News from June 2019

By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Tentative decision is subject to conditions that will protect competition and consumers
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Tried to Run Over Federal Officer Three Times after Two Months on the Lam.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man with citizenship in Lebanon and the United States was arrested this morning after arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on charges of transporting visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters notifying Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that the Committee is moving forward to hold them in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with bipartisan subpoenas issued more than two months ago for documents relating to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Cummings wrote in today’s letters...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: It may be hard to imagine America’s vast infrastructure as anything short of indestructible, but even steel has its breaking point. Natural disasters have the potential to damage infrastructure critical to the delivery of energy in ways otherwise impossible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States Reaches Settlement with Arlington Public Schools to Ensure Equal Opportunities for English Learner Students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Daniel Ranger, 33, has been sentenced to 240months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, aiding and abetting the distribution and attempted distribution of a detectable amount of Fentanyl and being a felon in possession of firearms. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: (Calumet, MI) The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is seeking an accomplished leader to serve as their new Executive Director. The Commission’s current Executive Director, Scott See, will be leaving the position later this summer after ten years in the role. See said, “The job is an excellent opportunity for someone to focus on historic preservation, solve real problems, and facilitate visible progress with a diverse set of stakeholders and partners.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A south suburban chiropractor has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly submitting reimbursement claims to private insurers for nonexistent treatment.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that they are now accepting public comments on a proposed shooting sports pilot project on public lands within the Arizona State Office’s Phoenix District. The pilot will evaluate a variety of active management options to enhance access and safety.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Defendant, Who Previously Pleaded Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Stabbed the Victim with a Homemade Metal Knife.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 31, 2019, United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Jasmine Wing, age 27, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service, for making false statements in the purchase of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Allen Harris, of Beverly, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeks Information Regarding a Bank Robbery in Miami Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Hogans, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for drug distribution and having a weapon, or shank, in prison, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel Michael J. Desmond, urging the agency to issue clarifying guidance on Massachusetts’ family and medical leave laws that are funded by a mix of employee and employer payroll taxes.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: BELLE GLADE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc. - based in Belle Glade, Florida - for exposing employees to workplace safety hazards after a worker required medical treatment due to an anhydrous ammonia leak in the farm’s packaging house. The company faces $95,472 in penalties.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Big Hazard street gang was sentenced today to 156 months in federal prison for orchestrating and executing the nighttime firebombing of African-American families at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights in 2014 in order to force the residents out of their homes.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Whether you visit Rock Creek Park’s Nature Center to pick up a trail map, attend a ranger program, or say hello to Pokey the Turtle, the National Park Service (NPS) is working to enhance your experience at this Washington, D.C. destination.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Asean Mitchell, 20, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 150 months in prison on three counts of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig.