WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a 31-year-old Colombian national convicted of distributing drugs in Massachusetts. Deportation officers with ERO Boston arrested the previously removed Colombian noncitizen June 13 in Shirley. "This Colombian noncitizen not only completely ignored U.S. immigration law by reentering our country after  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston's Manchester, New Hampshire, field office apprehended a Dominican national May 30 in Brentwood, New Hampshire. "This Dominican national has made a habit out of breaking U.S. laws," said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. "He repeatedly violated immigration laws and then at  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today signed into law An Act to provide for the future technology needs of Massachusetts, known as the FutureTech Act. The bill was filed by the Governor in January to modernize information technology systems across state government over the next five fiscal years. The bill signed today includes $1.23 billion in bond authorization to support current  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Image NEW YORK Kimberly A. Cruz, a 14-year supervisory attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), was appointed to a senior executive position as regional attorney for the agency's New York District effective July 28. As regional attorney, Cruz will lead the New York District's legal unit, conducting trial litigation and providing legal advice and other support to di  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Burlington County Eye Physicians (BCEP), an ophthalmology practice with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Dr. Gregory H. Scimeca, an ophthalmologist and the owner of BCEP, have agreed to pay $469,232 to resolve allegations that they submitted and caused the submission of false claims for payment for medically unnecessary transcranial doppler (TCD) te  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: As a hospital corpsman, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men around him so seriously that, during a firefight in his first month in Vietnam, he ignored his own wounds to tend to everyone else. Caron never returned home from that mission, but his valor and selflessness led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. Caron was born Nov. 2, 1946, in Middleboro, Massachus  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. DEVIN SUGGS, also known as "JB," 20, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent New Haven street gang and several gang-related shootings. Today's announcement was made by   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for July 15-19, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions 21st Century Valet Parking, LLC d/b/a Star Garden Enterprise (31-CA-291825, et al.; 373 NLRB No. 76) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583da81d6) North Hollywood, CA, July 17, 2024. The Board denied the General Counsel's Motion for Default Judgment based on the Respondent's alleged breach of a settlement agreement. The Board   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: * * * New England Teamsters Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the New England Teamsters Pension Plan (New England Teamsters Plan). The plan, based in Bur  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Salem man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics. Kion Shepherd, 25, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis SaylornIV to 70 mon  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is asking the public to look for and report the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). APHIS declares every August Tree Check Month and is asking you to look for this destructive, invasive beetle by checking trees on your property and in your community for damage. Left unch  more

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, July 29 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 27, 2024, at a political event at the Colonial Theater: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. (Applause.) (Laughs.) Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all. (Laughs.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) (Laughs.) Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Oh, thank you so very much. P  more