News from June 2015
By EPA 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: WASHINGTON - A former chief executive officer of a red light camera vendor pleaded guilty today to participating in an eight-year bribery and fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Angela L. Byers of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce that the first Horse Sense and Survival trip of 2015 will leave from the Beaufort Visitor Information Center on Saturday, June 27 at 8:45 a.m.
By Commerce 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 - Patients, the inspiration behind the “game-changing" 21st Century Cures movement, joined bipartisan leaders this week to express their support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) reiterated, “This has always been patient centered." With 164 co-sponsors and counting, #Cures2015 is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Patients, the inspiration behind the “game-changing" 21st Century Cures movement, joined bipartisan leaders this week to express their support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) reiterated, “This has always been patient centered." With 164 co-sponsors and counting, #Cures2015 is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was recently awarded a patent for Nocturne, a blueberry cultivar developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Prison Term in Addition to 21-Year Sentence That Defendant Already is Serving for Several Other Attacks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Patients, the inspiration behind the “game-changing" 21st Century Cures movement, joined bipartisan leaders this week to express their support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) reiterated, “This has always been patient centered." With 164 co-sponsors and counting, #Cures2015 is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Summer Afternoon Tea Sessions. Join us as we welcome special guest speakers who will provide insight into various Taft family-related topics. Programs are free to the public, but due to limited space, RSVP is required. Please call (513) 684-3262 to RSVP. Sessions begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Taft House...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On June 18, 2015, Jonathon Adam Lamb, age 36, formerly of Bettendorf, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 180 months in prison, after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and being found an armed career criminal, announced United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced James Lee Cobb, III (37, Tampa) to 27 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and for being a felon in possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Anthony Preston, a/k/a “40," or “Tone," age 29, of Laurel, in Howard County Maryland, today to 19 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with his membership in the Bloods gang operating primarily out of Howard County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 11 indictments charging 12 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney J. Walter Green announced today that PIERRE A. MOOSEBROKER, JR., age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has pled guilty before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to possession of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B), and making false statements to Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce that the Lafayette Road resurfacing project has been completed and Lafayette Road will open for normal operations beginning Friday, June 19, 2015 at 9:00 A.M. Detour route signs and road barricades will be removed at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced the final defendants tied to a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operated in the Fort Smith area were sentenced this week. The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: A Board Member and a Former President of a Charity Used Their Positions to Cause the Charity to Fund Scholarships for American Indians, But Spent the Funds on Themselves.
