News from April 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The momentum to deliver #CuresNow continues to grow stronger by the day, and the last several weeks have brought out some bright stars for 21st Century Cures. From news correspondents, rock legends, and the littlest champions for Cures, we continue to take significant steps on the #Path2Cures.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument will close the fishing pier and wildlife viewing platform behind the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center to install improved railings and a new gate for accessibility. The closure begins Monday, April 18, 2016 and is expected to last until Friday, May 6. "We are excited about re-investing...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia -Flowers are blooming and spring is in the air. See how local students celebrate the glories of springtime in Appalachia through art at the Youth Arts in the Parks 2016 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Exhibit at Tamarack throughout April. In partnership with Tamarack and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A 4th grade classroom assistant in a Lawrence school was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged in connection with an undercover operation involving cocaine and oxycodone pills in the greater Boston area.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: 44 Current & Former Senators & 164 Current & Former House Members from 38 States Filed An Amicus Brief To Support President Obama's Clean Power Plan in Case Currently Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, & Defend EPA's Authority To Protect Public Health and the Environment by Regulating New Pollutants In Keeping With The Intention Of The Clean Air Act Of 1970
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child by Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Recent Wave of Scam Attempts Threatens Legal Action.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Candace B. McLeod, 32, of Holt, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 75 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and filing false tax returns. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - Beginning April 3, the Bureau of Reclamation plans to increase releases from Goodwin Dam into the Stanislaus River, to meet spring fishery flow requirements according to the National Marine Fisheries Service 2009 Biological Opinion. Goodwin Dam is located downstream from Tulloch Dam and New Melones Dam and Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Savannah, GA: Jerald A. Bowman, 40, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, by Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 155 months imprisonment for the Feb. 3, 2015 armed robbery of the Navy Federal Credit Union in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Bowman was also found to be responsible...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Karen Schlager, 60, of Snyder, NY, pleaded guilty to submitting false and fraudulent claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Mexican national, who had previously been deported after shooting at a police officer, has been sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced today that Andrew Alexander, age 31, York, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday of conspiring to trafficking heroin. The three-day trial was held before U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a powerful tool for programming DNA to encode new functions into living cells. The advance automates the design of genetic circuits, which process chemical signals rather than electronic ones.
By Commerce 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: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Ross Sims, 27, of Fairmont, West Virginia, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today in federal court, admitting that he participated in a Detroit to Morgantown heroin trafficking network, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: Houston Psychiatrist Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOE 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...
