News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Milton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to federal sex trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: McALLEN - A 30-year-old Mexican man has been ordered to federal prison for two carjackings which occurred in early 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jorge Luis Almanza-Barcenas pleaded guilty to a six-count second superseding indictment on Sept. 28, 2017.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised passage of Peace Corps reform legislation he authored in the Senate, which will now be sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: El Malpais National Monument Caves Test Positive for Fungus.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Acting Within the United States as an Illegal Agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese national was arrested in Chicago today for allegedly acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago insurance agent has pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay federal and state taxes on more than $4.7 million in income earned over a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., woman was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute are partnering to present the 9th annual Heritage Starfest. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about dark skies. Events include special guest speakers, solar viewing, and star gazing with multiple telescopes. The dark skies of Wayne County...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will modernize our nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve and address key challenges facing America’s nuclear energy industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Knoxville will be the 13th pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy," designed to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and the violent crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ngoc Nguyen, 21, and Fendi Brooks, 25, both from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were arrested today on a complaint charging them with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute thirteen kilograms of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert, announced. Nguyen and Brooks made their initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller and were detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese national was arrested in Chicago today for allegedly acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. the Department of Energy (DOE) released a $5.8 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support the research and development (R&D) of advanced tools and controls that will improve the resilience and reliability of the nation’s power grid. Under this FOA, DOE’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service is delighted to invite the public to a concert and light art event at Wright Brothers National Memorial on Sept. 29, 2018. Admission to the park grounds will be free from 5 pm to 10 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), formerly a 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 government alleged that HMA knowingly billed government...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology Chairman Will Hurd (TX-23) and Ranking Member Robin Kelly (IL-02) released a white paper on artificial intelligence (AI). The paper presents lessons learned from the Subcommittee's oversight and hearings on AI and sets forth key recommendations for moving forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that a Fort Polk soldier was sentenced Monday to 135 months in prison for manufacturing and detonating a chemical weapon in the Kisatchie National Forest adjacent to the Fort Polk Army installation.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives today passed several health care bills, including H.R. 6378, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness...
