WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Scientists with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center and the University of Massachusetts, examined how butyrate, one of the short-chain fatty acids found in the gut, suppresses the growth of different colon cancer cells in the laboratory. The results of the study published in Nutrients show that t  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the South-Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for proposed work in the Prospect Reservoir at 14 Chatfield Road in Prospect, Connecticut. The proposed work involves repairing the seepage issues of the Prospect Reservoir Dam by ma  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: FRESNO, Calif. -- Marcus Randall, 40, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 16, 2020, Randall knowingly distributed 10 "blues" (fentanyl pi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The city of Boston issued the following news: The Parks and Recreation Department and Urban Forestry Division have announced a new milestone in ongoing efforts to enhance public access to urban tree data. Building upon the completion of the street tree inventory in 2021 and the ongoing efforts to inventory trees in parks, both datasets (street and park trees) are now accessible and downloadable through Analyze Boston, the City of Boston's Open Data Hub  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the City of New Haven Engineering Department for proposed work in New Haven Harbor at Long Wharf Park on Long Wharf Drive in New Haven, Connecticut. The proposed work involves the permanent discharge of up to 11,410 cubic yards of stone,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- On Feb. 21, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present 34-year-old citizen of Guatemala in Gloucester who was recently convicted locally of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14. The unlawfully present Guatemalan national had been released by the Gloucester District Court, despite ERO Boston h  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is pleased to announce that Karen A. Pennell will become first vice president and chief operating officer, beginning in April. Since 2021, Pennell has been executive vice president and chief client services officer in the Federal Reserve's National Information Technology function, and has been based in Kansas City, Missouri. From 1989 through 2020, Pennell   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * CfA astronomers have discovered a giant eruption from a supermassive black hole in a cluster of galaxies. * * * Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion billions of years ago may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH) has awarded prizes to the winners in the final phase of the Reducing Disparities in Breastfeeding Innovation Challenge. The national competition was created to identify and reward programs that increase breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates - and decrease disparities - among breastfeeding mother  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed suit (https://www.mass.gov/doc/ag-campbell-complaint-against-town-of-milton/download) today against the Town of Milton for failure to comply with the MBTA Communities Law, a bipartisan law that addresses the Commonwealth's housing affordability crisis by requiring municipalities served by the MBTA to have at least one  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: A Brazilian man who formerly resided in New Bedford was sentenced to ten years imprisonment today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry. The defendant is currently serving a sentence imposed in Massachusetts state court of 25 years-life in prison for a 2016 murder conviction. The defendant also was previously convicted of armed assault   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: A Norwell man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to felony narcotics charges. Frederick Dechristoforo, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for June 6, 2024. Dechristoforo was arrested in November 2022 and indicted in Decem  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 28 -- The New Hampshire House Republicans issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024, by State House Science, Technology and Energy Committee Chairman Michael Vose, R-Epping: * * * House Science, Technology and Energy committee Chairman Michael Vose (R-Epping) released the following statement after House Democrats supported HB1472, relative to rebates of energy efficiency funds for electric vehicles. The House voted Inexpedient to Legislate on this legislatio  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: A former Grantham man and current resident of Holly Springs, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Concord to embezzling almost $240,000 from LISTEN Community Services (LISTEN), an Upper Valley charity that offers multiple services for vulnerable individuals, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Kyle Fisher, 43, pleaded gu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded over $12.7 million across nine research teams to understand better the untapped capabilities of ribonucleic acid (RNA) for potentially far-reaching biotechnology applications, from disease prevention in crops to cancer-fighting therapies. The nine teams will each receive $1 million to $1.65 million from NSF through the Molecular Foundations for Biot  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against a 51-year-old man for unlawfully transporting undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The jury deliberated for approximately 45 minutes before finding Andrew Rafael Martinez-Peralta, Newark, New Jersey, guilty following a two-day trial. On July 5, 2023, Martinez-Peralta drove a trac  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Feb. 27, 2024: The finale of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center and Federal Aviation Administration's seven-part thought leadership series, Up, Up and Away, Innovations in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), wrapped up on February 15, 2024. Laurence Wildgoose, Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment, FAA, Robin Riedel,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.7 Billion in New Commitments Cultivated Through the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing 141 new bold commitments from stakeholders across the nation, including health systems, insurers, companies, non-profits, philanthropic groups, academia, and local elect  more