WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts States must ensure school districts identify students who need English language services to participate fully in the classroom. States must also ensure that all children with disabilities residing in their state are evaluated. In this Q&A, we reported on how schools identify students needing English services. It can be hard to determine whether a specific edu  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00092): * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Standard Offer Bidding Procedure for Central Maine Power (all classes), Versant Power-Bangor Hydro District (all classes), and Versant Power-Maine Public District (all classes) ORDER MODIFYING STANDARD OFFER PASS THROUGH CHARGE BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission modifies the te  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: A Boston man pleaded guilty today to fraud and false statements charges in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Antawn Davis, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: A former Corrections Officer was sentenced to probation yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, fentanyl and other controlled substances. Gregorit Sanchez, 29, of Haverhill was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to five years' probation with the first yea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: A member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking charges. During the investigation, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were seized. An illegal marijuana  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: A Boston-area man was sentenced yesterday for his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Daronde Bethea, a/k/a "Freeze," 32, of Boston and Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 250 months in prison, and three years of supervised release. In February 2024, Bethea pleaded guilty to conspiracy to p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: A Michigan man was sentenced today for defrauding internet users through scam virus alerts and distributing controlled substances online. Doyal Kalita, 37, of Redford, Mich., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Kalita was also ordered to pay $272,293  more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: On Thursday and today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Moeleek Harrell, Derrick Ayers, Franklin Gillespie and Anthony Kennedy on 21 counts of an eighth superseding indictment charging them variously with racketeering, murder, murder conspiracy, robbery, drug offenses, money laundering and bribery of state correction officers. The defendants  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a federal Fair Housing Act ("FHA") lawsuit against TOLL BROTHERS, INC. and TOLL BROTHERS REALTY TRUST (collectively, "TOLL BROTHERS"), relating to their failure to design and construct new apartment buildings so as to be acc  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on June 16, 2024: A data-driven intervention that engaged communities to rapidly deploy evidence-based practices to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths - such as increasing naloxone distribution and enhancing access to medication for opioid use disorder - did not result in a statistically significant reduction in opioid-related overdose death rates   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Although they have been known to mariners for centuries -- having aided in shipwrecking Columbus and sinking parts of the Spanish Armada -- scientists have not been able to determine how shipworms digest wood, until now. Sometimes known as "termites of the sea," shipworms are actually mollusks that have snake-like bodies and feed on the wood submerged in the ocean including tree trunks, logs, doc  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following media advisory: * * * Teams from 25+ states, D.C., and American Samoa gather at three regional convenings to support efforts to improve teacher recruitment and retention by increasing teacher pay, promoting educator diversity, and expanding high-quality and affordable pathways * * * On June 13-14, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) will host the second of three Regional Convenings to Support State Action  more