News from November 2016
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 Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of President-elect Donald Trump's "chaotic" ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Join us in celebrating the festive season at Tonto National Monument's Luminary Event on Saturday, December 10 from 7:00- 10:00 pm. Hike the Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail with glimmering luminaries to light your way.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of November 28.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: MINERAL, CA - The recent storms and transition to icy winter conditions have closed the Lassen Volcanic National Park highway through the park to vehicle traffic for the season. The park highway is open to the Manzanita Lake area at the north entrance and to the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, one mile inside the southwest park entrance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Tinley Park, Illinois, for Refusing to Approve Low-Income Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Sylvia Begay, 50, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 28 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution. Additionally, Virgil Begay, 53, of Fort Defiance...
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: This Thanksgiving, particularly after our highly-contested presidential election, is a time to reflect on our country’s bedrock principles. These values include our commitment to tolerance and cultural understanding, our celebration of diversity and our respect for our fellow citizens, no matter their...
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
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 EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced that the Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 hearing entitled, “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Program Implementation," has been postponed.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Release Date: Nov. 25, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. December Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Dec. 3, Saturday: 2 pm at Visitor Center - “History Revealed: Chamorros on the Day of Infamy". Chamorros on the Day of Infamy, December...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Nancy Wicker (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - David J. Rancourt, age 61, of Palmer, Massachusetts, pled guilty today to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor for prohibited sexual activity, and to having distributed, received, and possessed child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of November 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK W. IRVIN, 65, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND - A five-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Summit County man for illegally possessing firearms and nearly 80 pounds of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Richard Snellgrove, M.D. of Fairhope, Alabama has been indicted and arraigned on charges that he prescribed various Controlled Substances outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.
