News from September 2017
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today following up on reports that the agency put a temporary hold on all grant awards to the state of Alaska after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski voted against legislation to repeal...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $54,000 civil penalty against Interscience of Saint-Nom-la-Breteche, France, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, following a 10-month-long investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Fresno conducted by several federal law enforcement agencies and the Fresno Police Department, 15 defendants were arrested on federal charges and at least 14 defendants were arrested on state...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Based on current weather models, Hurricane Irma is projected to track along the “spine" of Florida into northwest Georgia. The National Park Service is monitoring any potential changes the storm may make as it continues to move towards the United States. Cape Lookout National Seashore is currently outside of the area that will experience the effects of Hurricane Irma and will remain open to visitors through the weekend and into next week.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management is requesting comments from anyone interested in the possible sale of the Unionville Cemetery to Pershing County. The cemetery is located on public land currently managed by the BLM. Prior to the sale occurring, the BLM must meet several legal obligations, beginning with scoping out any issues that might be raised by interested parties or the general public.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Seward, AK -Bear Glacier is located on the Kenai Peninsula southwest of Resurrection Bay and Seward, Alaska. The lower (proglacial) lake in front of Bear Glacier is a popular recreation area in Southern Alaska for kayaking, sight-seeing, surfing and camping.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) introduced two bills to address health disparities in Native American communities. Far too many tribal members still do not have access to the health care they need to stay healthy, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A Colombian man was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for escaping from federal custody, which he will serve consecutively to the 70-month federal drug sentence imposed in 1993.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Artur Sargsyan has pleaded guilty to one felony count of criminal copyright infringement related to his ownership and administration of Sharebeast.com, a file-sharing website that facilitated the unauthorized distribution and reproduction of over 1 billion copies of copyrighted works.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hubert Young, age 45, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was sentenced to 25 years in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for producing and attempting to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary was sentenced on September 5, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest and unsealing of an indictment charging Ashley Stanback with five counts of theft of government property in connection with income tax fraud. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former Alabama legislator pleaded guilty today in federal court to accepting bribes from a Birmingham lawyer and an Alabama coal company executive in exchange for advocating their employers’ opposition to EPA actions in North Birmingham. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey announced the plea.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Temporary Closures.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, to examine ways to streamline the individual tax system to make it work better for American individuals and families. The hearing, entitled, “Individual Tax Reform" will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider four of President Trump’s nominees for key positions at the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Anaheim, California, man today admitted laundering money on behalf of an international drug trafficking organization, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 AUSTIN, Texas – Two State of Texas/FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers will open Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017: in Goliad County in the city of Goliad, and in Fort Bend County in Missouri City.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – Following catastrophic impacts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hurricane Irma continues to progress towards the Bahamas. In the aftermath, various elements coordinated by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are prepositioned in the Caribbean to provide support as needed to survivors of the disaster.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2017 – Families affected by Hurricane Harvey will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods--100 percent grown and produced on farms in the U.S.--known as USDA Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Texas Department of Agriculture announced today.
