News from May 2015
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, legislation that would expand quality preschool programs. The Strong Start for America's Children Act is a 10-year innovative federal-state partnership to expand and improve early learning opportunities for children from birth to age five.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - COLEMAN CARPENTER of Troy, Tennessee, admitted to defrauding his former employer in a scheme involving the purchase of millions of bushels of agricultural commodities between 2009 and 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Accounting manager alleged to have stolen over $1 million from Westside company.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: In recent years, the physical damage done by pressure waves - such as traumatic brain injuries from explosives sustained by military personnel in the Middle East - has become an increasingly urgent public concern.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Gerardo Chalke Lopez, 41, and Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 36, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared for sentencing on April 28 and April 29, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. The brothers were sentenced to 18 and 15 years prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for distributing a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Federer to serve three years of supervised release, and to pay a $1,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: This builds on NOAA’s commitment to provide information, tools, and services to help coastal communities reduce risk and plan for future severe events.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Major U.S. dietary patterns are associated with the risk of developing an age-related eye disease, according to a study funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, progressive eye-disease and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: The act of grasping and shaking hands is a defining human ritual, with the grip intimating traits of each person involved. But what about our android counterparts?
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Raymundo Felix-Rodriguez, 42, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Felix-Rodriguez will be on supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Defendant was Implicated in Earlier Case - Committed Fraud After Judicial Order.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that VITTORIO FRANCESCO GONZALEZ-CASTILLO, age 27, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by District of Arizona Chief Judge Raner C. Collins to thirty years’ incarceration for his part in two federal child pornography cases. GONZALEZ’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release with stringent sex offender conditions and the requirement that he register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that Aaron Hill, a 20 year old, resident of Mobile, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a 20 gauge shotgun and a 9mm pistol after being convicted of a felony, Robbery 1st Degree.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Summer is almost upon us and the National Park Service Outer Banks Group is ready with.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Salvador Espinoza-Patino and Alejandro Espinoza Del Toro were sentenced to 23 and 17 years in prison, respectively, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that Phouva Phothisat, a 28 year old, Irvington resident, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for possession of numerous firearms kept for protection and for his role as a drug dealer in a methamphetamine conspiracy where more than 100 grams of methamphetamine was seized.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Today, during a full House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century," Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered the following opening statement...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Committee Members Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) hosted a roundtable to examine, analyze, and discuss the various challenges facing the Postal Service in rural communities across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) this morning called in to the Bill Press Show to discuss trade, opposition to TPA, and getting to yes on TPP. Excerpts from the show are below.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Edwin Jimerson, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with three robberies at Metro PCS stores in Philadelphia, in April of 2015, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Jimerson is charged with robbery which interfered with interstate commerce and brandishing...
