News from April 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Liberian national was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 30 years in prison for immigration fraud and perjury. The prison term marks the longest sentence for a human rights violator case in the history of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC), which supported the probe. The sentencing also caps an extensive investigation led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty republic. In 2014 voters elected Juan Manuel Santos president in elections that observers considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: France is a multiparty constitutional democracy. Voters directly elect the president of the republic to a five-year term. They elected Emmanuel Macron to that position in May. An electoral college elects members of the bicameral parliament’s upper house (Senate), and voters directly elect members of ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Argentina is a federal constitutional republic. Mauricio Macri won election to the presidency in 2015 in multiparty elections the media and various nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) described as generally free and fair. The country held midterm elections in October for one-third of the Senate and one-half of the Chamber of Deputies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- On April 20, 2018 at approximately 2:30 p.m., Special Agents from the ATF Philadelphia Field Division, along with Pennsylvania State (PSP) Troopers and Susquehanna Regional Police Department Officers (SRPD) responded to the Riverfront Park located at 551 Vinegar Ferry Road in East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania, in regards to a report of possible explosives discarded in a creek located in the public park.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Republic of Austria is a parliamentary democracy with constitutional power shared between a popularly elected president and a bicameral parliament (federal assembly). The multiparty parliament and the coalition government it elects exercise most day-to-day governmental powers. National parliamentary elections during the year and presidential elections in 2016 were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a multiparty democracy. National and regional elections were held in 2015, and a coalition of parties named APNU+AFC won. The largest components of that coalition were the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress/Reform, which constituted most...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: As part of last week's $99 million announcement by the U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will manage seven new projects...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jose Sanchez Flores was indicted on charges he filed false tax returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. Sanchez Flores was arrested and made his initial court appearance this morning in San Jose, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Belarus is an authoritarian state. The country’s constitution provides for a directly elected president who is head of state, and a bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. A prime minister appointed by the president is the nominal head of government, but power is concentrated in the presidency ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). The country held parliamentary elections in 2014 and presidential elections on Oct. 22, with a runoff election on November 12. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Slovak Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy led by a prime minister and a 150-member parliament (Narodna Rada or National Council). Prime Minister Robert Fico heads a three-party coalition that secured a majority of seats in parliament following free and fair parliamentary elections in March 2016. Voters elected Andrej Kiska to a five-year term as president and head of state in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal firearm offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffrey Alpaugh, 46, of Beckley, West Virginia, entered his guilty plea to dealing firearms without a license. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Beckley Police Department.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Germany is a constitutional democracy. Citizens choose their representatives periodically in free and fair multiparty elections. The lower chamber of the federal parliament (Bundestag) elects the head of the federal government, the chancellor. The second legislative chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Indonesia is a multiparty democracy. In 2014 voters elected Joko Widodo (commonly known as Jokowi) as president. Domestic and international observers judged the 2014 legislative and presidential elections free and fair. Domestic and international observers judged local elections during 2017 for regional executives to be free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Sudan is a republic with power concentrated in the hands of authoritarian President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his inner circle. The National Congress Party (NCP) continued 28 years of nearly absolute political authority. The country last held national elections (presidential and National Assembly) in...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Ghana is a constitutional democracy with a strong presidency and a unicameral 275-seat parliament. Presidential and parliamentary elections conducted in 2016 were peaceful, and domestic and international observers assessed them to be transparent, inclusive, and credible. New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today posted a request for information regarding the use of legacy technologies in health care. These technologies, which are in use across the sector, have also been a root cause of many health care cybersecurity challenges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Are you looking for a night of fast-paced local history competition? Eager to find out what area teenagers know about the Copper Country, past and present? Come to the Calumet Theatre on Thursday, April 26, 2018, and cheer on the high school students vying for the Local History Smackdown trophy!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Kevin Michael Hutchinson (36, Orlando) with receipt of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison. Hutchinson made his initial appearance in court earlier today and has been detained pending the outcome of the case.
