News from February 2016
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement regarding attacks on civilians within the UN Protection of Civilians camp in Malakal, South Sudan...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: When it comes to tallying emissions of greenhouse gases, there is no better substitute than directly measuring the atmosphere. But this important accounting can be obscured, and even confused, if measurements of the air-borne heat-trapping chemicals are inaccurate or can't be compared from one instrument or data set to the next.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: 3D Printing."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Brad Rushford, 33, of Ellenburg Depot, New York, and Freda Rushford, 62, of Saratoga Springs, New York, were arraigned today on charges related to a marijuana distribution conspiracy operating in upstate New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting on Feb. 25 to consider the Chairman’s Mark on Biotechnology Labeling Solutions.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Visitors to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park during its centennial year can reserve an adventurous guided hike into a large lava tube formed by Kīlauea volcano centuries ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Green, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 248 months in prison, including a 60-month mandatory minimum prison term, for the armed carjacking of three men on December 5, 2012. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick ordered five years of supervised release and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ashley Gries, age 21, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner to 120 months incarceration for heroin trafficking that resulted in the death of a local young man.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced on Feb. 19, 2016, that the "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas" (HIDTA) Program honored 20 individuals for their cooperative efforts in "Operation Denial," which was the Grand Forks County Drug Task Force’s investigation into the international trafficking of fentanyl and other lethal drugs. This effort was significantly aided by a multi-agency approach, which led to receiving the Outstanding Cooperative Effort award.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Victim Had Just Gotten Off Bus, Was Returning Home from Work.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.-Department of the Interior (DOI) agencies will host two public meetings, February 22 and 25, in Flagstaff and Tempe and a public webinar, March 1, to answer questions and discuss the recently-released DOI draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed long-term environmental management plan (LTEMP) for Glen Canyon Dam.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: In a continuing effort to protect nesting Roseate Spoonbills, the following areas in Florida Bay have been closed to all access until further notice: the west side of Palm Key, the channel running along the west end of Frank Key, and Carl Ross Key. In order to minimize disturbance and maximize nesting success for the Roseate Spoonbill and other nesting wading birds, a closure is needed.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: 3D Printing."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The two leaders of a multi-defendant synthetic drug trafficking conspiracy were sentenced today in federal court in St. Louis. Anwer Rao, O’Fallon, IIllinois, was sentenced to 150 months in prison; and Michael Lentsch, also of O’Fallon, Illinois, was sentenced to 150 months in prison. Both appeared before United States District Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A professional day trader today admitted personally making more than $1.2 million in illicit profits by repeatedly trading on inside information divulged to him in violation of confidentiality agreements, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On Feb. 17, 2016, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Alaska returned an indictment charging a Palmer man with multiple drug felonies, including one count of distributing heroin that led to the death of a young man who used the heroin.
