BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: POCATELLO, Idaho - Hank David Langley, 42, of Visalia, California and Thomas Joel Schooley, 39, of Hyrum, Utah, were sentenced to 11-and-a-half years and eight years in federal prison, respectively, for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in eastern Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Langley and Schooley were indicted by   more

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on April 1, 2024: Hank David Langley, 42, of Visalia, California, and Thomas Joel Schooley, 39, of Hyrum, Utah, were sentenced to 11-and-a-half years and eight years in federal prison, respectively, for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in eastern Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Langley and Schooley were indicted by a federal grand jury on methampheta  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of thirteen individuals by Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick in connection with an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a large-scale cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine trafficking ne  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Getting the chance to meet and mingle with scientists who have achieved Nobel Prize winning greatness will be the reality for five Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) postdoctoral appointees selected to attend the 73rd annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings. Tina Ebert, Elizabeth Grace and Raspberry Simpson were selected as the 2024 LLNL cohort; Tomi Akind  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 3 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on April 2, 2024: First results have been published from 2022's California Fire Dynamics Experiment (CalFiDE), a NOAA- and CIRES-led campaign to capture coordinated wildfire observations in real time. The new study shows it's possible to collect measurements of fire and smoke chemistry, weather conditions, and smoke plume dynamics in real time around an active wildfire. T  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following opening remarks on April 1, 2024, by Office on Violence Against Women Director Rosie Hidalgo at the End Violence Against Women International Annual Conference: * * * I want to express my gratitude to End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) for planning this important annual conference and for this opportunity to offer opening remarks. I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as the Director of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: From April 3-9, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will travel to the People's Republic of China (PRC) for bilateral meetings and other engagements. Secretary Yellen's visit to China will build on the intensive diplomacy she has engaged in to responsibly manage the bilateral economic relationship and advance American interests. Following initial meetings with the PRC's new economic team last Ju  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 398) entitled "San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co. - Discontinuance of Service Exemption - in Kern County, California": * * * San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co. (SJVR), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an approximately 4.3-mile rail line between mil  more

MONTEREY, California, April 3 -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center issued the following news: By Natela Cutter To uphold the highest standards in foreign language teaching, all new instructors at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center must undergo two rigorous courses before they set step in the classroom, regardless of their prior experience. "We call that the DLI-way," said Dr. Jamil Al Thawahrih, the director of Faculty Development Support. "Regardless   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Three Mexican men, who last year were arrested in El Monte with more than 1 million fentanyl pills, each pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge. At a hearing today before United States District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr., the following three defendants - all from Sinaloa, Mexico - pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to di  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The White House issued the following readout of President Biden's call on April 2, 2024, with Chinese President Xi Jinping: * * * President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The call follows the two leaders' meeting in Woodside, California in November 2023. The two leaders held a candid and constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including areas of cooperation and area  more