News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: A federal Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging Oscar Armando Amaya-Melendez, 32, a citizen of El Salvador, with stealing the identity of a Puerto Rican man to conceal his illegal presence in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - William Looney, 55, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to a fentanyl trafficking charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict today finding Sara Ruiz guilty of armed robbery, firearms, and witness tampering charges arising out of the robbery of the Route 66 Casino Xpress, located in Laguna Pueblo, N.M., on Dec. 13, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s final report on the fire at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, which occurred due to flooding from Hurricane Harvey...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Central Falls man arrested during a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation in Central Falls was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Providence on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting the Committee hold a hearing to review recent reports regarding the seemingly unauthorized disclosure of real-time location data wireless carriers collect and use in the course of providing cell phone service.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Copenhagen, Denmark - Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette launched two new clean energy initiatives at the ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Both the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative and the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and...
By State Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing featuring testimony from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During his weekly reporter briefing, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) held an enrollment ceremony for three bills that are awaiting President Trump’s signature. Among the bills signed and readied for President Trump was S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A mortgage loan officer was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a sweeping conspiracy to defraud banks and mortgage companies by engaging in sham “short" sales of residential properties in Merrimack Valley.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting the Committee hold a hearing to review recent reports regarding the seemingly unauthorized disclosure of real-time location data wireless carriers collect and use in the course of providing cell phone service.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2018
Release: Copenhagen, Denmark – Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette launched two new clean energy initiatives at the ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Both the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative and the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and ...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is alerting the public to take extra safety precautions this Memorial Day weekend near the Stanislaus River below Goodwin Dam due to high flows. River flows were ramped up May 10 and will be maintained through the end of May, creating hazardous conditions for river recreation.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground - Red Rock Campground - is scheduled to temporarily close from May 29 to Aug. 31, 2018, during this low-usage period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Five people were indicted for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Former Kentucky State Representative Wendell Keith Hall, 58, of Pikeville, was sentenced today to two years in prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for Aggravated Identity Theft. Judge Caldwell ordered that the sentence run consecutively, as required by law...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the selection of the "Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks" in Ohio-a group of ancient American Indian sites including both Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and related properties owned by the State of Ohio/Ohio History Connection-as a proposed nomination by the United States to the World Heritage List.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting the Committee hold a hearing to review recent reports regarding the seemingly unauthorized disclosure of real-time location data wireless carriers collect and use in the course of providing cell phone service.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Paving at Barnes Point Intersection Scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
