News from February 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Residents of Northeastern Pennsylvania will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA Pre✓® application program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) from March 4 through March 8, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the airport terminal.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - In coordination with Okaloosa County, the National Park Service will begin issuing Commercial Use Authorization permits for businesses operating at Crab Island for the 2019 season. Operators may apply for a park service permit immediately by visiting the park’s website (www.nps.gov/guis/getinvolved/cua.htm). Park service regulations require all commercial operators comply with state and local laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Huawei Corporate Entities Enter ‘Not Guilty’ Pleas - Agreed Trial Date of March 2020.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We urge you to raise U.S. concerns about the Duterte government’s assault on civil society, media freedom, and human rights at every opportunity during your February 28 - March 1 trip to Manila, and to specifically press for justice in the cases of Maria Ressa and Senator Leila de...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Yesterday, Thomas Michael White, 60, of Parkland, Florida was sentenced to 14 years in prison for leading a multi-year conspiracy that robbed over a dozen senior citizens of their retirement money.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined to respond to a recent request from Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), the two members today sent a follow-up letter, reiterating their request for a range of information...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Dinesh Shankar was sentenced today to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,618,000 in restitution as result of his mail fraud conviction for embezzling from an East Bay medical device company, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019. Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Recardo Catrell Pierce, 22, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Red Rock/Sloan Field Office is requesting proposals for guided services at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm of stealing trade secret information while planning to move to China to work for a rival company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Two men from California were sentenced this month for their role in a drug conspiracy that resulted in, what was at the time, the third largest fentanyl seizure in the United States, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Contact: Press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2019 - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel found that China has provided trade distorting domestic support to its grain...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Defendant posted internet threats to shoot attendees and bomb Harvard University.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Steam Vents parking lot in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be closed Thurs., March 14 from 8 a.m. to noon for the treatment of invasive little fire ants (LFA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Chinese nationals have been indicted on federal charges that allege they kidnapped another Chinese national and attempted to collect $2 million in ransom from the victim’s family in exchange for the victim’s life.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Waynesburg, Kentucky, man who was caught at a traffic stop with 10 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a spare tire was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jorge Castillo, 37, and his girlfriend, Katherine Briones, 43, both of Inglewood, Calif., were sentenced today to prison terms of 25 years and 15 years, respectively, after earlier pleading guilty in the District of Columbia to child exploitation charges.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry are hosting an ash tree bark peeling workshop to search for an invasive forest insect pest, the emerald ash borer (EAB), on Thursday, March 7 from 8:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon. The workshop will be held in the “fire engine bay", a heated garage at park headquarters, Acadia National Park, (20 McFarland Hill Drive), Bar Harbor.
