News from September 2017
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2017-For her groundbreaking work with food allergies, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Soheila J. Maleki is the agency's Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year for 2017. Maleki, a research chemist at ARS' Food Processing and Sensory Quality Research Unit in New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of many ARS researchers being honored for their scientific achievements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three men and one woman, who were arrested on Sept. 8, in connection with a series of violent armored vehicle robberies that occurred in Las Vegas and Henderson, made their initial appearances in federal court Monday, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: NIST scientists have achieved a world record in detecting the intensity of an ultra-faint source of light, equaling the capabilities of the deep-space instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope but operating 100 times faster and with equivalent accuracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Montgomery Alabama - Three people have been arrested for their involvement in a steroid and fake prescription pill lab in North-West Florida, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Muncie, Indiana man was sentenced today to serve 60 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Hansen of the Central District of Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Horsefly Irrigation District’s (HID) Horsely and Somers Canals Piping Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm after he shot at police officers who were executing a search warrant at his residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that JOSE GREGORY CHARON, also known as “Yoshi," 31, of Danbury, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH -The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that Monday a federal jury found SANDY DARNELL LEDBETTER, a/k/a B Stacks, 26, of Durham, guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Possession of a Firearm...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A scaled model of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) performed exceptionally well during a recent month-long demonstration, continuing EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho’s progress in confirmatory testing and preparations to start up the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Five defendants have been indicted on federal firearms violations for conspiring to “straw purchase" handguns in Michigan and re-sell them in Chicago.
By State Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY17), Harold “Hal" Rogers (R-KY5), Eliot Engel (D-NY16), and Ed Royce (R-CA39), sent a letter today to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on the Office’s role in the reorganization of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Alexander Jordan Miller, 21, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Most measuring instruments are limited by the tradeoff between how precisely and how rapidly a measurement is made: the more precise the measurement, the longer it takes. But because many phenomena occurring at the nanoscale are both rapid and tiny, they demand a measuring system that can capture their precise details in both time and space.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, LIHN VAN NGUYEN, 39, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Bank Fraud. Under the terms of a plea agreement, NGUYEN faces up to 30 years in prison, $1,000,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Man purchased four firearms from North Carolina gun show and transported them to Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three men and one woman, who were arrested on Sept. 8, in connection with a series of violent armored vehicle robberies that occurred in Las Vegas and Henderson, made their initial appearances in federal court Monday, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing entitled, Health Care: Issues Impacting Cost and Coverage...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury Tuesday returned an indictment charging a Wichita man with brandishing firearms during robberies at two local hotels, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Luray, VA: Water quality will be the focus of the 24th National Public Lands Day volunteer event in Shenandoah National Park. National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Shenandoah’s event will be held Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Byrd Visitor Center, mile 51 on Skyline Drive. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and is open to the public. Park entrance fees are waived on this special day.
