WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Bondi as Attorney General WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Pam Bondi to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States: "Pam Bondi has an accomplished legal career as both a state prosecutor for nearly two decades and a two-term Florida Attorney General and has consiste  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Scott Turner for HUD Secretary WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Scott Turner to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD): "I have seen firsthand the skills Scott Turner brings to the table when it comes to targeted economic de  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Commerce Committee Advances Capito-Backed Bills, Lutnick Nomination WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voted during a committee markup to advance the nomination of Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce. She also voted to advance several pieces of legislation, including th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Groundhog Day: Civil War Regiment's Knack for 'Digging In' Still Relevant When America's favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his cozy burrow at Gobbler's Knob, Feb. 2, 2025, he saw his shadow, and according to legend, that means we're in for six more weeks of winter. Many Americans associate Groundhog Day with the clairvoyant rodent -- or the 1993 comedy film that pokes fun at the festival   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia removes Salvadorian citizen wanted for aggravated rape of a minor PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Francisco Javier Melendez Torres, a citizen of El Salvador with a final order of removal, to El Salvador on Jan. 31. Melendez is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in El Salvador for agg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields program, and the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act, leg  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland. *** System and Method for Performing Online Archiving Operations ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- MONGODB, INC., New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12216642 B2, initially filed June 8, 2021) developed by three inventors Abdullah Alkhatib, Union City, California; Robert Liles, New York, New York; and Pia Kochar, Bethesda, Maryland, for "System and method for performing online arch  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Pro Drugs of PDE10 Compounds ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, Rahway, New Jersey has been assigned a patent (No. US 12215101 B2, initially filed Dec. 13, 2023) developed by three inventors Sachin Mittal, Bridgewater, New Jersey; Jason W. Skudlarek, Audubon, Pennsylvania; and Izzat T. Raheem, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, for "Pro drugs of PDE10 compounds." *** Autono  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Small Cell Demodulation Reference Signal and Initial Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin, Ireland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12219512 B2, initially filed Oct. 23, 2023) developed by six inventors Hua Xu, Ottawa, Canada; Shiwei Gao, Nepean, Canada; Yajun Zhu, Beijing, China; Zhijun Cai, Ashburn, Virginia; Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Nepean, Canada;   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Small Cell Demodulation Reference Signal and Initial Synchronization ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin, Ireland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12219512 B2, initially filed Oct. 23, 2023) developed by six inventors Hua Xu, Ottawa, Canada; Shiwei Gao, Nepean, Canada; Yajun Zhu, Beijing, China; Zhijun Cai, Ashburn, Virginia; Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Nepean, Canad  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Selectively Restricting Wi-Fi Calls Supported by Telecommunications Network ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- T-MOBILE USA, INC., Bellevue, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12219656 B2, initially filed Aug. 19, 2022) developed by Jhon Nelson Sihotang, Bellevue, Washington, and Khurram Ahmad Mirza, Bellevue, Washington, for "Selectively restricting Wi-Fi calls supported by telecommu  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Automated Indexing and Extraction of Fields in Digital Records ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- VELOCITYEHS HOLDINGS, INC., Chicago, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12216690 B1, initially filed Dec. 18, 2023) developed by four inventors Julia Penfield, Seattle, Washington; Aatish Suman, Austin, Texas; Veeru Talreja, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Misbah Zahid Khan, Mississauga,  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Melanie E. Hussain, 25, of Crab Orchard, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 2, 2022, Hussain sold approximately 4.2 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange for $300. Hussain admitted to the transaction and to selling 2.3  more