News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park announced today the availability of a Prospectus for commercial services at the park over the next ten years. Bids will close October 9th and the successful bidder is expected to enter into a contract Jan. 1, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking public comment through Sept. 11, 2015, on a proposed regulation limiting the use of horses at the historic Dyea town site in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR), Novogenix Laboratories, and StemExpress requesting briefings and information regarding each organization’s practices relating to human fetal tissue collection, sale, and/or donation. These letters build on the committee’s investigation into the shocking Planned Parenthood videos released in recent weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA - On August 6, 2015, Timothy Andrew Frieze, a 50 year old resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Robert Pratt to seventy-five months in prison for possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. Senior Judge Pratt also ordered Frieze...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department announced today that it has issued a final authorization to American LNG Marketing LLC (American LNG) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. American LNG is authorized...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: August 7, 2015 15-053. Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause of death of a hiker found in the vicinity of the Elephant Back Loop Trail in the Lake Village area of Yellowstone National Park. Around noon on Friday, August...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced that the Precipice, Valley Cove, and Jordan Cliffs trails in Acadia National Park opened on Thursday August 6, 2015. Adult peregrine falcons that occupied these nesting territories since April have successfully raised chicks, which fledged approximately 5 weeks...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 42-year-old Dallas man has entered a guilty plea to sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Daniel Fredrick Heidemann admitted to posing as a young male in order to elicit sexually explicit photos from a juvenile female.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On August 5, 2015, a Pittsburgh resident was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison followed by multiple years of supervision by the United States Probation Office as a result of his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As I have said a number of times now, the current global threat environment requires that we know more about those who travel to the United States. This includes those from countries for which we do not require a visa. Additionally, United ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $1.2 million cybersecurity Mobile Technology Security (MTS) research and development ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today presented three Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees with the Chief Medical Officer Life Saving Award, which recognizes Department personnel who have taken action in order ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced six appointments to the National Commission on Forensic Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest today arguing that making it a crime for people who are homeless to sleep in public places, when there is insufficient shelter space in a city, unconstitutionally punishes them for being homeless. The statement of interest was filed in federal district ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: More than 56 parties have agreed to restore key salmon habitat on the White River, which flows through King and Pierce Counties in Washington State, to resolve their liability for natural resource damages caused by hazardous substances released into the Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways in Tacoma’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Stradivarius Violin, Constructed in 1734, was Missing for 35 Years Before Its Recovery by the FBI U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Director in Charge Diego Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field, announced today the return of a 1734 Stradivarius violin to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Privatbank Reichmuth & Co., Banque Cantonale du Jura SA and Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni (Suisse) SA have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Arch Coal Inc., one of the nation’s largest coal companies, and 14 of its subsidiaries under the International Coal Group Inc. (ICG) have agreed to conduct comprehensive upgrades to their operations to ensure compliance ...
