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State Dept. Issues Readout of Secretary Rubio Call With Norwegian P.M. Store
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Secretary Marco Rubio's call on March 25, 2026, with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store today to discuss the ongoing conflict in Iran.
The Secretary and Prime Minister discussed the efforts to maintain international pressure to confront threats posed by the Iranian regime.
The Secretary also expressed his thanks for the support of the Norwegian government following
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WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Secretary Marco Rubio's call on March 25, 2026, with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store today to discuss the ongoing conflict in Iran.
The Secretary and Prime Minister discussed the efforts to maintain international pressure to confront threats posed by the Iranian regime.
The Secretary also expressed his thanks for the support of the Norwegian government followingthe March 8 attack against the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.
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Original text here: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-rubios-call-with-norwegian-prime-minister-store/
State Dept. Issues Readout of Deputy Secretary Landau Meeting With Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kaneko
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau's meeting on March 27, 2026, with Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko:
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Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko today in Washington, D.C.
The Deputy Secretary and Foreign Minister highlighted the success of the Pacific Islands Investment Summit in February and reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening the Compact of Free Association,
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WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau's meeting on March 27, 2026, with Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko:
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Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko today in Washington, D.C.
The Deputy Secretary and Foreign Minister highlighted the success of the Pacific Islands Investment Summit in February and reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening the Compact of Free Association,which underpins the relationship between the two countries.
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Original text here: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/deputy-secretary-landaus-meeting-with-the-republic-of-marshall-islands-foreign-minister-kalani-kaneko/
Secretary of State Rubio Issues Remarks During News Conference at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on March 26, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio during a news conference:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press
SECRETARY RUBIO: I'm not going - I just did a long - I just did the cabinet meeting. So, you can draw from that.
QUESTION: Oh, come on, you'll have more to say. You'll have more to say.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, are you going to ask G7 to help with the Strait of Hormuz?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, it's in their interest to help. I mean, the other countries get far more of their
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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on March 26, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio during a news conference:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press
SECRETARY RUBIO: I'm not going - I just did a long - I just did the cabinet meeting. So, you can draw from that.
QUESTION: Oh, come on, you'll have more to say. You'll have more to say.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, are you going to ask G7 to help with the Strait of Hormuz?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, it's in their interest to help. I mean, the other countries get far more of theirfuel from there than we do, so --
QUESTION: But what kind of help are you going to ask - is it minesweepers, naval help?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, those specifics, I'll leave it to the Department of War to say exactly what, but it's in their interest. It's in their national interest.
QUESTION: Do you think President Trump criticizing NATO this morning, that sentiment --
SECRETARY RUBIO: I think he just made an observation, and the observation is that the United States is constantly being asked to help in a war, and we have more than any other country in the war - in the world, on a war that's happening in another continent, in Ukraine. But when the U.S. had a need, he didn't get positive responses. So he's - right now he's just making the observation that - I think it was a couple of the leaders in Europe who said that this was not Europe's war. Well, Ukraine is not America's war, and yet we've contributed more to that fight than any other country in the world. So, it'll be something to examine that the President will have to take into account down the road.
QUESTION: What is your assessment of --
QUESTION: So - so --
QUESTION: What's your assessment of Russia's support for Iran now?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Their assessment of it?
QUESTION: Yeah, what's your assessment?
SECRETARY RUBIO: I think Russia's primarily concentrating on the war they have going on right now. Beyond that, I don't have anything to add right now, certainly not in the media.
QUESTION: So do you - are you at all concerned about the reception that you might get (inaudible) --
SECRETARY RUBIO: Reception I might get? By who?
QUESTION: Well, by leaders (inaudible).
SECRETARY RUBIO: I'm not concerned about it. I'm here on behalf of the United States of America.
QUESTION: No, they're --
SECRETARY RUBIO: I look forward to meeting with them. I don't know what reception I would get from them. I think they should be happy that I'm going, because now they don't have to go.
QUESTION: Well --
QUESTION: Is the deadline for diplomacy with Iran still tomorrow, Mr. Secretary?
QUESTION: No, no, they might be happy, even - they're not happy with - with what's going on.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, again, I'm not there to make them happy. I get along with all of them on a personal level, and we work with those governments very carefully, but the people I'm interested in making happy are the people of the United States. That's who I work for. I don't work for France or Germany or Japan. These are all good people. We're going to have great meetings.
QUESTION: Can the strait --
SECRETARY RUBIO: But I work for - I work for the people of the United States.
QUESTION: Is the deadline still tomorrow, Mr. Secretary?
SECRETARY RUBIO: What?
QUESTION: Is the deadline for Iran to engage still tomorrow, or has that shifted?
SECRETARY RUBIO: The President addressed that at the cabinet meeting, so --
QUESTION: Which is it?
QUESTION: Can the strait be reopened without the use of troops on the ground, boots on the ground on the part of the U.S.?
SECRETARY RUBIO: That's a tactical military question. I'm not going to speculate on what it will take.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary --
SECRETARY RUBIO: It could be open tomorrow if Iran stops threatening global shipping, which is an outrage and a violation of international law. For all these countries that care about international law, they should be doing something about it.
QUESTION: Would you ask your partners for help from the G7?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, it's not help for us. Like I said, very little of our energy comes through the Strait of Hormuz. It's the world that has a great interest in that, so they should step up and deal with it.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, who are you negotiating with on the Iran side?
SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, again, we're not going to get into those details. There are intermediary countries that are passing messages and progress has been made. Some concrete progress has been made, as you've seen and has been documented already. There's a growing amount of energy that's been flowing through the strait - not as much as should be flowing, but some of it has picked up. So again, there's been some progress in regard to the exchange of messages, but that's an ongoing and fluid process and not one we're going to negotiate or talk about in the media.
QUESTION: Do you think this progress is enough for both sides to perhaps soon meet in person?
SECRETARY RUBIO: We'll see. We'll see how it turns out. I don't want to prejudge it. I don't want to predict. As I said, we'll see what happens. Okay? All right, guys.
QUESTION: Thank you.
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Original text here: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-the-press-8/
Federal Jury Convicts Suburban Chicago Man of Threatening To Kill Federal and State Public Officials
ROCKFORD, Illinois, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois posted the following news release on March 26, 2026:
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Federal Jury Convicts Suburban Chicago Man of Threatening To Kill Federal and State Public Officials
A federal jury today convicted a suburban Chicago man of making a true threat to kill multiple public officials, including President Donald J. Trump, the 47th and 45th President of the United States.
TRENT SCHNEIDER, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., was found guilty of making a true threat in interstate commerce to injure a person. The
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ROCKFORD, Illinois, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois posted the following news release on March 26, 2026:
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Federal Jury Convicts Suburban Chicago Man of Threatening To Kill Federal and State Public Officials
A federal jury today convicted a suburban Chicago man of making a true threat to kill multiple public officials, including President Donald J. Trump, the 47th and 45th President of the United States.
TRENT SCHNEIDER, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., was found guilty of making a true threat in interstate commerce to injure a person. Thejury returned its verdict after a three-day trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The conviction is punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
On Oct. 21, 2025, Schneider posted a video of himself on Instagram in which he stated, "People like me have suffered real [expletive] crimes from [expletive] judges, doctors, lawyers, police. They all should be killed. All of them should be executed for what they've done . . . I'm going to get some guns. I know where I can get a lot of [expletive] guns and I am going to take care of business myself. I'm tired of all you [expletive] frauds. People need to [expletive] die and people are going to die. [Expletive] all of you, especially you Trump. You should be executed." The video also included a caption that stated, in part: "THIS IS NOT A THREAT!!! AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING and My House Auction date is 11.04.2025 @realDonaldTrump SHOULD BE EXECUTED!!!"
On the same date, Schneider appeared at the Lake County, Ill. courthouse and told the judge presiding over Schneider's pending foreclosure case that he would burn the courthouse down.
The conviction was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Dai Tran, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Chicago Field Office. Valuable assistance was provided by the Lake County, Ill. Sheriff's Office and the Winthrop Harbor, Ill. Police Department. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Hanna Helwig and Paige Nutini.
"Let this conviction send a clear message that it is never acceptable to threaten a political figure or a member of the judiciary," said U.S. Attorney Boutros. "Political violence is not only intolerable, but it is a serious crime. Working closely with our law enforcement partners, the Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office will find, arrest, and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those responsible for criminally threatening the safety of our elected officials and judges."
"Threats of political violence are not a joke," said SAIC Tran. "They are a federal crime. The U.S. Secret Service vigorously pursues all threats to harm the President of the United States. I am proud of our agents' work in this case and thank our partners at the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Winthrop Harbor Police Department for their assistance in bringing this defendant to justice. I also want to thank the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois for prosecuting this case to its conclusion."
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Original text here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/federal-jury-convicts-suburban-chicago-man-threatening-kill-federal-and-state-public
Canadian National Pleads Guilty to Leading Group That Trafficked More Than 850 Kilograms of Meth and Cocaine From U.S. Into Canada
LOS ANGELES, California, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on March 26, 2026:
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Canadian National Pleads Guilty to Leading Group that Trafficked More Than 850 Kilograms of Meth and Cocaine from U.S. into Canada
A Canadian national pleaded guilty today to leading a criminal organization that - during a roughly one-month span - trafficked from the United States into Canada hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth up to $17 million.
Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty
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LOS ANGELES, California, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on March 26, 2026:
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Canadian National Pleads Guilty to Leading Group that Trafficked More Than 850 Kilograms of Meth and Cocaine from U.S. into Canada
A Canadian national pleaded guilty today to leading a criminal organization that - during a roughly one-month span - trafficked from the United States into Canada hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth up to $17 million.
Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guiltyto one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
Sidhu is the lead defendant in a 23-count January 2024 federal indictment targeting a drug trafficking organization. He has been in federal custody since October 2024 after being extradited from Canada.
According to his plea agreement, from September 2020 to February 2023, Sidhu led an organization responsible for trafficking drugs from the U.S. into Canada for distribution.
From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Sidhu orchestrated the distribution of eight separate drug loads, totaling approximately 523 kilograms (1,153 pounds) of methamphetamine and 347 kilograms (765 pounds) of cocaine, which law enforcement seized. These drug loads had an estimated wholesale value of approximately $15 million to $17 million.
After buying the bulk quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine in the U.S., Sidhu arranged for the narcotics' transportation into Canada via long-haul semi-trucks for further distribution. Sidhu provided telephone numbers and serial numbers on bills of currency for couriers to use as a "token" for identification purposes during the delivery and transportation of the cocaine and methamphetamine.
Sidhu and co-conspirators then retrieved the cocaine and methamphetamine from locations within Canada for further distribution.
United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt scheduled a July 9 sentencing hearing, at which time Sidhu would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Sidhu is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in this matter. Several other defendants have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in this case and have been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from 27 months to 108 months.
The FBI, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (LA IMPACT), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, United States Customs and Border Protection, and law enforcement authorities in Mexico investigated this matter. Significant assistance was provided by Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Justice Department's Office of International Affairs worked with the Canadian authorities to secure the arrest and October 2024 extradition of Sidhu.
This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.
Assistant United States Attorney Kelly Larocque of the Transnational Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.
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Original text here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/canadian-national-pleads-guilty-leading-group-trafficked-more-850-kilograms-meth-and
Border Patrol Agent Charged With Civil Rights Violation and Evidence Tampering
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico posted the following news release on March 27, 2026:
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Border Patrol Agent Charged with Civil Rights Violation and Evidence Tampering
A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Border Patrol agent for allegedly assaulting a handcuffed detainee and later concealing evidence to obstruct an investigation.
According to court records, on May 22, 2023, Eduardo Prat, 40, allegedly strangled John Doe while performing his official duties as a Border Patrol agent in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. John
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico posted the following news release on March 27, 2026:
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Border Patrol Agent Charged with Civil Rights Violation and Evidence Tampering
A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Border Patrol agent for allegedly assaulting a handcuffed detainee and later concealing evidence to obstruct an investigation.
According to court records, on May 22, 2023, Eduardo Prat, 40, allegedly strangled John Doe while performing his official duties as a Border Patrol agent in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. JohnDoe was handcuffed at the time of the alleged assault. Subsequently, between May 22 and June 12, 2023, Prat allegedly concealed and covered up a body camera recording of the assault.
Prat is charged in federal court with deprivation of rights under color of law and destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation. He is on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled. If convicted, Prat faces up to 20 years in prison.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison made the announcement today.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Professional Responsibility investigated this case with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, the Las Cruces Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, and the U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector. The Las Cruces Branch Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico is prosecuting the case.
View the Indictment (Prat).pdf (https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/media/1432936/dl?inline)
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An indictment or criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Original text here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/border-patrol-agent-charged-civil-rights-violation-and-evidence-tampering
BLS Northeast Region Issues Report on Fatal Work Injuries in New York State 2024
NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSLrpt) -- Fatal Work Injuries in New York State 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - March 27, 2026
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Fatal work injuries totaled 217 in 2024 for New York State (including New York City), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the number of work-related fatalities in New York was down 11.8 percent from 246 in 2023. (See chart 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2024, a decrease from
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NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSLrpt) -- Fatal Work Injuries in New York State 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - March 27, 2026
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Fatal work injuries totaled 217 in 2024 for New York State (including New York City), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the number of work-related fatalities in New York was down 11.8 percent from 246 in 2023. (See chart 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2024, a decrease froma rate of 2.8 in 2023. Nationwide, a total of 5,070 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2024, a 4.0-percent decrease from 5,283 in 2023. These data are from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).
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Chart 1. Number of fatal occupational injuries by employee status, New York State, 2015-24
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Fatal event or exposure
* Transportation incidents (72) were the most frequent type of fatal event in New York, accounting for 33 percent of all fatal work injuries. Nationally, the share was 38 percent. (See chart 2 and table 1.)
* Falls, slips, and trips (49) accounted for 23 percent of workplace fatalities in New York; nationally, the share was 17 percent.
* Exposure to harmful substances or environments resulted in 30 fatalities in 2024, down 19 over the year.
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Chart 2. Percent distribution of total fatal occupational injuries by event, United States and New York State, 2024
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Private industry
* The construction sector had 50 fatal workplace injuries, down from 60 the previous year. (See table 2.)
* Of the 50 construction sector fatalities, 24 were the result of falls, slips, and trips.
* The specialty trade contractors subsector accounted for 27 of the sector's fatal workplace injuries.
Occupation
* The construction and extraction occupational group had 55 fatal workplace injuries, down 19 over the year. (See table 3.)
* Falls, slips, and trips resulted in 24 of the 55 construction and extraction fatalities.
* Construction trades workers accounted for 42 of the major group's fatal workplace injuries.
Worker characteristics
* Wage and salary workers accounted for 82 percent of fatal workplace injuries in New York; the self-employed comprised the remaining 18 percent. Nationally, wage and salary workers comprised 82 percent of fatalities. (See chart 1 and table 4.)
* Males accounted for 88 percent of the fatal work injuries in New York and 92 percent nationally.
* Workers 45 to 54 years old had a 30-percent decrease in worker fatalities from 56 in 2023 to 39 in 2024. Workers 55 to 64 years old had a 27-percent decline in work-related fatalities from 63 in 2023 to 46 in 2024.
* White, non-Hispanic workers had the largest share (51 percent) of fatal workplace injuries in New York. This group accounted for 56 percent of all work fatalities for the nation. Hispanic or Latino workers accounted for 26 percent of fatal work injuries in New York. Nationwide, this group accounted for 24 percent of work-related deaths. Non-Hispanic Asian workers accounted for 11 percent of New York work-related fatalities, compared to 4 percent nationally.
* Fatalities among White, non-Hispanic workers decreased 14 percent from 129 in 2023 to 111. Among Hispanic or Latino workers, fatal workplace injuries declined 13 percent from 64 in 2023 to 56 in 2024.
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Technical Note
Background of the program. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, is a count of all fatalities resulting from workplace injuries occurring in the U.S. during the calendar year. For technical information and definitions for the CFOI, see the national CFOI release Technical notes, the BLS Handbook of Methods, and the CFOI definitions.
Acknowledgments. BLS thanks the New York State Department of Health and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for their efforts in collecting accurate, comprehensive, and useful data on fatal work injuries. BLS also appreciates the efforts of all federal, state, local, and private sector entities that provided source documents used to identify fatal work injuries nationally. See the national CFOI release Technical Notes for details on cooperating entities.
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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, New York State, 2023-24
Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by industry, New York State, 2023-24
Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation, New York State, 2023-24
Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected demographic characteristics, New York State, 2023-24
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View original text plus charts and tables here: https://www.bls.gov/regions/northeast/news-release/2026/fatalworkinjuries_newyork_20260327.htm
