News from May 2015
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today released its discussion draft on Energy Reliability and Security to be included in the committee’s Architecture of Abundance energy legislation. The subcommittee will review the draft legislation at a hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Witnesses and details will be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Alleges Violation of Employment Rights of Sergeant in Army National Guard.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department announced winners of its seventh annual Next Generation LuminairesTM (NGL) design competition for indoor and outdoor lighting during the LIGHTFAIR® International trade show in New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wade Highland, 45, of Lost Creek, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of unlawful possession of multiple firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A nine-count federal indictment has been returned against Chloe McClendon, 26, Domonique Thomas, 25, and Alicia Myles, 31, all of Houston, alleging they engaged in an aggravated identity theft scheme involving the theft of personally identifiable information from the Department of State’s Houston...
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing to review child nutrition programs, which expire in September.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces the first annual Blue Heron Decoration Day. This event will be held at the Blue Heron Interpretive Center on Saturday, May 16, from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. (ET). This is an opportunity for park visitors and families that once lived and worked...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: Truck Driver Hid Alien in Sleeping Compartment at Alexandria Bay Border Crossing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SUSAN HAMPE of St Louis County, Missouri, was indicted for mail fraud as part of a scheme to defraud her sister and co-trustee in connection with the sale of family real estate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty to possessing eight stolen firearms.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing reviewing critical child nutrition programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that RALPH TYRONE CARUTHERS, age 49, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 35 months imprisonment, followed by 2 years of supervised release for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Luis M. Gonzalez, 53, has been ordered to federal prison for nearly 27 years following his conviction of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Gonzalez pleaded guilty Jan. 12, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today awarded Mid-Pacific Regional Director David Murillo with the Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor of the Department of the Interior, for his leadership on water, power and environmental issues.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston women were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for transporting other women across state lines to engage in prostitution.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate overwhelmingly passed his bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. The bill, which will now be considered by the House of Representatives, requires congressional review of any final nuclear agreement with Iran before the president can waive or suspend sanctions imposed by Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Jonathan Lawrence Oneal, 42, of Monroeville, Alabama was arrested today by federal authorities for jury tampering. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A West Wildwood, New Jersey man today admitted possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: The National Park Service plans to conduct prescribed fires in the North and South Units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park between May 8 and May 20, 2015. The decision to implement fire projects requires a favorable forecast for specific weather conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) ...
