WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak has increased Northeast Regional service to provide additional travel options throughout the East Coast. This includes four additional weekday roundtrips and two new weekend roundtrips between Moynihan Train Hall at New York Penn Station (NYP) and Washington Union Station (WAS), and a new weekday morning departure from William H. Gray III 30th Street Station (PHL) in Philadelphi  more

UPTON, New York, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Study points to genetic strategies for altering crop-plant flowering time to increase production of fuel-generating biomass * * * Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Oklahoma State University have identified key genes and the mechanism by which they control flowering in sorghum, an important bioenergy c  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release: From the National Archives EEO Special Emphasis Observances: March: National Women's History Month "National Women's History Month was established by a presidential proclamation to draw attention to and improve the focus on women in historical studies. It began in New York City on March 8, 1857, when female textile workers marched in protest of unfair working conditions and unequal righ  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: National Women's History Month honors the successes and sacrifices of U.S. women. It dates to March 8, 1857, when hundreds of women from New York City garment and textile factories rallied to protest harsh working conditions. In 1909, New York City became the site of the nation's first Women's Day celebration, a year after 15,000 women there marched to demand shorter wor  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: * * * Sold On Amazon.Com And Walmart.Com * * * The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using EVERCROSS EV5 hoverboards because they pose a risk of fire to consumers. CPSC has received one report of a fire, resulting in substantial property damage to a residential building in New York City in May 2023. The hoverboards are manufactured in China b  more

CHAMPLAIN, New York, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain cargo facility discovered multiple narcotics to include cocaine hidden in a shipment. On March 5, CBP officers working in the cargo facility encountered a shipment manifested as "whey protein supplement". An X-ray exam of the shipment revealed anomalies inside the whey protein conta  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release: Devon Drake, 33, Lacey Fontaine, 33, and Henry Townsend, 28, each of Syracuse, New York, have been indicted and charged with distributing and conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Drake is also charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl within 1,000 feet of an elementary school.   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: OCR worked with NewYork-Presbyterian to make virtual visitation accessible to Jewish patients Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), finalized its work with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to ensure virtual visitation is accessible to Jewish patients. OCR received complaints that Jewish patients and their loved ones were not accommodate  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following report (No. 2022-ER-033) on Jan. 31, 2024, entitled "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of New York, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish and Wildlife, From April 1, 2019, Through March 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Colleen Kotzmoyer,  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: A former raw milk cheese manufacturer and the company he owned and managed pleaded guilty today to charges related to cheese that was linked to a 2016-2017 outbreak of listeriosis, the disease caused by the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Johannes Vulto and his company, Vulto Creamery LLC, each pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of causing the introduction of adulterated food into i  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A New York acupuncturist today admitted participating in a $9 million health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Punson Figueroa, aka "Susie," 57, of Long Island City, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit hea  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced. Malik Baker, 30, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas t  more

ALBANY, New York, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Jahvan Martin, age 28, of Albany, was arrested and arraigned yesterday on two counts of distribution of fentanyl. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division, made the announcement. Martin is charged with two counts of distribut  more

ALBANY, New York, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Jorge L. Rosario, age 53, of Albany, pled guilty today to robbing a marijuana dealer and brandishing a pistol in furtherance of the robbery at the dealer's residence in Guilderland. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); an  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TATIANA DANIEL was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. DANIEL participated in a scheme to commit COVID-19 pandemic fraud by defrauding New York City's COVID-19 Hotel Room Isolation Program; committing unemployment insu  more

BUFFALO, New York, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Julien Johnson, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 204 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who is handling the case, stated that  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Joseph Modile, a Nigerian national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Diane Gujarati to 145 months in prison for his participation in two separate schemes to defraud victim homeowners and a corporation and launder the proceeds of those frauds. In February 2023, Modile pleaded guilty to char  more

NEW YORK, March 4 -- 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 MARTIN MIZRAHI, a/k/a "Marty Mizrahi," was convicted of wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and other offenses for his participation in multiple schemes to defraud banks and credit card companies of almost $8 million and to launder more  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict today against LAURA PERRYMAN on two counts of an Indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and substantive health care fraud in connection with her company's creation and sale of a fak  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Johannes Vulto, age 64, a former raw milk cheese manufacturer, and Vulto Creamery LLC, the company Vulto founded and owned, each pled guilty today in federal court in Syracuse to guilty to one misdemeanor count of causing the introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce, relating to the sale and distribution of cheese that was linked to a 2016-2017  more

NEW YORK, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "JOH," on all three counts in  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Ivan Rodriguez, Senior, age 48, of Utica, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 121 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, distribution of more than 400 grams of fentanyl, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Carla Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of  more

NEW YORK, March 5 -- 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 that LIAQUAT CHEEMA pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his leadership of a scheme to defraud New York City (the "City") in connection with public contracts to perform general contracting work at City homeless shelters. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Cory Martin on all counts of a superseding indictment charging him with murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identify theft and fraudulent use of identification relating to a scheme to fraudulently obtain life insurance policies in the name of a woman, m  more

ALBANY, New York, March 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Ocyris Morgan, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement. Morgan admitted that he intended to sell the 21  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment charging EDWIN C  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- 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, and Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander of the First Coast Guard District, announced today the arrests of RICHARD CRUZ and JAIME PINILLA GOMEZ for causing the death of a seven-year-old boy and a 48-year-old woman after the vessel CRUZ and GOMEZ were operating in the Hudson River capsized.   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art (the Center) announced today that Anna Deavere Smith, award-winning actress, playwright, author, and professor at New York University, will give the 73rd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts in spring 2024. Recognized for exploring current events through theater, Smith engages multiple perspectives and her own p  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57004) involving Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: Nine Mile Point Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 NRC Notified By: Patrick Walsh HQ OPS Officer: Howie Crouch Notification Date: 03/03/2024 Notification Time: 22:15 [ET] Event Date: 03/03/2024 Event Time: 19:42 [EST] Last Update Date: 03/03/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57004) involving Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: Nine Mile Point Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 NRC Notified By: Patrick Walsh HQ OPS Officer: Howie Crouch Notification Date: 03/03/2024 Notification Time: 22:15 [ET] Event Date: 03/03/2024 Event Time: 19:42 [EST] Last Update Date: 03/03/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10   more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Roy Niles, age 59, of Nineveh, New York, was sentenced on February 29, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 144 months' imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. Accordi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: A resident of New York City was sentenced in federal court in West Virginia to 16 months' imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction for threatening a federal official, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Gina M. Groh of the Northern District of   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 45-year-old Nigerian national has been ordered to federal prison for his participation in two separate schemes to defraud victim homeowners and a corporation and launder the proceeds of those frauds. Joseph Modile pleaded guilty Feb. 27, 2023, to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft filed in the Eastern District of N  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Devon Drake, 33, Lacey Fontaine, 33, and Henry Townsend, 28, each of Syracuse, New York, have been indicted and charged with distributing and conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Drake is also charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl within 1,000 feet o  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: A North Carolina man pleaded guilty to a nine-count indictment today, including six felony charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Antho  more

BUFFALO, New York, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Buffalo Station arrested 12 men and 1 woman from Mexico and Nicaragua. On March 4, while performing patrol duties, agents came across two separate suspicious vehicles that had North Carolina plates affixed. Agents then conducted traffic stops upon both vehicles to perform immigration inspections of t  more

DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 4 -- The U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh issued the following news release on March 3, 2024: The U.S. Embassy, through its EducationUSA platform, hosted a U.S. University Fair at the EMK Center on Friday, March 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Five U.S. university representatives from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the University of Northern Iowa, the New York Institute of Technology, the University of Texas Arlington, and The Chicago School participated in the mini-fa  more

WEST POINT, New York, March 8 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan, USMA Associate Dean for Communications "A person's character are those traits and attributes that lead them to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason with the right emotion ... it needs to happen whether they are being watched or not." - Dr. Jeffrey Peterson, senior advisor to the Character Integration and Advisory Group (CIAG). Tune into this inspiring episode o  more

WEST POINT, New York, March 7 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Eric Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist Approximately 130 attendees including more than 100 U.S. Military Academy cadets, participated in the 2024 Student Workshop on Civil-Military Operations (CMO) event on March 4 at the Riverside Cafe at Eisenhower Hall. The workshop, sponsored by the USMA Class of 1978 and organized by the Center for the Study of Civil Operations (CSCMO), provides an en  more

WEST POINT, New York, March 9 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist Approximately 130 attendees including more than 100 U.S. Military Academy cadets, participated in the 2024 Student Workshop on Civil-Military Operations (CMO) event on March 4 at the Riverside Cafe at Eisenhower Hall. The workshop, sponsored by the USMA Class of 1978 and organized by the Center for the Study of Civil Operations (CSCMO), provides an engage  more

WEST POINT, New York, March 6 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: By Annie Flores, Installation Emergency Manager, DPTMS West Point will conduct an Integrated Protection Exercise from 8:30 a.m. to 1500 p.m. to test the installation's emergency response and recovery capabilities with a realistic mass casualty (MASCAL) scenario on March 13. The scenario will involve a traffic accident with large vehicles and pedestrians near Ike Hall. To ensure the safety of exerc  more

WEST POINT, New York, March 9 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan, USMA Associate Dean for Communications West Point's Engineering Management Program received the 2023 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) Founder's Award. "This award annually recognizes the top undergraduate engineering management program leadership out of the 50 international programs eligible," ASEM explained. "The judging criteria is based on demonstrated contribu  more