News from April 2015
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: In 2014, the United States brought online as much solar energy every three weeks as it did in all of 2008. Demand for solar electricity is driving this growth in capacity as more customers explore options for powering their daily lives with solar energy. However, not every rooftop is able to host a solar...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This semi-annual online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By State Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Joaquin Castro, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today co-published the following op-ed in Roll Call regarding the U.S.-Japan strategic alliance.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: From trail repairs to new wayside interpretive panels, the National Park Service this week announced $26 million for more than 100 initiatives that will help parks prepare for centennial visitors. The National Park Service received a $10 million Congressional appropriation that was matched with $15.9...
By State Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced an amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 that would require the Persian text of any final deal with Iran to be submitted to Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael Cornell (53, St. Petersburg) today pleaded guilty to theft of government funds. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Petrified Forest has been a destination for over a century. Many visitors have come for multiple generations. One of the generational journeys includes that of the Bunting family.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 24-year-old Guatemalan man wanted on murder charges in his home country was removed to Guatemala April 24 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in New York.
By State Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 now has 67 Senate sponsors, which is enough to override a presidential veto. The legislation, which is now being debated on the ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Today, the President’s interagency Broadband Opportunity Council (BOC) announced it is seeking public comment on how federal agencies can promote broadband deployment, adoption and competition.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Forest Service that Alaskan communities will receive nearly $11.7 million to support local schools and roads as part of Congress’ two-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A leading maker of soap and shampoo for hotels and retail sale exposed workers to chemical and fire hazards and blocked emergency exit routes, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a November 2014 inspection. A company that provided it the manufacturer with temporary employees was cited for chemical-related hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Foundation Chairman laundered money through his wife’s business.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Agreed to restitution in the amount of $83,191 to the Louisville Parish.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Leangelo M. Newton, 31, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release on one count of Possession of Ammunition by a Felon. Evidence showed that on June 26, 2014, Newton was in East St. Louis at the residence...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Juan C. Rodriguez, 36, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court this morning for his child pornography conviction. Rodriguez was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison to be followed by seven years of supervised release. He will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man who had cocaine, heroin, and cash pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney, Booth Goodwin. Dustin Keith Jarvis, 34 pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine today before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. in Charleston.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Defendant abducted a nine year old boy playing near his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. “Yesterday's shooting was a tragedy and we offer our deep condolences to the family. Police work sometimes requires use of deadly force, but officers may use only as much force as is reasonable under the...
