BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to eight days in prison for conspiring to distribute kilos of fentanyl and heroin. The government recommended a sentence of 37 months in prison. Elba Pena, 34, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to time served (eight days) and three years of supervised release with one year to b  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Boston Area Employment - December 2023": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 77,900 over the year in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the local rate of job  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.2 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * City to Invest Approximately $195 Million in Total to Upgrade Sewage Systems and Protect Drinking Water for Downstream Communities * * * Today, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced a settlement agreement with the City of Lowell, Massachusetts, requiring the city to reduce sewage discharges into th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Brazilian sex offender Jan. 25 who was recently convicted of assault and battery and indecent assault and battery. Deportation officers from ERO Boston made the arrest near the offender's residence in Peabody, Massachusetts. ERO Boston arrested him as part of a recent national immigration enf  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * CfA researchers using the Submillimeter Array discovered an extraordinarily bright flare from a star that is similar to our Sun, but much younger. * * * Astronomers have detected an extreme eruption from a young star that became more than a hundred times brighter in only a few hours. This discovery offers new insight into how young Sun-like stars behave early   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll and Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt today announced that they will be appointing Andy Koziol as Director of West-East Rail, which would extend passenger rail service from Boston to Worcester, Springfield and Pittsfield. In her first budget, Governor Healey worked with the Legislature to se  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today approved a proposal from New Mexico for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid crisis services. Today's announcement is the latest in HHS' ongoing efforts to support President Biden's whol  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: This approval marks the 15th state to adopt this option under President Biden's American Rescue Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today approved a proposal from New Mexico for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid crisis services. Today's announcement is the latest in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: The Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced a settlement agreement with the City of Lowell, Massachusetts, requiring the city to reduce sewage discharges into the Merrimack River. Under the consent decree, Lowell will pay a $200,000 penalty for past violations. A portion of Lowell's wastewater collection system consists of sewers   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and her office have reached a $1.6 million settlement with affiliated transportation providers STAT Ambulance Services, Inc. and Southcoast Emergency Medical Services, Inc., along with their owner Carol Mansfield, to resolve allegations that the companies submitted false claims to MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, and that Southcoast  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing more than 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing two firearms. Christopher Kelley, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 16 years and six months in federal prison without parole. On July 20, 2  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The National Academy of Engineering issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 114 new members and 21 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,310 and the number of international members to 332. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man with a lengthy criminal history, to include more than a dozen convictions for a wide variety of offenses, including breaking and entering, drug trafficking, domestic violence, forgery and counterfeiting, larceny, armed bank robbery, and carrying a concealed weapon, was sentenced today to five years in federa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO - Derek Neal Turfler of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 97 months in prison for his role in selling fentanyl pills to a 27-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on May 9, 2022. According to his plea agreement, Turfler arranged a meeting to deliver fentanyl to the victim, Faithe Sioban Thogode, who died later that m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * As Affordable Connectivity Program Hits Milestone of Providing Affordable High-Speed Internet To 23 Million Households Nationwide, Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Congress to Extend Its Funding As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, a key component of Bidenomics, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress towards lowering costs - including internet costs  more