News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Lackey man pleaded guilty today to robbery and brandishing a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos believes that a great education...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- Henry A. Bruce, formerly of Farrell, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced again in federal court to 10 years (120 months) in prison on for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: President Clinton's Birthplace Home National Historic Site, the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, Arkansas Runners LLC and Jefferson National Parks Association will present the fourth annual Presidential 5k Walk/Run May 11, 2019 on the Hope campus. Sign in starts at 9:30 a.m. and the race will start at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Chanel Holland, age 36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, today to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for obstructing an official proceeding. The charges were a result of an investigation showing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Robert Hammac, 44, a former officer of the Lake Charles Police Department, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for using excessive force against an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today one of the largest health care fraud schemes in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), and the Internal Revenue...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means unanimously passed the bipartisan Prescription Drug STAR Act. H.R. 2113 addresses key issues related to transparency and public reporting of information in order to improve accountability and ensure consumers, purchasers, payers, and taxpayers have a better understanding of this opaque market.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Former Priest Extradited from Morocco in September 2018 Found.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: - Researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau will join other demographers, sociologists, economists and professionals from across the country and from different disciplines at the Population Association of America annual conference from April 10-13, 2019, in Austin, Texas. The Population Association of America offers a forum for Census Bureau researchers to present their research for professional discussion and share their findings with the public.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 133,759 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Sources Sought for the Environmental Management (EM) Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Licensing and Other Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Program Mission Objectives, and Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A McAllen grand jury has returned a 74-count superseding indictment against four local men alleging they conspired with others to pay bribes to two Weslaco City Commissioners.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Breyon Richardson, age 28, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for illegally aiding and abetting attempted illegal purchases of an AR-15 rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG - A human trafficking training will be held this week in Berkeley County as a part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: SOUDERTON, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Brutus Construction Inc. for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at a worksite in Souderton, Pennsylvania. The company faces $181,699 in penalties.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $87.3 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects for advanced coal technologies and research. DOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg announced this R&D funding at the Annual Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting, Rare Earth Elements, Gasification, and Transformative Power Generation at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Last week, we heard a lot of different opinions on why the list price of insulin has increased significantly over the past decade. One of the doctors on the panel commented that she believed that high list prices primarily benefit the pharmaceutical companies. Another doctor argued that the current rebating...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on strengthening accountability to protect students and taxpayers. In her remarks, Senator Murray emphasized...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Investing in America’s Energy Infrastructure: Improving Energy Efficiency and Creating a Diverse Workforce":
