News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging a Summit, New Jersey, man with racketeering-related murder and attempted murder charges - including a double homicide during the evening rush-hour in March 2014 - and added additional murder charges against several other members and leaders of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Travis Ryan Keene, 36, of Washington state, was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2016, by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to seven and a half years in prison to be served consecutively to a previous sentence from Washington state of three years and seven months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced an initiative that will use USDA's rural development resources to help fill the need for transitional housing for people recovering from opioid and other substance use disorders. In January, President Obama tasked Vilsack, who ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against two St. Louis landlords, Hezekiah and Jameseva Webb, alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants in their rental properties to sexual harassment and retaliation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: Highly Profitable Scheme Prostituted Foreign Nationals and South Florida Residents Miguel A. Hernandez, 50, of Miami Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for operating a prostitution enterprise that profited from the prostitution of multiple women, including both foreign nationals and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: A Kings Mountain, North Carolina, man, who set up straw companies to evade income taxes and used cash from his business to build an underground bunker, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion and possession of an unregistered firearm, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: Acquisition Would Eliminate Deere’s Only Effective Competitor in High-Speed Precision Planting Systems Market The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Deere & Company’s proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company in order to preserve competition in the market for high-speed precision planting systems in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: Caused Loss of More Than $9 Million A Pollock Pines, California, woman who owned a tax return preparation business and two of her employees, pleaded guilty to charges related to filing more than 250 false claims for refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert for the Eastern District of California.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: In the past, as with goods, the provision of a service either required the physical delivery of information via traditional shipping options or required travel by the purchaser or provider. Now, businesses and consumers are increasingly using the internet to purchase services. While most commodities ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered an opening statement at a press conference during the second annual U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD).
By Commerce News Now | Aug 31, 2016
News Release: "Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss our broad bilateral partnership and to review discussions held at the 2nd annual U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Interior Department published a five page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 31, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
