News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will honor the men and women of the Western District of Louisiana and their family members who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces with a video presentation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Lab results confirm that the mountain lion known as P-34 was exposed to multiple compounds of anticoagulant rodenticide, a form of rat poison. The subadult female, tracked as part of a National Park Service study, was found by a hiker in Point Mugu State Park on September 30.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that, based on the unanimous recommendation of the Mushroom Council, it has approved an assessment increase under the Mushroom Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Admits to providing alcohol then assaulting fifteen-year-old student.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Milton man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to stealing more than $70,000 in Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A New Mexico man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which Social Security benefits were obtained using stolen identities and then wired to Nigeria.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) reached out to the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association late Monday seeking an update on implementation of its policies and procedures relating to domestic violence.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor objecting to a Republican resolution that supports interfering with a woman’s constitutionally protected right to the full range of reproductive...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants Used Call Centers In Canada, Thailand And China And Duped Investors Into Investing In Worthless Penny Stocks.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Vernita F. Dore today highlighted the importance of rural entrepreneurs to the U.S. economy and announced that USDA is investing nearly $34 million to help 258 businesses nationwide. The funding comes from USDA Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant program.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released new information about their investigation into the risks posed to taxpayers and the economy after last year's...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Federal Officials Close Review into the Death of Dontre Hamilton.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Three Rivers, Ca. -Starting on Jan. 1, 2016, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRANDON LEE DEATHERAGE, age 40, of Seminole, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years or more than life imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Alva Nicholas, 57, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Garland Samuel Butler, 51, Samuel Scott Butler, 24, and Kate Lynn Baker, 21, all of Saint Marys, West Virginia, were sentenced in federal court this week for their role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Rachel Adams, 30, of Fort Worth and Weatherford, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve 240 months (20 years) in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) reached out to the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association late Monday seeking an update on implementation of its policies and procedures relating to domestic violence.
