News from June 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in July. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on the status of implementing positive train control (PTC) on the freight and passenger rail network by the Dec. 31, 2015, deadline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment has been officially unsealed charging Eugenio Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott William Allen Denton, 32, of Warwick, a former correctional officer and employee at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, R.I., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence on Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to three years probation and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service for accepting $500 in cash payments to deliver contraband to an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Two defendants pled guilty in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man, a Maryland man and a Denver, Colo., man have been charged in federal court for their roles in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) gave these remarks in response to Wednesday night’s mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C....
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: (Copper Center, AK) - A wildfire burning in America's largest national park has grown to more than 17,000 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Woodbridge Man involved in Armed Robbery and Assault Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, a federal jury found MATTHEW LANE DURHAM, 20, from Edmond, Oklahoma, guilty on seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with Kenyan children, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today swore in 22 U.S. military veterans entering into the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Corps program, a program designed to allow wounded, ill or injured warriors the chance to continue serving their country on a new battlefield - ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for loans and grants to support business expansion, create jobs and increase economic opportunities in rural communities.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 22.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sixty-five cancer centers from across the country this week joined the growing community of 21st Century Cures supporters. The centers, members of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, write, “Your bipartisan work over the last year to accelerate research and discovery has made...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sixty-five cancer centers from across the country this week joined the growing community of 21st Century Cures supporters. The centers, members of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, write, “Your bipartisan work over the last year to accelerate research and discovery has made...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DAKOTA LANE WILLISTON, age 20, of Idabel, Oklahoma was convicted by a federal jury for the charge of Murder in the First Degree in Indian Country Committed During the Perpetration of Child Abuse, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111, 1151 and 1153, punishable by imprisonment for life and/or up to $250,000.00 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: “Yesterday, Pope Francis made clear that we have a collective duty to fight climate change and protect our planet. Today, the Obama Administration has taken an important step forward in that battle. The proposed standards will allow us to have more efficient vehicles, significantly reducing greenhouse...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Obama administration's proposed standards to reduce carbon pollution from heavy duty trucks. The proposal would cover all heavy duty trucks starting in model year 2021 through model year 2027.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 22.
