ROME, New York, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release with Air Force Research Laboratory on Jan. 26, 2024: The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, on Dec. 14, 2023 to strengthen quantum communication and networking collaboration. The agreement links the collaborative research efforts of AFRL's Distri  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Jan. 23, 2024, entitled "New Hampshire Job Openings and Labor Turnover - November 2023": * * * New Hampshire had 38,000 job openings in November 2023, compared to 41,000 openings in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in New Hampshire was  more

UPTON, New York, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: * * * An electrolyte additive increased the charging rate of lithium metal batteries and led to new discoveries about battery chemistry * * * On a mission to build better electric vehicle batteries, chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have used an electrolyte additive to improve the functionality o  more

UPTON, New York, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Scientists developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of functional, 3D metallic and semiconductor nanostructures * * * Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, and Stony Brook University have developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of designed metallic and   more

UPTON, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University has demonstrated a way to produce large quantities of the receptor that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, binds to on the surface of human cells. That binding between the now-infamous viral spike protein and the human "ACE2" receptor is   more

WEST POINT, New York, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Multimedia Journalist Family, friends, faculty and staff united at the Haig Room in Jefferson Hall Jan. 18 to celebrate the promotion ceremony of U.S. Corps of Cadets (USCC) Commandant, Lori L. Robinson. She was promoted from the rank of brigadier general to major general during a festive time-honored observance that included music, food and a reception hailing th  more

MINEOLA, New York, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced today that a Nassau County doctor has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for prescription practices that led to the deaths of five patients between 2016 and 2018. George Blatti, 78, pleaded guilty on October 10, 2023, before Judge Fran Ricigliano to five counts of  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Charges That Hotel Failed to Accommodate Front Desk Worker With a Stool or Chair * * * 299 Madison Ave. LLC, doing business as Library Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in New York City, will pay $42,000 to a former front desk employee to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by the U.S. Equal  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of JOSEPH LEWIS to charges of committing securities fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud through insider trading. LEWIS was arrested in July 2023 and pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Jessica G.L. Clarke today. In addition, BROAD BAY LTD., a   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael Alfonso, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging Bronx-based immigration attorney KOFI AMANKWAA and his son, KOFI AMANKWAA, JR., with carryi  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, Garri Smith was sentenced to 48 months in prison by United States District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, for money laundering conspiracy in connection with his role in a multi-year scheme in which he and his co-conspirators stole millions of dollars from bank safety deposit boxes in seven foreign countr  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ebony Shine, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Marangola, who han  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARK SCOTT was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos for laundering approximately $400 million of proceeds from the massive international fraud scheme known as "OneCoin." Today's sentencing followed SCOTT's conviction on all counts at tri  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SHAWN CRONIN and PAUL FELDMAN each pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn to one count of securities fraud in connection with their participation in an insider trading scheme surrounding the announcement of Alexion Pharmaceutical, Inc.'  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ivan Morales, 48, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra. Jr. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Louis A. Testani an  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Tyshawn Corbett, also known as "Reck," was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to 45 years in prison. In September 2022, the defendant pleaded guilty to three firearm offenses involving murder or assault in-aid-of racketeering, each of which carried a mandatory consecutive term  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) has agreed to pay $801,000 to resolve claims that two radiology practices improperly billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for images used in image guided radiation therapy treatments (IGRT) provided to cancer patients. The settlem  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of KYLE TSUI in connection with a fraud scheme that resulted in sales of approximately $5.9 million worth of fabricated allergy and sensitivity tests to tens of thousands of customers. TSUI pled guilty to wire fraud and mail fraud before U.S  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A New York has been sentenced in federal court in Boston to trafficking drugs and firearms. Jason Lebberes, 31, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 121 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In October 2023, Lebberes pleaded guilty to one count of distributing more than 50   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: * * * Laborers' International Local 1822 Fund Preserves Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Laborers' International Union of North America Local Union No. 1822 Pension Fund (Laborers' Interna  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged That a Transgender Cook at Tonawanda Pizzeria Was Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment Based on Gender Identity * * * T.C. Wheelers, Inc., a restaurant that operates as T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex-based harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Funds awarded through the American Rescue Plan's Capital Projects Fund, part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of more than $228 million for high-speed internet projects in New York under the American Rescue Plan's Capital Projects Fund (CPF), which the state estimates will connect tens of thousands of homes  more