BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A Mexican man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute nine kilograms of fentanyl bound for Massachusetts from California. Ricardo Peinado Rivera, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 26 months in prison. On May 24, 2023, Peinado Rivera pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A member of the Boston street gang "D Street" pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing multiple firearms and ammunition while a convicted felon and while he was under house arrest for a state firearm charge. Freily Cabral, 25, of Boston and Quincy, pleaded guilty today to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and   more

PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 29 -- The Center for Coastal Studies issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay yesterday (Sunday, August 27). The turtle, estimated to weigh some 400 pounds, was found by Good Samaritan boaters off Wellfleet, MA and reported promptly. The boaters stood by the turtle until the MAER team arrived on scene. According  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that Clarest, LLC, doing business as Clarest Health, ProCare LTC New England LTC, and ProCare LTC Pharmacy of Connecticut LLC ("ProCare"), have ent  more

DORCHESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $18 million in grants that will support an expanded clean energy workforce. Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll announced the awards alongside Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper, Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Secretary Lauren Jones, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Je  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces that Bradley J. Russ, Maureen Sullivan, and former Major Joseph M. Ebert have been appointed to serve as the Project Safe Neighborhood's (PSN) Selection Committee. "These three individuals will serve as the members of an external panel that will review applications for subawards under the PSN Program," U.S. Attorney Jane  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following remarks on Aug. 29, 2023, by the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro at Southeastern New England Defense Industry Defense Innovation Days: Good morning, everyone! Thank you very much, Chairman Reed, for that introduction. Senator Whitehouse, industry leaders, distinguished guests, it is my great pleasure to speak to all of you today, and I'm delighted to return to this conference once again--my t  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: People should learn from their mistakes, not die from them. But today, many Americans are being killed by unknowingly ingesting fentanyl in counterfeit pills. Fentanyl is a deadly artificial opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin. While it can help patients with pain in hospital settings, illicit fentanyl is now the most common drug in overdose deaths. Today, at CODAC B  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) joined Congressman Chris Pappas (N.H.-01) to reintroduce Senate and House versions of the National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act, which would authorize federal resources for communities to address adverse childhood experiences associated with exposure to trauma. "We must ensure that we provide every necessary resource to comb  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Saad B. Omer has led vaccine studies around the world and worked with the World Health Organization to draft guidance on COVID-19 * * * Saad B. Omer, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Founding Dean of the Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discovered a passion for public health while he was a medical student in Pakistan. Volu  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following remarks on Aug. 29, 2023, by Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti at the Southeastern New England Defense Industry's Defense Innovation Days: Well, good afternoon, Kim. Thank you very much for that kind introduction. I really do want to take a minute to thank Chairman Reed, who originally encouraged me and gave me this invitation to be part of this year's conference, and for his leade  more