News from September 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 6013 (U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah), H.R. 5585 (U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass.), H.R. 6299 (U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.), H.R. 6599 (U.S. Rep. Stephen Knight, R-Calif.), H.R. 6687 (U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif.), H.R. 46 (U.S. Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y.), H. Res. 418 (U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis.), and H. Res. 460 (U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis.). Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a citizen of Pakistan, yesterday, Sept 25, 2018, upon his release from the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center (MVCC) in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. -The Bureau of Land Management will host the 24th annual Wild Horse and Burro Expo at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, Texas, beginning on Oct. 12. The expo will feature a wild horse and burro sale with 50 wild horses and burros eligible for direct purchase to good homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Nghia Hoang Pho, age 68, of Ellicott City, Maryland, today to 66 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of classified national defense information. According to court documents, Pho removed massive troves of highly classified national defense information without authorization, which he kept at his residence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS): Catherine Hibbard, 413-531-4276, e-mail us.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today seasonal changes to park hours and recreation areas at New Melones Lake beginning October 1. These annual changes allow Reclamation staff to perform necessary maintenance on facilities and for natural resource recovery in the park’s recreation areas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park are preparing to conduct a prescribed burn in the Beaver Meadows Entrance area, if favorable weather and fuel conditions allow. The area included for the prescribed burn is a section south of High Drive and west of Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. Burning...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD J. KOSINSKI, MD, 70, of Weston, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to six months of imprisonment, two years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine for insider trading.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2018 - North Carolina residents recovering from Hurricane Florence could be eligible for disaster food benefits through the availability of USDA’s Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gerino Barrera-Tapia, 37, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with illegal reentry after deportation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SEPT. 25, 2018 - The U.S. Census Bureau released the Trends in Health and Well-Being of the Older Populations in SAGE Countries: 2014-2015 report, which is based on data from the World Health Organization’s Study on global Aging and adult health (SAGE). The report looks at the health and well-being of older populations in Ghana, Mexico and South Africa.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - More than 330 visitors from across the country checked a Hanford Site visit off their summer bucket lists this year. The tours are part of EM’s outreach program to educate the public about cleanup at the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cory G. Bates, 29, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 84 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. Bates will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: * With the arrival of cooler weather and some moisture, the fire danger in Yellowstone has been lowered to HIGH.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An indictment unsealed today charges four prison inmates with first-degree murder in the beating death of another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution II in Victorville, an offense that carries a potential death sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that STEVEN CIOFFI, 32, of Stamford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a federal tax offense.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - More than 1,200 people from 23 states attended this year’s SafetyFest Tennessee to gain valuable safety training they can apply at work and home.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), formerly a major U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, will pay over $260 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States, the Justice Department announced today. The government...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Following a one-week jury trial, on Sept. 21, 2018, Joudanorve Lafleur, of Miami, Florida, was convicted of armed bank robbery, and brandishing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of the armed robbery.
