News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), today issued the following statement regarding the release of Puerto Rico’s audited financials for Fiscal Year 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 15 projects to receive nearly $8.8 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects to develop innovative technologies that enhance fossil energy power systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem Rafeeq, aka Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed, 48, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Pitts was arrested Sunday by members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Darius L. James, 41, an enrolled member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 15 years in prison for his conviction on voluntary manslaughter and firearms charges. James will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Tjader, 44, Maple, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 84 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Tjader pleaded guilty to this charge on March 20, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 28, ETC Solar from Caltech took first place at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP) national collegiate business plan competition in Houston, Texas. ETC Solar was one of 23 teams to pitch their clean energy business plans to a panel of industry leaders and investors, who in turn provided feedback on how to turn these big energy ideas into a reality.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used Investors’ Funds for Personal Expenses.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018 discussion draft. The discussion draft reauthorizes the ESA for the first time since 1992. The discussion draft emphasizes ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 28, ETC Solar from Caltech took first place at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP) national collegiate business plan competition in Houston, Texas. ETC Solar was one of 23 teams to pitch their clean energy business plans to a panel of industry leaders and investors, who in turn provided feedback on how to turn these big energy ideas into a reality.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Darius L. James, 41, an enrolled member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 15 years in prison for his conviction on voluntary manslaughter and firearms charges. James will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Timothy Thomas, 55, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 66 months in prison for his criminal conduct in marketing and misrepresenting health insurance plans, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee and Acting Assistant Attorney General...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA - The administrative closure of the Seven Lakes Basin/High Divide area July 9 through July 20 is no longer in effect. Seven Lakes Basin is a quota area and permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis for backpacking trips during this timeframe. Permits will be available in person beginning the day before the trip. Advance reservation requests will not be accepted for these dates.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska - Late last week, aerial and ground crews searching for any sign of two missing hikers in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park discovered two gear-filled backpacks and a few other backpacking items on the Sanford River. Although no people have been found, the identification in each of the backpacks matches the names of the missing hikers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Moriarty, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: (SANTA ANA, Calif.) - A psychiatrist who practices at a Santa Ana clinic has been arrested on federal charges that allege he issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 56, of Westminster, was arrested Friday by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging ANTHONY DUNCAN, also known as “Heavy D," 31, of New Haven, with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following a decision in U.S. District court to block Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver, approved by the Trump administration, which contains policies that make it harder for Americans to get health care...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the appointment of Uttam Dhillon as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Dhillon will replace Robert Patterson, who has retired after 30 years of service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) filed an amicus brief over the weekend with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on the legislative intent of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Due to extreme fire danger conditions and increased human caused wildfires in southwest Utah and the Arizona Strip, Color Country Interagency Fire Managers are implementing Advanced (Stage II) Fire Restrictions beginning Tuesday, July 3 at 00:01 a.m. Visitors should be mindful that these new fire restrictions...
