News from August 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: By Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration had issued 43 unmanned aircraft system authorizations to drone operators supporting the response and recovery for Hurricane Harvey or covering it as part of the media.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (LECC) conference. The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern, Northern, and Middle Districts of Alabama are sponsoring the conference. The Southern District is hosting the event.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: FBI Concludes Investigation Into Death of Rita Maze.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - James Brett Krablin, M.D., has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney of the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Aaron T. Shakir, 36, and Tracey M. Thomas, 51, both of Paris, Ky., were sentenced today by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiring to distribute 28 grams of more of crack cocaine in Paris, during June and July 2016. Shakir was sentenced to 35 years in prison and Thomas was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 31, 2017 - New resources for nutrition education and food service training are coming to schools during this back to school season in 11 states selected to receive a total of $5.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grants awarded today.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: JACKSON, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding steps taken by the Trump administration to regain parity in our diplomatic relationship by forcing the Russian government to close its consulate in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A dual citizen of Canada and China was arrested and charged today in connection with attempting to steal trade secrets and computer information from a Raynham-based medical technology company.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Due to site maintenance, the Bureau of Land Management’s Mineral Ridge trail and recreation area will be closed to all use on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The temporary closure is necessary to accommodate seal coating of the parking area.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Today, I accompanied the Vice President and other members of the Cabinet to Rockport and Victoria, Texas, to take stock of the damage and meet with survivors of Hurricane Harvey. I continue to be inspired by the stories of heroism ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2017 – USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is actively working with officials in Texas and Louisiana to ensure that people impacted by Hurricane Harvey have access to food now and after emergency operations are completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada returned an indictment charging three individuals with stealing more than $1 million in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC (BEE), a privately held limited liability company headquartered in Houston, Texas, was sentenced today on eight felony violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and one misdemeanor count of violating the Clean Water Act before the Honorable U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, 66, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Taiwan, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and one year of supervised release. Ho was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. The defendant pleaded guilty in January 2017 to conspiracy to unlawfully engage or participate in the production ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Dilshod Khusanov, 31, a citizen of Uzbekistan, with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and al-Nusrah Front, both designated foreign terrorist organizations. The defendant, arrested earlier this morning in Villa Park, Ill., is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Fuyi Sun, aka “Frank,” 53, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (China), was sentenced today to three years in prison for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China, without a license, high-grade carbon fiber, which is used primarily in aerospace and military applications. Sun pleaded guilty on April 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Hawaii returned an indictment charging a businessman and his accountant with tax crimes including allegedly concealing income and assets to obstruct Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Elliot Enoki for the District of Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Representatives from numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies have formed a working group to investigate and prosecute illegal activity related to Hurricane Harvey.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada are being dumped in the United States and whether producers in Canada are receiving alleged unfair subsidies.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: "Once again President Trump is delivering on his promises. The president's tax plan will put more money in every working family's pocket, bring back cash that is trapped overseas, and help convince both American and foreign businesses to build their next plants here. It will unshackle American businesses, ...
