News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Eugene Harvey, a former baggage handler for Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to carry hundreds or weapons onto passenger planes, as a part of a scheme to traffic firearms from Georgia to New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and MIPS: An Update on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for multiple bank robberies committed throughout Virginia and North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A southern Minnesota man was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 75 months in prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Charles D’Angelo Lockett, 23 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for being a felon in possession of one or more stolen firearms announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding answers after the Administration slashed funding for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Navigators program.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: France welcomes foreign investment and has a stable business climate that attracts investors from around the world. The French government devotes significant resources to attracting foreign investment through policy incentives, marketing, overseas trade promotion offices, and investor support mechanisms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady commended the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for devoting five investigators to the Western Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force or VCAC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Jesus Fransisco Cervantes, 31, of Oklahoma City pled guilty today to conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: “Supervised injection facilities" would violate federal laws prohibiting the use of illicit drugs and the operation of sites where illicit drugs are used and distributed. Employees and users of such a site would be exposed to federal criminal charges regardless of any state law or study.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Saul Arreola-Cardenas, 27, of Mexico, charging him with conspiracy to grow marijuana with the intent to distribute it and damaging public lands and natural resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced the Taxpayer First Act (S. 3246), bipartisan legislation to reform certain administrative practices at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The legislation, based on two 114th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Victor Joseph Contreras, 23, of Fresno, California, was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for charges stemming from a March 2016 shooting death on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing to get a status update on the implementation of the landmark mental health reforms included in the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures). The reforms were based largely on the bipartisan Helping Families in Mental...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Serbia’s investment climate continues to slowly improve, driven by macroeconomic reforms, greater financial stability, improved fiscal discipline, and a European Union (EU) accession process that provides impetus for legal changes that improve the business environment. The government has successfully ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL- A federal jury today found Brian James Holland (23, Jacksonville) guilty of aggravated sexual abuse by force. Holland faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a potential lifetime of supervision. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 22, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and MIPS: An Update on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System."
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: With a population of 9.8 million, Hungary has an open economy and GDP of approximately USD 127 billion. Hungary has been a member of the European Union (EU) since 2004, and fellow member states are its most important trade and investment partners. Macroeconomic indicators are generally strong: the economy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bradley Allen Bowers, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior (DOI) releasing three proposed rules to modernize the Endangered Species Act.
