FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 13 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: American Airlines is adding seven new routes next summer to give customers more ways to plan trips to hike rugged coastal mountains, watch whales breach in Canadian waters or feel the sea breeze blow in on the shores of Cape Cod. The expansion includes six new cities from New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), growing American's network from the Big Apple to 75 nonstop destinations. "American continues to build a net  more

MALDEN, Massachusetts, Oct. 13 -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Today, three former employees of Sichuan Taste filed a lawsuit against the restaurant for wage theft and retaliation in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The suit alleges the restaurant flagrantly violated federal and state wage and hour laws by 1) failing to pay workers minimum wages and overtime, 2) failing to pay wages dur  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - September 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past month, up 3.0 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.3 percent in Sept  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - September 2023": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the month and 3.7 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to possess and distribute methamphetamine and illegally possess firearms, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Jersey Field Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Nicholas Layton, 43,   more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- Housatonic Community College issued the following news: CT State Community College (CT State) announced it has received a $1M Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant award from the National Science Foundation to benefit three of its campuses in southern Connecticut. CT State Housatonic will lead the "STEMConnect Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B)" project, designed to support and help increase the number of underrepresented students wh  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, announced its newest members of the 2023 HRC and HRC Foundation Boards of Directors. "It is an honor to welcome our newest board members Beck Bailey, Percy Brown, Cordy Elkins, Tony Garavaglia, Darryl Holloman, Ph.D., Marcia Namowitz, and Tatiana Willia  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The leader an armed drug-trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for moving kilogram quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in and around the Craven County area was sentenced yesterday to 420 months in prison for drug trafficking and gun charges. On March 3, 2023, Ivan Leonardo Medina-Beltran, age 45, pled guilty to the  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: A new study endorses closed-loop use in type 1 diabetes pregnancy and highlights how the technology can facilitate positive pregnancy experiences. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (DTT). Click here (https://email.liebertpub.com/c/11TSume3Er8N0CE6POCQSPQnk) to read the article now. Julia Lawton, from the University of Edinburgh, and coauthors  more

DEVENS, Massachusetts, Oct. 13 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Today, the MassDevelopment Board of Directors ceremonially broke ground on a new public safety building in Devens. MassDevelopment will convert a partially vacant agency-owned building at 270 Barnum Road into a state-of-the-art facility that will house the Devens Fire Department, the Massachusetts State Police, who provide police services in Devens under a contract with the agency, and the Nash  more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 13 -- Mass Humanities issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2023: Mass Humanities, public media organizations PRX--one of the world's top podcast publishers and public radio distributors--and New England Public Media (NEPM) based in Springfield, Massachusetts, today announced the Mass Humanities Audio Storytelling Project. The program has recently begun, equipping four teams with four months of training in aspects of creative story development and audio producti  more

NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, Oct. 13 -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: Six new named inductees to the Colby-Sawyer Legends Society and two anonymous donors were honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The Legends Society recognizes the exceptional philanthropy of those who have made $1 million or more in lifetime gifts to the college. This year's named inductees are Agnes Cornell Cook '47, Chase and Wendy Carey, the Davis Educational Foundation, Gail Graham Lee '62, The Jack  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2023: Kirsten E. Lyke, MD, Professor of Medicine and Physician-Scientist at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), was elected this week as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). She was recognized for her pivotal research in emerging infections and human challenge models that h  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Harry Rodriguez, Jr., age 43, of Utica, New York, was sentenced today to serve 84 months in federal prison for his convictions for two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad  more