News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Eric Rouleau, 37, of Rochester, pled guilty to robbing the Northeast Credit Union in Rochester. Rouleau also pled guilty to mailing a threatening communication to another.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: South Sudan is a republic operating under the terms of a peace agreement signed in August 2015. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, whose authority derives from his 2010 election as president of what was then the semiautonomous region of Southern Sudan within the Republic of Sudan, is chief of state and head...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 60-minute program at the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Brown’s Ferry Federal Road Trace on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 2 pm. Participants should take the Manufacturer’s Road exit off Highway 27 and drive west, following the “Special Event" signs to the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road parking area.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a video on new revelations about communications between President Donald Trump’s advisers and the Russians.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Malta is a constitutional republic and parliamentary democracy. The president is the head of state, appointed by a resolution of the unicameral parliament (House of Representatives. Parliament appointed a new president in 2014. The president names as prime minister the leader of the party winning a majority of seats in parliamentary elections. The 2013 general elections were deemed free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Mexican nationals who resided in Houston have been ordered to prison for life following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pedro Herrara-Alvarado, 39, pleaded guilty May 13, 2016, while his brother - Jose Herrera-Alvarado, 33 - entered his plea Nov. 20, 2015.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Algeria is a multiparty republic whose president, the head of state, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. The president has the constitutional authority to appoint and dismiss cabinet members and the prime minister, who is the head of government. Presidential term limits, which were eliminated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Randall J. Frye, 58, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to participate in a dog-fighting ring in central Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Cristan Taylor, 48, of Springfield was sentenced today to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Italian Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a bicameral parliament consisting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The constitution vests executive authority in the Council of Ministers, headed by a prime minister whose official title is President of the Council of Ministers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Mexican nationals who resided in Houston have been ordered to prison for life following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pedro Herrara-Alvarado, 39, pleaded guilty May 13, 2016, while his brother - Jose Herrera-Alvarado, 33 - entered his plea Nov. 20, 2015.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Singapore is a parliamentary republic where the People’s Action Party (PAP), in power since 1959, overwhelmingly dominated the political scene. Observers considered the 2015 general election as open and free, with the major opposition party winning six seats in Parliament. Observers also considered the by-election held in 2016 as open and free, with the major opposition party winning the contested seat.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Republic of Kazakhstan has a government system dominated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the ruling Nur Otan Party. The constitution concentrates power in the presidency. The president controls the legislature and judiciary as well as regional and local governments. Changes or amendments to...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay is a constitutional republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In 2014, in a free and fair runoff election, Tabare Vazquez won a five-year presidential term, and his Frente Amplio party won a majority in parliament.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary democracy governed by a prime minister and a bicameral legislature. The island of Tobago’s House of Assembly has some administrative autonomy over local matters. In September 2015 elections, which observers considered generally free and fair, the opposition People’s National Movement, led by Keith Rowley, defeated the ruling People’s Partnership, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and the political transition was smooth.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with a constitution that provides for a presidential system with separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The executive branch under former President Islam Karimov dominated political life and exercised nearly complete control...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong and the SAR’s charter, the Basic Law of the SAR (also known as the Basic Law), specify that the SAR will enjoy a high degree of autonomy under...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are again increasing flows from Lucky Peak Dam because of above-normal winter precipitation in the Boise River drainage. Beginning March 6, flows through the City of Boise will increase incrementally 250 cubic feet per second (cfs) per day...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Swiss Confederation is a constitutional republic with a federal structure. Legislative authority resides in a bicameral parliament (Federal Assembly) consisting of the 46-member Council of States and the 200-member National Council. Federal elections were held in October 2015 and were generally considered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ORANE NELSON, a/k/a “Amaze," 28, was convicted today of murdering Jennifer Rivera and Jason Rivera on Jan. 16, 2013, in the Bronx, in connection with a dispute over a drug debt, as well as narcotics conspiracy...
