News from July 2016
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made a statement on the detention of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: On June 30, Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) staff experienced rock climbing for the first time at Crack-in-the-Rocks, a unique rock formation near the Blue Heron Interpretive Center. Crack-in-the-Rocks holds approximately 35 sport, and traditional routes. Park rangers from Obed Wild and Scenic River led the program and provided the necessary experience, including safety supervision.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to the decision by the California Board of Education to teach 10th-grade students about Comfort Women, who were forced into sexual slavery by Imperial Japan during World War II...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France that claimed the lives of more than 80 people, including two Americans, and injured hundreds more.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Solomon Oyesanya, 34, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his participation in two fraud schemes arising out of the Eastern District of Virginia and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and resulting in intended losses exceeding $1.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Ronald Miltier, 54, of Portsmouth, was convicted late yesterday by a federal jury on charges related to child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced the sentencing today of a Roanoke man who previously pled guilty to a federal gun charge.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Park Service (NPS) with the first ever Astronomy Fest. The event will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016, from 1:00-11:00 p.m., and will include family activities, special presentations from area astronomers, and solar and night sky viewing with telescopes.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, TUPELO, MS: "During June 2016, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced an increase in the number of recreational visits over the 2015 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. "This year, 525,501 visitors used the Parkway during June 2016 compared to 516,654 who were counted in 2015. These numbers continue to put the Natchez Trace Parkway on track to be among the top 10 most visited National Park Service sites.".
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Join Tony Davis, boat builder, sailing instructor, and owner of Arey's Pond Boat Yard, for an inside look at the four-year restoration of Conjurer, a 1909 H. Manley Crosby Catboat.The program will be held at 7 PM on Tuesday July 26, at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: TRUCKEE, Calif. - Under the Bureau of Reclamation’s Safety of Dams Program, Stampede Dam and dike structures are being raised by 11.5 feet to address dam
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills are required to be competitive in the global race for energy development, create and maintain healthy economies, and foster innovation and excellence. Despite representing 70% of all college students in the United States, minorities and women only represent 45% of undergraduate STEM degree holders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SRC CONSTRUCTION, INC., of Meriden, waived its right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: FBI San Juan Statement on Alleged Terrorist Threat.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Destiny Stephenson, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Charles Battle, aka C.J., 38, of Portsmouth, was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised released for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Battle was one of five members or affiliates of the “Corna Sto Boys," a Portsmouth-based group of crack...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A 16-month joint investigation has resulted in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday afternoon charging 19 gang members and associates with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine and heroin, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Asim Benns, a/k/a Seem, age 33, of Baltimore, today to 275 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervise release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities. Benns was a member of the UDH organization, as well as being a high-ranking member of the Black Guerilla Family gang, overseeing the “up the hill" area of Cherry Hill.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has proposed changes to both the beef and soybean checkoff programs that would allow producers, under certain circumstances, to request that their assessments paid to a qualified state board or council be redirected to the national program.
