News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act (H.R. 2339), which he originally introduced in April, was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 28-24.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $15 million in funding for 23 projects to accelerate the incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence into the energy technology and product design processes as part of the Design Intelligence Fostering Formidable Energy Reduction (and) Enabling Novel Totally Impactful Advanced Technology Enhancements (DIFFERENTIATE) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Colin McLean, 29, of Hollywood, Florida was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to fifty-five years in federal prison for producing child pornography of an infant and 7 year old child, and possessing child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series released today aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - As EM crews work to ensure the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ’s (ORNL) Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) remains safe until its decommissioning, they are also collaborating with academic and industry professionals interested in developing new molten salt reactors for nuclear power production.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act (H.R. 2339), which he originally introduced in April, was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 28-24.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series released today aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park’s Trail Crew has successfully removed remnants of a weekend rockfall and the world-famous trail has reopened ahead of schedule.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
Release: Centers to Focus on Science for Energy and Environmental Management
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a bank fraud conspiracy in which he and others used stolen mail to create dozens of counterfeit checks that they attempted to cash at area banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Shawn Norman, age 60, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin, a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico and the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division announced the successful return of an item of cultural patrimony, a ceremonial war shield (“Shield") sacred to the Pueblo of Acoma. Acoma Pueblo is one of 22 federally recognized Native American tribes in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jonathan Lynn Luten, 40, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney, D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Power Ujamaa Construction have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the construction of an outpatient care center at the Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) - a destination center for cancer and neurological care.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $200,000 to SecureKey Technologies based in Toronto, Canada to adapt its identity network solution to support the issuance and validation of digital credentials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: An Indian national arrived in the U.S. yesterday after being ordered detained and removed to the U.S. for the alleged sexual assault of a U.S. national on a military base in Afghanistan. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Curtis Arganbright, 42, a former Westminster Police Department (WPD) Officer, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Denver, Colorado, to one count of violating the civil rights of a female in his care whom he sexually assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: A citizen of Sweden has been extradited from Thailand to the United States today to stand trial for alleged securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: A citizen and resident of the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today in Miami, Florida, to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts in the United States and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: An MS-13 gang member was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a brutal machete attack at a park just outside Dallas, Texas, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas.
