News from August 2018
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters yesterday to three opioid manufacturers requesting detailed information about each manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis. The individual letters highlight the complexity of the opioid crisis, which claims the lives of more than 115 Americans every day.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Dear President Trump: We are writing to urge you to meet directly with President Xi to begin crafting an historic new solution on trade that levels the playing field between China and the United States for U.S. farmers, workers, and businesses. We are confident that if you personally engage with President...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADAM STRONG, 38, of Naugatuck, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base (“crack cocaine"). STRONG also admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed two bills sponsored by Committee Members to modernize and improve access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), increase choices, and lower premiums...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 190 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. D. Michael Dunavant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: In El Paso yesterday, United States District Judge David C. Guaderrama sentenced 33-year-old Javier Chanet Navarro to ten years in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearms charges announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; and, Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Yosemite Valley and other impacted areas of the park will remain closed through Sunday, August 5 due to the Ferguson Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.; Prime Healthcare Foundation, Inc.; Prime Healthcare Management, Inc.; and Prime’s Founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay the United States $65 million to settle allegations that 14 Prime hospitals in California knowingly...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the extension of the Silver Line, also known as Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg, West Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to federal prison for a child pornography crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Craig Williams, 36, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for the felony offense of possessing child pornography. Williams was also...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: The most definitive nutrient profiles for many foods made possible by new methods designed by ARS scientists are among the new nutrition and health findings in the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Bailey Marie Boswell, 24, and Aubrey Clifton Trail, 51, were sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for interstate transportation of stolen property. Boswell received a sentence of 5 years, while Trail was...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on existing capabilities and needs of national-level offshore wind research and development (R&D) test facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Troy Walker, Special Agent...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Recognizing the immense impact that Medgar Evers’ life and Myrlie Evers' contribution had on the African American civil rights movement, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today designated the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home as an official African American Civil Rights Network (AARCN)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Tyler Bourgoin, 24, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Rodger Riquez Rodriguez, 33, of Riverdale, charging him with being a prohibited person in possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Craig Richardson, 43, and Germaine Hall, 41, were sentenced today to 168 months and 160 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced. District Judge Curtis V. Gomez also sentenced both Richardson and Hall to five years of supervised release, 350 hours of community service, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Kevin Sellers, 26, of Covington, was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for unlawful possession of firearms.
