News from August 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Surgeon General of the United States, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: OAK ORCHARD, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with officials from the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), toured several roads and bridges impacted by flooding and sea-level rise to highlight America's Transportation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years for Secret Recordings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former Chesapeake Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested a joint briefing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on their response to the growing number of pulmonary illnesses related to e-cigarette use and a death recently reported in Illinois. To date, 193 potential cases in 22 states have been reported to CDC between June 28 and August 20 of this year...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ruth M. Mendonça, Acting Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darrell Dewayne Roberts Jr., age 31, of Alma, Arkansas, was sentenced to 157 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Surgeon General of the United States, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte has returned a 21-count superseding indictment against Frank Darrell Cromwell, 23, of Boone, N.C., charging him with enticement of a minor, production of child pornography, communicating threats, cyberstalking, and related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and accepted responsibility for his involvement in a homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Victor Manuel Morales-Moreno pleaded guilty Oct. 2, 2018, admitting to conspiring to distribute heroin to street level dealers and users for more than two years.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested a joint briefing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on their response to the growing number of pulmonary illnesses related to e-cigarette use and a death recently reported in Illinois. To date, 193 potential cases in 22 states have been reported to CDC between June 28 and August 20 of this year...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gary Don Hicks, Sr., age 51, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 55-year-old Canton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew D. DeSarno.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
Release: LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Founder of the Weill Family Foundation, Mr. Sandy Weill, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formally initiate a public-private partnership for artificial intelligence (AI), neurological disorders, and related subjects. The partnership will apply DOE-fueled AI capabilities to advance transformative scientific opportunities in biomedical and public health research.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested a joint briefing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on their response to the growing number of pulmonary illnesses related to e-cigarette use and a death recently reported in Illinois. To date, 193 potential cases in 22 states have been reported to CDC between June 28 and August 20 of this year...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Rogersville, Missouri business owner has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a $4 million scheme to defraud his customers and his failure to pay federal income and employment taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: During the summers of 2019 and 2020, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is hosting an outdoor exhibition of the sculptural portraits of three Hudson River School artists, created by internationally renowned sculptor Greg Wyatt. Wyatt will officially open the exhibition at the national park on Saturday, September 7 at 1pm, with a demonstration of the patina application process on one of the sculptures.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Miguel Figueroa, 33, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 10 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing butyryl fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21.4 million in funding for research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) related to both particle physics and fusion energy sciences.
