BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release: A Dominican man was sentenced on May 31, 2023 in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Milton Jose Arias, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 21 months incarceration. Arias will be subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of his sentence. On Jan. 10, 2023, Aria  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release: A Peabody man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with selling approximately 40,000 fentanyl pills. Manuel E. Tejeda, 42, pleaded guilty on June 2, 2023 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentenci  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Rarely do we ever know how much food is actually grown, produced, and then circulated from within a sub-national region. But researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently participated in a cross-institutional study involving 16 researchers to determine what it would take for New England stat  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 6 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers discuss hurricanes, floods, storm surges, climate change, emergency preparedness * * * In late September of 2022, partway through the annual summer hurricane season, Hurricane Ian rocked the Caribbean and then moved into Florida, strengthening into one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to make landfall in the U.S. More than 160 people died, and estimated damages from the sy  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 6 (TNSper) -- Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Eckert Seamans will welcome 16 summer associates across six offices, including Boston, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington. This 2023 class includes students from across the United States and is the largest and most diverse summer class in firm history. "We are excited to welcome this outstanding class of summer asso  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $8,800,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Connecticut while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected six communities in Connecticut to receive six grants totaling $5,800,000in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the Mu  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider Transmission Developers Incorporated's (TDI) application for funding to develop the New England Clean Power Link, a transmission line that would expand New England's access to cl  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 6 -- The National Aquarium issued the following news release: The National Aquarium Animal Rescue team is eight turtles closer to wrapping up the 2022-2023 cold-stun sea turtle rescue season after recently releasing 22 rehabilitated sea turtles on April 26 at Fort Macon State Park in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, and one very special local loggerhead on May 10 here in Maryland. These releases are the second and third of the 2022-2023 sea turtle rescue season after an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release: The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation today announced $336,000 in grants to 36 organizations as part of its 2023 grantmaking docket supporting LGBTQ+-led and -serving organizations in Greater Boston. The grants, made as the Fund kicked off its celebration of Pride 2023, bring the total grantmaking from the Fund to over $1.8 million since 2012. "These grants come at a time of great strength in the LGB  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: * * * Seeks public feedback via new request for comments * * * The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced a request for comments (RFC) seeking public input regarding the establishment of an additional regional office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices as authorized by the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 202  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: * * * Phase III ZUMA-7 trial finds CAR T cell therapy lowers risk of death by 27.4% compared to standard therapy * * * Patients with early relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma had significantly improved overall survival when treated with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) when compared to the cur  more