News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a meeting of the Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) on June 5-6, 2019. The public is welcome to attend and observe the meeting at the Hideout Community Center located at 648 South Hideout Way, Monticello, Utah 84535. The meeting is scheduled for June 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will continue the following day on June 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 30, 2019, United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane sentenced Jacob Charles LaFrance, age 29, of Thurmont, Maryland, to 41 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. LaFrance was also ordered to pay $6,114 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Project in Inyo County. The proposed billion-dollar project supports the Trump Administration’s goals of achieving energy security, strengthening local economies and creating local jobs.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [May 2, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh soursop fruit from Mexico into the continental United States. Based on the analysis, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Ashley Patterson, 29 years old, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 125 months in prison after pleading guilty to bank robbery and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former senior correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, Texas, was indicted yesterday on charges that he used unlawful force on an inmate and then submitted a false incident report, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 20-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will host a portrait exhibition titled 'Invisibles,' featuring the work of fall 2018 artist-in-residence Peter Cizmadia. As part of the artist residency, Cizmadia completed a series of portraits commemorating the 24 men and women who actively...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Fatai Gafari, a/k/a Freak Dawg, age 28, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to 151 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine (“PCP"), and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: This Was Defendant’s Eighth Time to Illegally Reenter the Country.
By State Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Washington-Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Co-Chair of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Vice Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and a member of the House Intelligence and Education and Labor Committees, Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03), Co-Chair...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., called on the Trump administration to maintain protections for access to care in Medicaid. Their request follows guidance and proposed rule changes from the Trump administration weakening protections and making it more difficult for vulnerable Americans in the program to access health care.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg (from left), Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Fluxys CEO Pascal De Buck, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon D. Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Ronald Gidwitz, and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Ted Garrish at Fluxys’ Zeebrugge LNG import terminal in Belgium.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Dayton man has pleaded guilty to charges related to robbing a Rite Aid in Brookville in July 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Marcus Remus, age 21, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard following a federal jury trial. In addition to the 90 months of imprisonment, Remus will be placed on 5 years...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act...
By State Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement on Yom Hashoah...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Federal prosecutors in Maryland have filed a federal criminal complaint charging Gregory Ray Blosser, age 37, of Tampa, Florida, on a federal wire fraud charge in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud clients of The Surrogacy Group (TSG), which he operated. Blosser was arrested on April 29th in Florida. The criminal complaint was unsealed at his initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lawrenceburg, Ky., man was indicted today for threatening a school shooting, making threats to and intimidating other individuals over social media, illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of those threats, and related crimes.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Suffragists used tunes from commonly known songs or hymns and added their own lyrics to create anthems of the women’s rights movement. These songs addressed women’s status, relationships, and shared their dreams and goals. Women’s Rights National Historical Park is happy to present the music of the suffrage movement.
