BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON An Abington man was sentenced on June 18th in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Viega pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 24 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: This morning, nineteen members of the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew (CIFC), coordinated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), mobilized from DEEP's Eastern District headquarters in Malborough to fight wildfires in and around Redmond, Oregon. "Once again, the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew answers the   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Global Ordnance,* Sarasota, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0001); High Noon Unlimited Inc.,* Holiday, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0002); and Paramount Enterprises International Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W52P1J-21-D-0003), will compete for each order of the $189,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Trinitrotoluene. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * BOSTON (JULY 22, 2024) - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announc  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 30-year-old Ecuadorian national charged in Massachusetts with assault to murder and assault and battery with a weapon. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Daniel Parra June 13 in Fall River. "Daniel Parra has not only shown a blatant disregard for U.S. immigration law  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Safety-net sites to become temporary respite centers with five-day stay limit * * * The Healey-Driscoll administration is announcing changes to its Emergency Assistance (EA) prioritization and safety-net sites for families experiencing homelessness. These changes are intended to address the system's continuing capacity constraints, lower costs, and protect the financial sustainabili  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Scammers Phoned American Seniors, Impersonated Attorneys to Steal Cash * * * Two residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges relating to their participation in a sprawling "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Cambridge man was arrested on July 18th in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms of counterfeit pills. Schuyler Oppenheimer, a/k/a "SK,  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Maine Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * BOSTON (JULY 22, 2024) - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: An Abington man was sentenced on June 18th in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Viega pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A Boston man was arrested and charged last week in federal court in Boston in connection with illegal firearm smuggling between the United States and the Dominican Republic. Alexis Lara Herrera, 26, was charged with one count of smuggling goods from the United States; aiding and abetting. Herrera made an initial appearance in federal court in B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A convicted felon has been sentenced in connection with firearm and drug offenses that occurred in 2019 and his subsequent possession of firearms and narcotics while on pre-trial release for the previously charged offenses. Christian Soares, a/k/a "Eazy," 31, of Brockton, was sentenced on July 18, 2024 by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 12   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. Michael Murphy, 64, of Hyde Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to two years of supervised release. Murphy was also o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Boston Police Sergeant was sentenced on July 18, 2024 in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. George Finch, 62, of Franklin, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to three years of probation, to be followed by six months to be serve  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts was sentenced on July 18th in federal court in Boston for charges of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act and false statements. Abhijit Das, a/k/a "Beej," 51, of North Andover, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 21 mon  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * BOSTON (JULY 22, 2024) - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Francius Marganda, an Indonesian national, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a $23 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of predominantly Indonesian and Indo-American victim investors. The plea proceeding took place before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry. As part of his plea,   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: AI model scored well on medical diagnostic quiz, but made mistakes explaining answers. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions--designed to test health professionals' ability to diagnose patients based on clinical images and a brief text summary--with high accuracy  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced the first grants in its Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER) program, a new $18-million activity to enable researchers with established records of creativity and paradigm-shifting outcomes to pursue novel engineering research projects that will open unexplored frontiers. "Through the TRAILBLAZER program, NSF is enabling innovative r  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: BOSTON On Monday, July 22, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, traveled to Boston alongside U.S. Senator Ed Markey, member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to highlight the impact of Inflation Reduction Act investments in com  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Defendants Allegedly Submitted Claims While Personal Care Attendant Was Incarcerated * * * The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that two individuals have been charged with falsely billing MassHealth's Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program for more than $150,000 in services that were allegedly never provided. Jasmin Bryan, age 45, of H  more