News from June 2017
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following news that health insurance provider Anthem will pull out of Ohio’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Update on IOT Opportunities and Challenges."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Anthony Barth, 25, of Derry, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to two counts of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A California man pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Next week, members of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), will host a Showcase to explore the possibilities of the latest technology wave called the Internet of Things (IOT). “IOT" refers to the growing network of connected objects...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Lee Hill, age 47, of Dayton, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. The Honorable United States District Court Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Maldonado, 22, pleaded guilty today to the armed robbery of a U.S. mail carrier, participation in a bank fraud scheme, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cornelia Tom Tapaha, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in Santa Fe, N.M., to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her conviction on an assault charge.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following news that health insurance provider Anthem will pull out of Ohio’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett and Cornelius Henderson have been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. Pickett, Henderson, and three other individuals were indicted for, among other things, stealing credit cards from the baggage loading areas of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and using them to obtain cash advances throughout metro-Atlanta.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Update on IOT Opportunities and Challenges."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Next week, members of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), will host a Showcase to explore the possibilities of the latest technology wave called the Internet of Things (IOT). “IOT" refers to the growing network of connected objects...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
Release: ABILENE, Texas - A temporary TSA Pre✓® application center will be open at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI) June 12 - 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Hanselo Recio, 18, and Junior Feliz, 22, both of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas for their roles in the robbery of a McDonald’s restaurant on St. Thomas, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Recio pleaded guilty to conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area has begun the summer’s Paddle-Up kayaking program for the 2017 season. Programs will be given on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 9:30 a.m. throughout the summer. We ask that you arrive no later than 9:00 a.m. for the safety briefing and equipment instruction.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: “We all want to see our fish and wildlife protected for future generations. We all want to keep dangerous invasive species under control. We all agree that innovation is one of the best tools in accomplishing these goals."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JOSHUA LYNN GONDERMAN, 23, from Lumberton, N.C., to 168 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for the Receipt of Child Pornography (CP). GONDERMAN pled guilty to the charge on Feb. 16, 2017.
By State Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) resolution condemning the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence on May 16, 2017 (H. Res. 354 ).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: At 1:06 pm today, a teenage male swimmer from Thailand was reported missing off the beaches at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) in Frisco, North Carolina. The individual's boogie board was found washed up on shore near off road vehicle ramp 49.
