News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: In Furtherance Of The Scheme, The Defendants Are Alleged To Have Killed A Woman In The Philippines By Shooting Her Multiple Times In The Face And To Have Conspired To Launder The Payments Received For The Murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2015 - On Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Small Business Committee will hold a joint full committee field hearing titled “Restricted Access at Biscayne National Park and Implications for Fishermen, Small Businesses, the Local Economy and Environment.".
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: The investigation was conducted at Franklin Fibre-Lamitex Corp., doing business as Franklin Fibre. The precision parts manufacturer is located at 903 East 13th Street in Wilmington, Delaware.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, Secretary Vilsack, to the Committee.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $55,000 civil penalty against MayaAir, LLC of Telluride, Colo., for allegedly conducting commercial operations with an unauthorized aircraft.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, July 26, 2015, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Pi‘ilani Lua will demonstrate Ti leaf lei making and traditional Hawaiian games in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced that MARINA ARNEDO ROJAS-ZAYED, age 34, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was charged today in a Bill of Information for making false statements to an agency of the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2015 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on the process and development of the Obama Administration’s Social Cost of Carbon (SCC), a controversial statistical model that is being incorporated into all environmental reviews subject to approval under...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: After months of listening sessions, hearings, and negotiations, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today formally introduced their broad, bipartisan energy bill. Focused on a wide range of national energy opportunities and challenges, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 features five titles reflecting common ground on energy efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accountability, and land conservation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: The outer Cape Cod landscape has long served as muse for artists from around the world.Each autumn, winter, and spring Cape Cod National Seashore's Salt Pond Visitor Center hosts a series of art exhibitions focusing on the seashore's many varied natural and cultural resources. The seashore is currently...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a new report found that the list maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of physicians and other providers authorized to bill Medicare has serious shortfalls and inaccuracies, leaving Medicare vulnerable to hundreds of millions of dollars in in waste and...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Despite his request for a safety harness, a temporary worker without fall protection on a roof later fell 12 feet through the roof. His fall resulted in his hospitalization with fractured arms and severe contusions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: I would like to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing today, which I hope will be a constructive conversation about how we can improve and strengthen Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Washington - Attorney General Lynch released the following statement after the federal grand jury released its indictment against Dylann Storm Roof.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that the grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging a Noorvik man with one count of burglary of a United States Post Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) issued a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner urging that House Leadership honor their commitment to regular order. H.R. 3009, the “Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act," is being rushed to the House floor this week without any committee review of the legislation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today unveiled the broad, bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. Focused on a wide range of energy-related opportunities and challenges that have arisen over the past eight years, the bill’s provisions will help Alaskans produce energy, save energy, pay less for energy, and protect the reliability of their electricity supply - without raising taxes or adding to the federal deficit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On July 22, 2015, the DEA Phoenix Field Division announced that Victor Corral, Jr., 36, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to over 19 years imprisonment for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization operating in Southern Arizona. Over 120 pounds of white heroin with an estimated value of over $7.5 million was seized during the course of the investigation, which included one of Arizona’s largest single heroin seizures of 89 pounds in June 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Agrees to forfeit $450,000 from illegal sale of prescription drugs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing to examine the potential threats of geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to the electric grid. Committee ranking member, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), emphasized the responsibility shared between the federal government and industry to continuously examine and assess evolving threats to the electric grid.
