WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment
A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, with offenses that relate to Assange’s alleged role in one of the…
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Beth A. Williams on the Senate’s Confirmation of 200 Judges
Assistant Attorney General Beth A. Williams issued the following statement today on the Senate’s confirmation of the 200th Article III judge under the Trump Administration. Earlier this week, Williams penned…
300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path
Research News Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a ‘primitive’ vertebrate June 24, 2020 Sturgeon, long-lived, bottom-dwelling fish, are often described as living fossils. Their…
British Man Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Fraud Scheme That Victimized Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Consumers
Gareth David Long, 41, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison for running a scheme to steal millions of dollars from hundreds of thousands of…
LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in gap between neutron stars and black holes
Research News Astronomers long puzzled by gap June 24, 2020 When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes. When stars that…
NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Source:NASA China…
Scientists develop numerical capability of laser-driven X-ray imaging
Research News Experiments validate numerical modeling method for variety of uses June 24, 2020 A team of scientists led by University of Nevada Reno physicist Hiroshi Sawada has demonstrated that…
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
An Oregon resident pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing false claims, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s…