BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: A Taunton woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for possessing cocaine intended for distribution. Kiyanna Ambers, 42, was sentenced on Aug. 22, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In August 2020, Ambers pleaded guilty to one count of possessio  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- The European Society of Cardiology issued the following news release: * * * NOAH-AFNET 6 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2023 * * * Blood thinners (anticoagulants) cause bleeding without preventing stroke in patients with atrial high rate episodes (AHRE), but without electrocardiogram (ECG)-diagnosed atrial fibrillation, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023 an  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- Harvard University issued the following news: Marla Frederick, a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American religious experience, will become dean of Harvard Divinity School on January 1, President Claudine Gay announced Thursday. Frederick is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Prior to her appointment at Emory, she served on the Harvard faculty from 2003  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * New dynamics expected in the years ahead as deployment and supply chains expand * * * Wind energy continues to see growth, solid performance, and attractive prices in the U.S., according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). With levelized costs averaging under $40  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00160) on Aug. 23, 2023: * * * CALPINE POWER AMERICA-ME, LLC, Request for Approval of Extension and Waiver to File Annual Report ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order, the Commission grants the waivers requested by Calpine Power America-ME, LLC (Calpine), a licensed competitive electricity provider (CEP), with respect to compliance with regulator  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on Aug. 24, 2023: At the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Board of Directors Meeting today, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng and Assistant General Manager Lynsey M. Heffernan announced the agency's values, goals, and metrics to improve safety, service, equity, sustainability, and culture, building on our mission to provide the public accessible and reliable transpo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act (CRWPA), which would formalize a partnership between federal, state, local and private entities to promote conservation, restoration, education, and recreation efforts in the Watershed and establish a voluntary grant program to facilitate these activities  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Today, Governor Chris Sununu and twelve New Hampshire legislators wrote to Robert Ludlow, Chief Financial and Compliance Officer of ISO New England, in opposition to the creation of an executive-level environmental justice position at ISO New England. The following legislators joined Governor Sununu in penning the letter: * Senate President Jeb Bradley * Speaker  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 24 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-070) on Aug. 23, 2023, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * 2023 Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF HEARING On August 4, 2023, Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) filed a petition to update the Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism (TCAM)   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Governor Dan McKee, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio today announced their appointments to the Cannabis Advisory Board. Per state statute, the Cannabis Advisory Board will work in collaboration with the Cannabis Control Commission to advise and issue recommendations on the use, commerce, regulation and effects of adult-use and  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 25 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists is honored to present Annie Bennett with the 2023 Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award. Bennett graduated from Emerson College, where she served as the SPJ chapter president and held numerous internships. "I cannot say enough good things about Bennett. She combines an ease with people and a determined focus that captivates others and earn  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced settlement agreements with five law schools after a Federal Student Aid (FSA) investigation revealed that the schools improperly disbursed Title IVfunds to students enrolled in unaccredited Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs. The five schools that settled these claims are Albany Law School, Atlanta's John Marshall School of Law,  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire, along with other regional partners, have been monitoring the development of an expansive algal bloom that has formed in the Gulf of Maine--stretching more than a hundred miles from Massachusetts to Maine. The brown, coffee-colored bloom consists mostly of phytoplankton, or microalgae, that is not new to the waters off the coast of New Engl  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 24 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: As the University of Rhode Island prepares for its 132nd year, the University's Board of Trustees is welcoming eight new members--the largest group of trustees to join the 17-member board at one time since it was formed in 2020 to govern URI. The new members were appointed in the spring and participated in the board's June meeting. Among the new trustees is former U.S. Congressman Robert A. Weygand, a   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people. David Schiff, MD, the co-director of UVA Cancer Center's Neuro-Oncology Center, has authored an editorial in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine describing the potential significance of the drug vorasidenib for patients with   more