News from January 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Basil Buie, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in a botched robbery and kidnapping that involved a jewelry store employee. Buie, a/k/a “Basil Tucker," pleaded guilty on October 7, 2015 to conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted Hobbs Act robbery. His two co-defendants - Khayree Gay and Salahudin Shaheed - also pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Parvis Samadzada, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Samadzada pleaded guilty to this charge on November 6, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Potomac, Md. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park will be closing the Canal Towpath from towpath mile marker 10.5 (Carderock) to mile marker 11.5 (Marsden Tract) in Montgomery County, Maryland on January 21 and January 22. The closure is needed for safety reasons due to emergency repair...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on today’s unveiling of Chairman Rob Bishop’s “Public Lands Initiative," an attempt to redraw the map of public lands and land use regulations across the state of Utah.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT- Zion National Park just received its latest "report card." While our nation's president issues a State of the Union address, the National Park Service has begun to issue State of the Park reports. The NPS is developing these reports to assess the overall status and trends of each park's...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A federal jury today convicted Derrick Wilson, a/k/a D-Ellis and Sonny Black, 36, of Syracuse, of participating in a heroin and crack cocaine conspiracy, following a week-long trial.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA -.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: St. Augustine, Florida- The National Park Service is pleased to announce an opportunity to explore the ecology of Florida's coast. Join our volunteer Veronica Peterson, Saturday Jan. 23, 2016 from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. for an informative bird walk in the park's diverse habitat. Please meet at the Fort...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest annual visitation in 2015. At the end of September, the park had already received record visitation. After including October, November and December visitation statistics, the park received a total of 4,155,916 visitors for 2015, which was a 21 percent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the president’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A local doctor and pharmacist were arrested yesterday morning on federal charges stemming from their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances illegally, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, in a pill mill operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - At the first committee hearing since implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reiterated his opposition to the Iran deal and warned of the perception of realignment in the Middle East. Corker also said he feared the decline, or eventual collapse, of the international coalition assembled to hold Iran accountable as investment in Iran grows.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a proposed rule to revise the Minimum Quality and Handling Standards for Domestic and Imported Peanuts Marketed in the United States. AMS invites interested parties to comment on the proposal.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Though most of the country was concentrating on Clemson and Alabama during the College National Championship game, Jan. 11, more than a dozen National Park Service rangers, volunteers and interns from throughout Arizona showed they too could form a formidable team.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following reports that the White House approved a request from the U.S. Department of Defense to authorize the targeting of ISIS militants in Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the followed statement.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: The Santa Barbara Island landing dock is closed temporarily until damages caused by this weekend's high surf are fully assessed and repaired.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: The Department of Transportation Inspector General today released a scathing report outlining numerous shortcomings of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) efforts to implement reforms intended to help the agency operate more effectively and efficiently, improve the delivery of air traffic services, and modernize the U.S. air traffic control system.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A radio collared coyote found dead in a City of Los Angeles park last December is believed to have died by drowning, the National Park Service announced today. The female subadult coyote, known as C-146, was tracked for two months as part of researchers’ efforts to better understand how coyotes live in extremely urbanized areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Manufacturers, robot suppliers and researchers, here's your chance to get in on the ground floor of an upcoming international competition intended to help make robots handier and nimbler performers on the factory floor.
