HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base officials welcomed a local 100-year-old veteran here today to acknowledge his military service as a navigator in the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. Alfred Benjamin, who celebrated his centennial birthday March 31, served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps Eighth Air Force during 1944 and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on April 11, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that applications are now being accepted for the latest round of the Returning Citizen Support (RCS) Mini Grant. This grant is one of the City's initiatives for Second Chance Month, a national initiative to support the reentry of returning citizens and providing second-chance opportunities for those with criminal records. The RCS grant is a competitive gran  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief on April 10, 2024: * * * Company repeatedly cited for multiple worker safety issues * * * Employer name: Trader Joe's Co. Investigation site: 5910 South University Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Investigation findings: During a December 2023 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found safety hazards associ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Ecostructive Pro Builders debarred from federally funded projects for 3 years * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $518,446 in back wages for 54 workers after finding a New Hampshire subcontractor did not pay prevailing wage and fringe benefits to construction workers on a federally funded project at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick. The depa  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit announcement on April 10, 2024, entitled "FRA's Oversight of the Roadway Worker Protection Regulation:" * * * From: David Pouliott, Assistant Inspector General for Surface Transportation Audits To: Federal Railroad Administrator In August 2023, a railroad track maintenance machine struck and killed a roadway worker blowing leaves on the same track in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. As there are tens of t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lup  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Air Force personnel participating in Banshee Innovation Training gave myriad challenge statement presentations to Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, leadership during a culmination event April 5 at the MassChallenge offices. The training is part of a five-year partnership between Hanscom AFB, MassChallenge and the Ai  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 12 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: WORCESTER/SHREWSBURY - The Healey-Driscoll administration is celebrating a $3.7 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Route 20 and Grafton Street Interchange Project. The project will provide critical relief for areas of Worcester and Shrewsbury that have long been impacted by severe flooding. The grant was awarded under the Promoting Resilient Operations for T  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Regeneron), a New York-based pharmaceutical company. Regeneron manufactures and sells Eylea, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat, among other conditions, neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a prevalent, usually age-rela  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today charging David Campbell, also known as Viejo Dan and Don David, 57, of Honduras, one of the principal narcotics and weapons suppliers to MS-13 in Honduras, with racketeering, narcotics, and firearms offenses. Campbell was presented today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court after being extradited yesterday from Honduras.   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison for attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive to a building in Madison. Roychowdhury attacked the building with a Molotov cocktail in the wake of the leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade. He targeted the   more

WOBURN, Massachusetts, April 12 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey continued her Mass Leads Road Show with a stop at Boston Metal to promote the key climatetech investments included in the bill. Boston Metal is a clean tech innovation company focused on "green steel production" or decarbonizing steel production by using electricity rather than coal. This visit is part of the Governor's Mass Leads Act Road   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The owner of a residential carpentry company was charged yesterday in connection with filing false tax returns for the company. Marcelo De Oliveira, 39, formerly of Everett, was charged with four counts of filing false tax returns. According to the charging documents, De Oliveira was the owner of DeOliveira Carpentry, Inc. It is alleged that  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A Dominican man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for reentering the United States and distributing fentanyl after previously being deported. Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, a/k/a "Cristhian Aybar-Done," 44, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to six years in prison, followed by five y  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A Virginia-based nurse practitioner was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces. Daphne Jenkins, 64, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorto  more

ALBANY, New York, April 12 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Historic federal pandemic relief funds, though being spent down, continued to boost New York's balance of payments with Washington, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. In Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022, New York state generated $361.8 billion in federal taxes and benefited from $383 billion in federal spending. For ever  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Apr. 10 ceremony honoring 129 crewmembers -- 16 officers, 96 enlisted Sailors, and 17 civilian technicians -- who lost their lives onboard USS Thresher (SSN 593) 61 years prior. NAVSEA staff reflected on the tragedy as well as programs and procedures since established to prevent future casualty. Built to hunt and destroy hostile enemy submarines, Thresher was the world'  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: CRANE, Ind. - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with two awards by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for technology transfer (T2) contributions. These awards were distributed during a FLC national meeting in Dallas, Texas on April 10. Jenna Dix, the Director of Engagement for NSWC Crane, was awarded the Harold Metcalf Award for FLC Service, which cele  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief on April 10, 2024: * * * Employer name: Trader Joe's Co. Investigation site: 5910 South University Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Investigation findings: During a December 2023 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found safety hazards associated with unsafe forklift operations and lack of training for for  more

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut-based Mohawk Northeast Inc. faces $214K in OSHA penalties * * * A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man who worked as an east coast source for trafficking fentanyl on behalf of a Mexican drug supplier was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Watly Federico Valenzuela Ruiz, 39, pleaded guilty on Novem  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Antonio to three fatal and one non-fatal overdoses. According to court documents, Mark Elliot Stool, 67, supplied substances containing combinations of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and methamphetamine and heroin, to four individuals between August 2021 and March 2022.  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A Brighton, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for kidnapping and transporting a woman into Maine against her will. U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Stephen Pilson, 56, to 156 months in prison for kidnapping and 50 months for interstate violation of a protective order, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Judge Levy al  more