WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Frank J. Seiferheld, 25, of New York, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 12, 2024. In January of 1945, Seiferheld was assigned to the 348th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force in the Mediterranean and European Thea  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 4 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is proud to expand its apparel offering with the introduction of Athleta, a premium performance brand dedicated to empowering women and girls to find confidence, strength and belonging through movement. Athleta styles are now available to shop tax-free at ShopMyExchange.com and in 15 post and base exchanges worldwide, including: U.S. Locations * Fort Eise  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 3, 2024, entitled "Chicago Area Employment - February 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area stood at 4,704,800 in February 2024 compared to 4,694,100 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner J  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 3, 2024, entitled "Miami Area Employment - February 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 61,300 over the year in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the local rate of   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 3, 2024, entitled "Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment - February 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 75,100 over the year in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted tha  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0627) on April 3, 2024, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - February 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in February than a year earlier in 247 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 109 areas, and unchanged in 33 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 54 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: --CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson, sponsor of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC), announced today the MRAC will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EDT) at the CFTC's D.C. headquarters. "At each meeting over the last two years, the MRAC has advanced a series of recommendations and reports on several of the most critical issues facing ou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H.- A Derry man was sentenced today in federal court in connection with importing, manufacturing, and distributing steroids, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Ralph Cardarelli, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha D. Elliott to 36 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release. On December 13, 2023, Car  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments: Maj. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis, dep  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 3, 2024, by Governor Michelle W. Bowman at the roundtable on the Lender of Last Resort - the 2023 Banking Crisis and COVID, sponsored by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation: * * * Bank Liquidity, Regulation, and the Fed's Role as Lender of Last Resort * * * Today's roundtable comes at an opportune time, as we recently passed the one-year anniversary of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signatu  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 3, 2024, by Governor Adriana D. Kugler at the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University: * * * The Outlook for the U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy * * * Thank you, Andrew, and thank you for the opportunity to speak here today./1 I am very pleased to be talking here at the Weidenbaum Center. As an economist currently working on policy, but with a lo  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, April 4 -- Air University issued the following news: By Robert Dantzler, Air University Public Affairs It's not common to have two spouses going through military training at the same time, but Jeffrey and Melinda Benson are living out that experience at Air University's Officer Training School. The Benson's were married on Halloween, October 31st, 2012. Both were serving on active duty at the time, but after numerous joint spouse application denials due to manning restri  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:14-cv-4346; E.D.N.Y. filed July 17, 2014; amended Jan. 19, 2016) involving Ronald Heineman: * * * On April 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final judgment against Ronald Heineman, enjoining him from violating certain provisions of the federal securities laws and ordering him to pay civil monetary penalties. According to the SEC's complaint  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today led a coalition of six attorneys general in filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the respondents in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The brief argues that the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits punishing people for sleeping on public property when they have no other place to lawfully sle  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issued the following news release: April is Autism Acceptance Month, and for the second year in a row, Metro has partnered with the Autism Transit Project to highlight the special bond children with autism often have with mass transit systems. In acknowledgment of that connection, Metro invited 25 children with autism to record boarding and safety announcements that will be played throughout the Metrorail system the entir  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 4 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Col. Winston Williams, USMA Department of Law Head Cadets from the Department of Law's Sanremo Team competed in the 22nd Annual International Humanitarian Law, also known as Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), competition for military academies. This prestigious weeklong event brings together 100 cadets from 24 academies across 14 countries. The U.S. Military Academy cadets joined forces with peers from ar  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 4 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army has announced that Col. R.J. Garcia will be promoted to brigadier general and become the next Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. Garcia graduated from West Point in 1996 and holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy, a Master of Science from Kansas State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Garcia, ori  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: North Carolina has a shortage of affordable homes, so the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) was created to address housing issues. On Tuesday, April 2, the Local Government Commission (LGC) approved a request from the agency to issue $750 million in revenue bonds to continue its efforts. In its 2024 annual report (https://nchousing.or  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * $38 Million Reconstruction Project Adds 40 Units to 50-Year-Old Manhattan Avenue Senior Apartments in Town of Greenburgh Transit-Oriented Development Near Bus and Train Stations Will Provide Top-Tier Amenities to Seniors Ages 62 and Older, Including Community Space and Ground-Level Parking Builds on Governor's Long-Term Strategy to Increase New York's Housing Supply - Includi  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: As part of an ongoing effort to deliver best in class customer service to New Yorkers, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a multi-year project to replace and modernize a significant portion of its aging technology systems. This initiative will provide DMV customers with more efficient, secure, and convenient services, and will enable the agency  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following ruling on motions (Case No. 22-T-0346) on April 3, 2024: * * * Application of Empire Offshore Wind LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 12 Miles of Transmission Lines from the Boundary of New York State Territorial Waters to a Point of Interconnection in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County. RULING ON MOTIONS ASHLEY MORENO and TA  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 3, 2024: * * * To: Andrew Massimo, 1320 Lincoln Avenue Suite 13, Holbrook, NY 11741 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - Smart Home Energy Source Dear Andrew Massimo: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitte  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of JAMES ANDREW STILES and EDWARD GRAY STILES in connection with a scheme to commit insider trading based on misappropriated information about potential government loans to be made to the Eastman Kodak Company to finance the production of C  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Edwin Rodriguez, also known as "Manicomio" (Rodriguez), a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the "MS-13," pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with his participation in the April 11, 2017 murders of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez,  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Hason Harres, age 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 57 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. 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 t  more

NEW YORK, April 3 -- 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 MICHAEL SHVARTSMAN and GERALD SHVARTSMAN each pled guilty to one count of securities fraud, both in connection with their participation in an insider trading scheme surrounding the merger of Digital World Acquisition Corporation ("DWAC") with Trump Media & Technology G  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 3, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the city's first "Five-Borough Multifaith Tour," a series of conversations with clergy and faith leaders from across New York City to hear directly from them and discuss solutions to the serious issues facing their communities. The tour will begin today with a meeting of approximately 100 faith leaders from across Staten Island and continue with meetings  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's New York Innovation Center (NYIC) today announced that it will participate in an international technical research project that will explore whether the tokenization of central bank money and commercial bank deposits operating on a shared programmable ledger can improve wholesale cross-border payments. Project Agora, a new effort led by the Bank fo  more

NEW YORK, April 4 (TNSres) -- The New York City Police Department issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: New York City saw continued reductions in overall crime through the first quarter of 2024, both above ground, on streets throughout the five boroughs, and below ground, within the nation's largest subway system. The single month of March 2024, compared to the same month last year, experienced even more drastic crime declines. Overall crime in the transit system plummeted 23.5 p  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announces, along with 13 other state Attorneys General, a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for more detail on payroll forms submitted by contractors regarding workers on public projects. The existing forms do not require comprehensive information to be provided regarding pay, deductions, and benefits -- which makes it easier for  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Economic Council convened East Coast ports to discuss capacity concerns and other issues caused by the suspension of vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore. Port participants shared that diverted containers and roll-on/roll-off cargo from Baltimore is being spread across East Coast ports to match existing capacity, and coll  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks by Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the division of enforcement, at the "SEC Speaks" Conference 2024: * * * As is customary, my remarks this morning are in my official capacity as Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the staff. I want to start by thanking PLI for organ  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on April 3, 2024, with Natasha Verma and Bianca Peters of FOX5's The 6 O'Clock News: * * * Natasha Verma: Well, now to Mayor Adams. Today he released the latest stats addressing crime in the subway system. Bianca Peters: That's right, and according to the mayor, overall crime declined by more than 23 percent in March, with robberies down nearly 52 percent, and felony assaults down nearly 11 per  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: If travelers think that that the Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) terminal seems crowded, their perception is accurate. March was the fifth busiest month for the number of passengers screened at the airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint since 2005. TSA officers screened 140,790 individuals at  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 4 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications "Innovation is looking at the past through a new lens," said Dr. Jon Malinowski, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering professor. Tune in to the newest episode of the "Inside West Point: Ideas That Impact" podcast titled "Innovation and Tradition: Dr. Jon Malinowski's Perspective on West Point's Historical Landscape" at bit.ly/INSI  more