News from June 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 186,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced Richard Wyatt Davis, Jr. 41, formerly of Cornelius, N.C., to 90 months in prison and two years of supervised release for securities fraud and tax evasion, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Throughout the summer, Fort Stanwix National Monument will be hosting a series of ranger-led bicycle tours. The series begins on Sunday, July 1 at 9:30 a.m., with a 12 mile round-trip ride from Bellamy Harbor Park in Rome, NY. The trip will continue down the Erie Canal Trail before heading to Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site for a special program on nature and wildlife. The tour will conclude around 11:30 a.m. back at Bellamy Harbor Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 23, of Orange Park, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempted malicious damage and destruction by an explosive of a building. Goldberg pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Tem Tom, 24, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to seven years in prison and eight years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." He pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today Secretary of Energy Rick Perry hosted an energy dialogue with members of the Three Seas Initiative at the Department of Energy headquarters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal agents arrested four individuals today as part of a large-scale, drug-trafficking organization investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its research and development partners today selected 13 U.S. and international companies to develop smart cities technologies to assist public safety. The research and development work will focus on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two Memphis men have been sentenced to a total of 244 months imprisonment for distributing heroin. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building at 11:00 a.m. or 15 minutes after the conclusion the Subcommittee on Health markup, whichever is later.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who was arrested with methamphetamine, heroin and $67,000 in cash was sentenced today to 164 months in federal prison for drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $4.45 million for early-stage development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) tools and technologies. The Zonal Isolation for Manmade Geothermal Reservoirs funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will seek to improve the performance and economics of EGS systems by funding research in zonal isolation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Israeli Energy Ministry signed the Implementation Agreement to establish the U.S.-Israel Center of Excellence in Energy, Engineering and Water Technology (“the Center”).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: In accordance with the Justice Department’s recent efforts to disrupt business email compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens, the Department announced Operation Keyboard Warrior, an effort coordinated...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building at 11:00 a.m. or 15 minutes after the conclusion the Subcommittee on Health markup, whichever is later.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is once again officially home to the fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Moorestown, New Jersey, man today admitted impersonating a federal agent while selling counterfeit coins and unlawfully importing counterfeit coins and bars into the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - Starting on June 19, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark initiated Operation Limelight USA, a program designed to bring awareness to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and prevent young girls from being subjected to FGM by informing...
