee: Memphis Man Charged with Federal Firearms Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Kentrell Demarcia Turner, 28, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. Turner was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 87 months (7 years, 3 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Iowa counites as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Sac, Shelby and Webster counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, individuals convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced on June 8, 2020, and Aug. 31, 2020 respectively, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to entice a minor, who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
Release: Romania welcomes all forms of foreign investment. The government provides national treatment for foreign investors and does not differentiate treatment due to source of capital. Romania’s strategic location, membership in the European Union, relatively well-educated workforce, competitive wages, and ...
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2020
Release: Andorra is an independent principality with a population of about 77,500 and area of 181 square miles situated between France and Spain in the Pyrenees mountains. Although not a member of the European Union, Andorra is part of the EU Customs Union and, due to a monetary agreement with the EU, uses the ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: Twentynine Palms, California - At 7:00 pm on Saturday, September 5, 2020, a 20-year-old male was reported to be unconscious and in need of immediate aid in the Turkey Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park. The call was made by his hiking companion. Searchers located the man near the base of Pinto Mountain...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement to commemorate Labor Day: “Today we celebrate and thank the workers of America, whose hard work, determination, and ingenuity have built and sustain our amazing country. “This has been a year of extraordinary challenges ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement to commemorate Labor Day: “Today we celebrate and thank the workers of America, whose hard work, determination, and ingenuity have built and sustain our amazing country. “This has been a year of extraordinary challenges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: FBI San Diego Statement Regarding 9/5/2020 Incident in Downtown San Diego.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office has issued a temporary emergency closure of the San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area in Fresno and Madera counties due to wildland fire danger. The closure is effective immediately and remains in effect until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. September 7, 2020 - Due to extreme fire danger, record setting temperatures, commitment of firefighting resources across the area and state, and national and geographical preparedness levels at PL-5, their highest levels, the parks are increasing fire restrictions.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
