News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: The 15 entrance fee-free days for 2016 will be.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Guilty plea accepted by federal judge for murder in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Chinese national has been sentenced in federal court to six months home detention on her conviction of conspiracy in relation to a scheme involving the fraudulent taking of college entrance exams, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Friday James, age 43, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracies to commit bank fraud and make false claims, and to aggravated identity theft arising from schemes to defraud financial institutions and make false claims for tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 64 year old former insurance agent was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: The leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods violent street gang was sentenced to 30 years in prison today, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Newark, New Jersey, men admitted their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy controlled by the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this after the Senate confirmed Michael Missal to serve as the permanent inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: A former East Cleveland police detective was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for his role in a conspiracy in which he kept thousands of dollars from alleged drug dealers, much of which was seized through illegal searches and fabricated reports, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two residents of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is in the fourth month of celebrating its 100th anniversary, and everyone is invited to participate in the year-long celebration that lasts through Dec. 31, 2016. Here's a glimpse at the special centennial events below. Keep up with the latest and bookmark the centennial page on the official park website. Mark your calendar for these upcoming centennial events.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Dear Speaker Ryan: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Washington on June 7th and 8th of this year. Given the depth of our relationship with India across a range of areas - defense, humanitarian and disaster relief, space cooperation, conservation, and innovation, - we believe this...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s expansive new definitions and revised criteria for designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Made more than $800,000 Buying and Selling “Music Wood".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a report requested by Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and senior Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee on the potential revenue effects of reforming royalty rates and leasing rules for oil and gas...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, April 26, to explore ways Congress can reform the business tax code to make it more globally competitive and to consider the findings of the Committee’s bipartisan business income tax working group. The hearing, titled “Navigating Business Tax Reform," will take place at 9:30 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 19, 2016, Andrew Jerome Ford, 28, Fargo, ND, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve eight (8) years and six (6) months in prison for Interference with the Commerce by Threats and Violence- Hobbs Act Robbery ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A 42-year-old laborer leak testing joints inside a 54-inch round pipe suffered fatal blunt force injuries in October 2015, when an inflatable ¿bladder¿ ruptured at a Springfield waste-water treatment plant. Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor¿s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found his employer, Henderson Construction of Central Illinois Inc., failed to train him properly on the testing procedure.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a statement following the Senate’s confirmation by unanimous consent of the nomination of Michael Missal to serve as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - Please join Bureau of Reclamation staff at New Melones Lake on Saturday, April 23, as we celebrate the 8th Annual Customer Appreciation Day.
