PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Several of the nation's top engineers shared insights during a recent meeting with members of eXtremeMAT-H2, an NETL-led consortium of national laboratories, to accelerate the development of reliable, cost-effective alloys that can withstand long-term exposure to hydrogen-containing environments at elevated temperatures, such as environments found in advanced, hyd  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: A Jamaican national was sentenced in federal court on August 6, 2024, to life imprisonment for his conviction on six counts, including violating the federal "Kingpin" statute for leading a continuing criminal enterprise, as well as federal offenses involving cocaine trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering, United States Attorney   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Illegal pay practices found at Blue Ridge Home Care in Pennsylvania, Delaware * * * PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based home care services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Maryland for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to drought that began on July 16. The declaratio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Pennsylvania man was arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Daniel Collins, 43, of Gr  more