News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Modernizing the Superfund Program:"

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: Jan. 18, 2018 - The U.S. Census Bureau has scheduled for the release of the 2012-2016 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample, the 2012-2016 variance replicate tables and the Puerto Rico Community Survey.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Emporia man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a large-scale crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana trafficking conspiracy in the Emporia area from March 2015 through June 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Long Valley, New Jersey, man today admitted writing illegal prescriptions for oxycodone and conspiring to bill Medicare and Medicaid for certain allergy tests without performing the required patient examinations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park will soon be improving parking and viewing platforms at Dantes View. Due to the construction project, the scenic viewpoint will be closed temporarily to public access from January 23rd to early April 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Jason Dean Barnes (42, Jacksonville) to six years in federal prison for downloading child sexual abuse images and videos over the Internet using the “dark web." He was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervision following his release and must register as a sex offender. Barnes was found guilty on Sept. 18, 2017, following a bench trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: Chinese National Sentenced for Economic Espionage and Theft of a Trade Secret From U.S. Company.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing titled, “Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation:"

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Thomas Edward Mancha, a 61-year-old resident of Browning, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment, for the murder of his wife on New Year’s Day, 2017. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the hearing.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018

News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that on Jan. 12, 2018, Judge Pamela Pepper, sentenced Joel Rivera (age: 29) to 36 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for his role in armed robberies of local Family Dollar stores.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: Two people were indicted in for illegally reentering the United States, law enforcement officials said.

By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that she will vote against the nomination of former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, nominated after former Secretary Price resigned amid ethics scandals.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

Release: NORFOLK, Va.-A Transportation Security Administration officer detected a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint last Friday morning (Jan. 12), marking the first gun caught at one of the airport’s checkpoints this year.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park experienced the second busiest year on record in 2017. The park recorded 4,116,525 visits, a decrease from 2016. Last year was a record year for visitation with 4,257,177 visits to the park.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. B A Florida man who admitted trading on material, nonpublic information concerning Gilead Sciences Inc.’s $11 billion acquisition of New Jersey-based Pharmasset Inc. was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On the morning of Jan. 16, 2018, park staff discovered 52 bison, held at the Stephens Creek facility for possible quarantine, had been released from the pens. The National Park Service has initiated a criminal investigation of this incident at the Stephens Creek facility in Yellowstone National Park.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: Dana J. Boente, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a grand jury in the Southern District of New York has returned a six-count indictment (the “Indictment") against AKAYED ULLAH in...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: Defendant charged elderly woman $3.5 million for spiritual cleansing and exorcisms.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Regional Office announced today that is has issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Right-of-Use Downgradient Study Activities for study projects occurring on land Reclamation manages contiguous to the Las Vegas Wash. The Draft EA details Reclamation’s proposed issuance of the right-of-use permit for activities conducted by the Nevada Environmental Response Trust.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2018

News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- 200 people are becoming United States citizens at Biscayne National Park. The citizenship and naturalization ceremonies take place at 10 a.m. on January 18 and 19, 2018, at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center. The ceremonies are open to the public and include live music and inspirational speakers.