BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSres) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the appointment of Adrian Jordan as the City's new Chief of Emergency Preparedness. With 27 years of experience at the Boston Fire Department (BFD), in this new role, Jordan will lead emergency planning and preparedness as well as communication and coordination during emergency response. The pandemic, increasing cyber-security threats, projected sea lev  more

MANAMA, Bahrain, June 6 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: U.S. 5th Fleet's Task Force 55/Destroyer Squadron 50, responsible for surface forces across the Middle East region, welcomed a new commander during a ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 3. Capt. Patrick Murphy relieved Capt. Dave Coles as commander of the Middle East region's forward-deployed destroyer squadron. Coles, a San Francisco Bay Area native, assumed command of the DESRON in N  more

EVERETT, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it is awarding $1.2 million in grants to 18 school districts and collaboratives to implement Appleseeds, a package of materials for teaching foundational reading skills in kindergarten through second grade. While Appleseeds is free for download to all Massachusetts school districts, the grant will fund professional printing of the mater  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: The Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture action today to recover approximately $5,315,746.29 of funds alleged to be proceeds of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme and property involved in the subsequent laundering of the proceeds. According to the complaint, in January 2023, a workers union based in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was defrauded out of $6.4 million after it received a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for May totaled $2.447 billion, $260 million or 9.6% less than actual collections in May 2023, and $192 million or 7.3% below benchmark.[1] FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $36.306 billion, which is $1.279 billion or 3.7  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Quincy man currently residing in Las Vegas has been arrested in connection the distribution of methamphetamine. Samuel Jean-Baptiste, a/k/a "Jett Black," 38, was charged with one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Jean-Baptiste was arrested on May 30, 2024 and, following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, was detained pending a hea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on June 5, 2024: The MBTA today announced it will operate a special event train - dubbed the "The Lucky Express" - between Oak Grove, Malden Center, and North Station on Sunday, June 9, in support of the Celtics playoffs game. The special train will depart Oak Grove at 6:42 PM, depart Malden Center at 6:45 PM, and arrive at North Station at 7 PM. "The excitement surrounding the Celtics pla  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Today the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the appointment of 19 Commissioners to serve on its Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation (the Commission). The Commission is charged with identifying transformative actions necessary to improve the performance of a health system that is unaffordable to many and falls short of the outcomes that should be achieved. T  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 18 leaders to participate in its 2024 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs). The program curriculum is designed to assist nontechnical decision makers from government, corporate, nonprofit, and urban/rural communities as they work to implement renewable energy poli  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 6 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following news release: Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) introduced Senate Bill 1224, legislation that would require that a state prison, or a state or county detention center provide voice communication services free of charge to incarcerated persons initiating or receiving communications. Currently, phone services in prisons and jails are currently operated by for-profit companies that pay a  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CINCINNATI-Many people know Ozempic for its prescribed use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Over the last few years, the medication has grown in popularity for alternative means of weight loss with incredible results. Ozempic is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in C  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and NOAA Fisheries today released the final management plan and environmental assessment for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the first and only marine national monument located in the Atlantic Ocean. The monument was established to protect and conserve unique and pristine habitats,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 6 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: University of Texas institutions have once again been ranked among the most innovative in the United States, securing the No. 3 spot on the National Academy of Inventors' (NAI) annual Top 100 U.S. Universities List (https://academyofinventors.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2023-Top-100-US-Universities.pdf) for the second consecutive year. In 2023, UT institutions were granted 235 U.S. util  more