News from November 2016
By Commerce News Now | Nov 23, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: A veterinary team from NOAA, the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and North Carolina State University has issued the following update on the fate of a humpback whale which stranded Sunday, Nov. 20, in Moriches Bay...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: LANSDOWNE, Pa. - An administrative law judge recently affirmed nine cited federal safety and health violations and assessed $344,960 in fines against Lansdowne masonry contractor, J.C. Stucco and Stone. This follows a March 2016, hearing regarding six willful and three repeat citations issued after two 2014 inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Harold Jones, 23, of Utica, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Munir Abdulkader, 22, of West Chester, Ohio, was sentenced to 240 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for plotting to murder a military base employee and attack a Cincinnati area police station in the name of ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Winchester, Ky., man has admitted to conspiring to hack into a website dedicated to athletics at an Ohio high school, and using the site to defame the website owner and threaten and intimidate other people.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Kimberly Carnell White, Jr. (28, Orlando) and James Romando Harris, II (28, Orlando) to 72 months and 84 months in prison, respectively, for possession of firearms by convicted felons. Both White and Harris pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that pain management physician Dr. Anthony Clavo has agreed to the entry of a consent judgment for $430,000 plus interest to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for medically unnecessary services. The federal government’s portion of the consent judgment is $322,407, and the State of Georgia’s portion is $107,593.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park welcomes you to come enjoy the great outdoors this holiday weekend. Winter conditions are arriving, so the park advises visitors to plan ahead and prepare for potential conditions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Congressman Collin C. Peterson announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released improved volume obligations in the final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule for 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that pain management physician Dr. Anthony Clavo has agreed to the entry of a consent judgment for $430,000 plus interest to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for medically unnecessary services. The federal government’s portion of the consent judgment is $322,407, and the State of Georgia’s portion is $107,593.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Francisco Obidio Portillo-Fuentes (26, El Salvador) with illegally reentering the United States after having been deported. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of two years in...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District will have Christmas tree cutting permits available for purchase now through December 24 at the Winnemucca District Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd during business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Permits are also available at the Pershing County Farm Service Agency, located at 110 American Blvd., Lovelock, NV, 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Pauline Irene Hemicker, 33, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Nov. 21, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Hemicker was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. She received 151 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective today, fire closures have been lifted for Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-managed lands by the California Desert District (CDD) in San Bernardino Co. north of Highways 18 and 138, as well as Kern, Inyo and Mono Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit today against the village of Tinley Park, alleging that the southwest suburb violated the Fair Housing Act when it refused to approve a low-income housing development in response to race-based community opposition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Twiss, age 28, of Albany, New York, pled guilty yesterday to illegally possessing two firearms, attempting to possess heroin with the intent to distribute it, and carrying firearms in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Parker S. Sikand, age 24, of Ballston Spa, New York, pled guilty today to distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Earl Brown, Sr., 55, of Houston, Texas, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) encourages all fourth graders to visit the park for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and obtain more information.
