ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Data Breach of Lab Testing Company Enzo Exposed Health Information of Millions of Americans * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of Connecticut and New Jersey today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * AG James Leads Multistate Coalition in Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Attorney General James and the coalitio  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Data Breach of Lab Testing Company Exposed Health Information of About 331,600 New Jerseyans * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General of New York and Connecticut today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc., for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnol  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey, today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnology company that offered patients diagnostic testing at its laboratories in Connecticut, New Jersey, and  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: The Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred on August 12, 2024, in Newark, New Jersey. One adult male sustained a gunshot wound. His identity is not being released at this time. According to the preliminary information, at approximately 8:34 p.m., two uniformed officers from the Newark Police Department in a marked patrol vehicle noticed   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Inflation Reduction Act enables new grants to conserve and recover endangered whales. * * * Today, NOAA Fisheries announced over $9 million from Inflation Reduction Act funds to support strategic partnerships aimed at improving fishing gear and population monitoring that will help the recovery of North Atlantic right whales. These partnerships incl  more

GLYNCO, Georgia, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers issued the following agency statement on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * We are pleased to announce the selection of Daniel G. Sperco as FLETC's Assistant Director for the Core Training Operations Directorate (CTO). Prior to joining FLETC, Mr. Sperco served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAIC) of the United States Secret Service (USSS) FLETC training branch. In this role, Mr. Sperc  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: During this year's State of the State Address, Governor Phil Murphy pledged to introduce new initiatives to increase literacy rates among New Jersey schoolchildren, furthering the state's status as home to one of the best public education systems in the nation. Today, in collaboration with partners in the Legislature, the Governor signed two bills into law advancing his promise to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-CV-20452; D.N.J. filed Sept. 18, 2023) involving Robert Del Prete: * * * On August 9, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a final consent judgment against Robert Del Prete. The SEC had charged Del Prete with insider trading when he purchased shares of HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. ("HighCape"), a special purpose acquisition company, in advance of t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is among the winners of a 2024 Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for the invention of the planar coil stellarator, a device that eliminates the twisty coils of previous stellarator designs. The invention replaces those twisty coils with flat magnets to create fusio  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- The Office of the Mayor of New York issued the following transcript of a media availability on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoxpBkGliQQ * * * Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy, Communications: Good morning, everybody. My name is Fabien Levy and I serve as deputy mayor for Communications for the City of New York. At a time of rising tension, both at home and abroad, events that bring people together and remind us of our shared humanity a  more