News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday will host patients at the U.S. Capitol to discuss H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ranking Member Frank...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Tok, Alaska- A wildfire burning in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge in the eastern interior of Alaska is now estimated at 9,000 acres.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Oversight Failures Behind the Radiological Incident at DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant." The hearing is part of the committee’s longstanding efforts to improve safety at some of the nation’s most critical nuclear sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Thursday, June 11, 2015, Gail Leung, 57, pleaded guilty in federal court on St. Croix to one count of manufacturing marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Green River District is seeking public comment on environmental assessments (EA) analyzing the BLM's proposal to offer 45 parcels covering 64,877 acres in the Vernal and Price Field Offices at the November 2015 oil and gas lease sale.Additional information about...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Alvin L. Ewing, II, 51, of Fairfield, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to a two-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an illegal drug user in possession of a firearm, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The offenses occurred on Aug. 21, 2014, in White County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Ali Afif Al Herz, age 50, Bassem Afif Herz, age 30, Sarah Majid Zeaiter, age 24, and Adam Al Herz, age 22, all from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have been charged in a 46 Count indictment filed yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Timothy Binford of Spokane, Washington was sentenced in Federal court to over 19 years. Binford was charged with being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was found guilty by a jury following a trial in February, 2014. At the time of the firearm offense, Binford was on court supervision stemming from a prior bank robbery conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Regardless of how the U.S. Supreme Court decides King v. Burwell - a case regarding the Obama administration’s issuance of health insurance subsidies in violation of their own law - the negative consequences for patients and taxpayers will continue absent thoughtful, patient-centered reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Ft. Dix, New Jersey, man was arrested by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service at a U.S. Marine training facility in Pensacola, Florida, on charges that he allegedly sexually assaulted two young women at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule." The EPA has proposed lowering the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a level between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Rochelle Park, New Jersey, man today admitted selling Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) certifications to New Jersey carpenters who never completed the required training, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, June 10, 2015-It's time for the 2015 Hidden History Photo Contest, where we can reveal the rich cultural heritage of this area through photography. Anyone can capture such stories of the past with a creative eye and a camera, sharing the diverse history preserved in southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Cartel Wright, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with 11 counts of Hobbs Act robbery that largely targeted pharmacies in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Wright allegedly robbed the same Rite Aid Pharmacy on three different occasions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 STERLING, Va.— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Sterling, Va. to meet with the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) to discuss the Department’s ongoing efforts to safeguard local communities by expanding partnerships with community organizations and state and local officials on civil rights and civil liberties.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Saturday is National Get Outdoors Day-Part of Great Outdoors Month JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., June 11, 2015 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack toured several sites on the Bridger-Teton National Forest to highlight how recreation and outdoor experiences contribute to economic vitality and sustained quality ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Seventeen-year-old Facilitated Travel to Syria for 18-year-old Prince William County, Virginia, Resident Ali Shukri Amin, 17, of Manassas, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Was Part of ISIL Foreign Fighter Support Network and Solicited Funds to Send a Co-Defendant Overseas to Join ISIL Earlier today, a second superseding indictment was unsealed charging Akmal Zakirov, 29, an Uzbeki national, with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: A Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge was sentenced today to 10 years in prison today after being convicted earlier this year of accepting bribes to acquit a businessman of vehicular homicide charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: In the second year of the implementation of the standards set forth in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), 50 jurisdictions submitted statements of compliance or assurances that they commit to spend 5 percent of certain Department of Justice grant funds to come into compliance. In FY 2015, 10 states ...
