News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Mohamed Rafik Naji with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. Naji was arrested earlier today at his home in Brooklyn...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Kingman Field Office, in cooperation with Pine Lake Fire Department, Pinion Pine Fire Department, and Mohave County, will be conducting prescribed burns near the communities of Pine Lake, Pinion Pine, and Atherton Acres in the Hualapai Mountains over the winter of 2016-2017. This project is being implemented to reduce the threat of wildfire in and around these communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man was arrested today and charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with defrauding neighbors and other acquaintances in a Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Milwaukee Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Related Crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Throwing a perfect strike in virtual bowling doesn’t require your gaming system to precisely track the position and orientation of your swinging arm. But if you’re operating a robotic forklift around a factory, manipulating a mechanical arm on an assembly line or guiding a remote-controlled laser scalpel inside a patient, the ability to pinpoint exactly where it is in three-dimensional (3-D) space is critical.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Little Sahara Recreation Area (LSRA) visitor center will be closed for the winter through Feb. 19, 2017. The center will be closed and unstaffed, but the recreation area will remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Jesus C. Madrigal, 25, of Mishawaka, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon. E. DeGuilio for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 8 in Grand Junction at the Courtyard Marriott, 765 Horizon Drive.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - Even though ferry access to Fort Matanzas is still unavailable due to damage from Hurricane Matthew, join park staff and volunteers for a free event at the Fort Matanzas National Monument Visitor Center on Anastasia Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa - On Nov. 22, 2016, federal search warrants were executed at the following locations in Iowa and Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: On Nov. 22, 2016, Franklin Scott Denault, a/k/a "Frankie D," 39, of Steeleville, was sentenced for methamphetamine and heroin offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, ANGELA RENEE RENEAU, from Oklahoma City, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of failure to file an income tax return, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: In response to requests from the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will extend the comment period on a right-of way (ROW) application by Verde Transmission, LLC. The comment period will be extended by 30 days, and will now close January 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) released the following statements after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 79 individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye and Olayinka Olaniyi, citizens of Nigeria living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were extradited to the United States and arraigned in federal court in Atlanta on Nov. 18, 2016, in connection with a series of alleged “phishing scams" that targeted colleges and universities across the country, including the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Indictment alleges defendants participated in string of Git-N-Go robberies and used robbery proceeds to purchase and distribute controlled substances.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON- Eva Longoria will host the 94th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and Marc Anthony, Afro Blue, and the Airmen of Note will join Chance the Rapper, Kelly Clarkson, Yolanda Adams, James Taylor, The Lumineers, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood in performing a collection of holiday favorites.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa - On Nov. 22, 2016, federal search warrants were executed at the following locations in Iowa and Nebraska.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The 21st Century Cures Act, an unprecedented nonpartisan bill to deliver new cures and treatments to patients, continues to remain a top legislative priority. As lawmakers prepare for the lame duck session, here’s a quick refresher on the #Path2Cures. As House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) has repeatedly described, 21st Century Cures as “a once-in-a-generation, transformational opportunity to change the way we treat disease."
