CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 1 -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * One day in 2015, Joseph Manson placed in his refrigerator the colon of a wild turkey he'd just hunted near his small farm in South Carolina. A physics professor at Clemson University, he'd been recruited by his daughter, Abigail Manson, a scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to help in a global study she was participating in to discover new species of gut bacteria. She'd wondered if any of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A southern Illinois district judge sentenced an Arkansas man to 30 years in prison for trafficking about 40 pounds of methamphetamine through the Metro East St. Louis region. Christopher Palmer, 40, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2023, to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with inten  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 29 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Paper: The End of B/Yamagata Influenza Transmission--Transitioning from Quadrivalent Vaccines U.S. flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, says a University of Michigan researcher. Currently, all influenza vaccines in the United States are quadrivalent, meaning that they protect against four different flu viruses. In a new paper publis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Manuel Alejandro Beltran-Quintero, 35, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 120 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Beltran-Quintero pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine on September 7,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- 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 three unlawfully present Portuguese nationals who were recently charged with child endangerment following the death of a 1-year-old child in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Deportation officers apprehended the three women, aged 32, 25 and 22, in Pawtucket Feb. 17. "The alleged crimes of these unlawfu  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-032) on Feb. 28, 2024, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * Burgess Plant Bankruptcy Settlement Review Pursuant to RSA 365:28 and Allied Statutes COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF HEARING On February 28, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Bankruptcy Court) (Silverstein, J.) issued a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), condemned Republican objections to Senate Democrats' attempt to protect in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by passing the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent. Today's effort is in response to the outrageous decision in the Alabama state Supreme Court that r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), condemned Republican objections to Senate Democrats' attempt to protect in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by passing the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent. Today's effort is in response to the outrageous decision in the Alabama sta  more

CANTON, Ohio, March 1 -- The National Football League issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: From the look and feel of the news conferences, to the transparency of who the coordinators are and the team building, Jerod Mayo's New England Patriots are a new-look group from seasons past. Obvious as the changes might be, Mayo made it clear on Wednesday that none of the alterations should be viewed as slights to Bill Belichick, the architect of the Patriots dynasty who parted ways with the fra  more

NEW YORK, March 1 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news: Full time, non-tenure track faculty at New York University have voted by an overwhelming margin (553 to 72, or 89.5%) in favor of joining Contract Faculty United - UAW (CFU-UAW), according to ballots tallied Wednesday night by the American Arbitration Association. CFU-UAW will represent nearly 1,000 Contract Faculty across NYU. "With participation from nearly 67% of the unit, this is a resounding vote for our union,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 46, of Providence, R.I. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. D  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- The Greater Boston Food Bank issued the following news release: The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) proudly kicks off its annual Spring for Meals fundraising campaign throughout March in support of its goal to purchase and distribute over 33 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables this year. All Spring for Meals campaign gifts in the month of March will be matched up to $250,000 thanks to the generosity of Delta Air Lines and an anonymous donor. Coincidi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Two men pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Isaac Clayton, 77, and Christopher Tejeda, 22, both of Lynn, pleaded guilty to one count e  more

ORONO, Maine, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs floating near the glaciers. Collected using a novel appr  more