News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


Bank Robbery in Miami, Florida, on June 2, 2017

News Release: Bank Robbery in Miami, Florida, on June 2, 2017.


Body Identified in Zion National Park

News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The body found in Zion National Park on Tuesday, May 31, 2017, was that of a 23 year old male from San Diego, California. The cause of death was blunt force trauma from a fall of approximately 500 feet, ruled suicide.


Engel Statement on Attacks in London

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly today announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Notices of Funding Opportunity for 10 DHS preparedness grant programs totaling more than $1.6 billion. The grant programs ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America WASHINGTON- Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Miami, Florida to convene, in partnership with the Government of Mexico, the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, to be held on June 15-16.


Secretaries Perdue and Zinke Stress Inter-Departmental Collaboration as Wildfire Season Approaches

News Release: (Boise, ID, June 2, 2017) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Interior Secretary Ryan K. Zinke joined forces in Boise, Idaho today at the National Incident Fire Command Center (NIFC) for a tour and briefing on the upcoming wildfire season. Following the events, the secretaries sent a memorandum ...


News Release: A Chicago man was sentenced to serve nine years in prison, and four years supervise for conspiring with his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend to kill a U.S. citizen at an Indonesian resort in 2014.


News Release: A South Florida man was sentenced to prison in connection with the operation of a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: One member and two associates of the Wildboys gang were sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, after each pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of racketeering for their roles in retaliation attacks against a rival gang.


News Release: Deonte Pate, 24, was sentenced to 5 years of probation with 12 weeks of weekend confinement for conspiring to cover up the beating of an inmate identified by his initials, K.H. Pate acknowledged that he submitted false reports and lied to the FBI in order to prevent knowledge of the beating from reaching ...


News Release: Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a prisoner-transport officer, was arrested yesterday in Stockton, California on charges related to sexually assaulting females in his custody, and threatening them with a firearm while doing so. During his initial appearance today, a federal judge in Sacramento, California ordered that Kindley be detained over the weekend, pending potential transport to Phoenix, Arizona, from where the complaint was issued.


News Release: A federal jury today convicted three real estate investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.


Federal Reserve Board announces approval of applications by FirstSun Capital Bancorp

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by FirstSun Capital Bancorp, formerly known as Sunflower Reincorporation Sub, Inc., to acquire Sunflower Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Sunflower Bank, National ...


News Release: The trade deficit in goods with China ballooned by 13.8 percent year-over-year while the overall trade deficit increased by 5 percent since March as imports increased slightly and exports declined following the release of the April 2017 International Trade in Goods and Services monthly data by the Department of Commerce.


Statement by US Secretary of Labor Acosta on May jobs report

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement on the May 2017 Employment Situation report: “May’s unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3 percent from the previous month’s level of 4.4 percent. The unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since May 2001, dropping ...


The US State Department published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.