News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute heroin and fentanyl that led to multiple overdoses and deaths was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan group of 44 current and former Senators and 164 current and former House members - including a former Republican Senator and former Republican House Member - from 38 states as well as the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands have joined in filing...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2017 funding for five export market development programs. Applications for the Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development Program, Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program, Quality Samples Program and Emerging Markets Program will be accepted until 5 p.m. EDT on June 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Leobel Fuentes-Piedras, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Fuentes-Piedras pleaded guilty Dec. 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Neosho, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography. James Lyndon McFadin, Jr., 32, of Neosho, was charged in a seven-count...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Collected more than $200,000 in Disability Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has been linked to multiple overdoses and deaths throughout the Sacramento region since last week. The overdoses are occurring at an alarming rate and are the basis for this public safety alert. Fentanyl is an odorless substance considered to be 25 to 50 times more potent than heroin and 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. Fentanyl is potentially lethal, even at very low levels.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - In an effort to reduce illegal dumping, Waste Management, Nevada County and the Bureau of Land Management are hosting a tire amnesty event on April 18 - 22.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $90 million in competitive grants to help strengthen local and regional food systems, develop new market opportunities for producers, and support farmers growing fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, flowers...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: National Park Week, April 16 to April 24, 2016, is America's largest celebration of national heritage. It's about making great connections, exploring amazing places, discovering open spaces, enjoying affordable vacations, and enhancing America’s best idea-the national parks! It's all happening in your national parks. Celebrate 2016 National Park Week with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). All of the events are free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jeffrey Nielsen Zaccanti (29, Tampa) and Sadena Ann Raynor (36, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and distributing crack cocaine, respectively. Zaccanti faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. Raynor faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Homestead National Monument of America is excited to announce the Kilcher Family -Alaska Homesteaders - will be featured during Homestead Days 2016 in June. This year marks the Centennial of the National Park Service and as part of this National celebration, we welcome the Kilcher Family to this fun...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: The 2016 annual Denali National Park and Preserve Road Lottery will take place Sept. 16-20.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and committee member Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) today sent a letter to the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking them to examine the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders sent a letter on Thursday to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) applauding their decision in a Feb. 1, 2016, final rule to hold off from finalizing a previously proposed definition of line extension drugs in the Medicaid program. Instead, CMS’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr, announced today that Harinder Dhaliwal, 44, was arraigned this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder. Dhaliwal was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2014 along with co-defendants Alvin Randhawa and Gursharan Singh on...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: The March/April 2016 issue of FAA Safety Briefing focuses on the leading cause of general aviation accidents - loss of control. Articles in this issue will help pilots better identify loss of control warning signs, as well as fine tune mitigation strategies and recovery techniques that can improve flight safety in these situations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 47-year-old Carrollton, Texas man has been found guilty of child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Chloe McClendon, 27, and Domonique Thomas, 25, pleaded guilty Oct. 9, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy "The Prairie that Nature Built" as part of the Read with a Ranger program at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2016.Read with a Ranger is a new 45-minute program at the...
