BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * Money from State Court Settlements and Judgments will Provide Economic, Environmental, and Health Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities * * * Today, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell celebrated a new Environmental Justice Trust, signed into law by Governor Maura Healey. The Trust, proposed by AG Campbell, Representative Brandy Fluker-Oakley, and Se  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, joined an amicus brief in the Second Circuit in United States v. Perez, in support of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968's provision that prohibits anyone other than a licensed firearms dealer from transporting or receiving firearms from out of state. The brief argues that 18 U.S. Code secti  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. The coalition filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Steven Perez arguing that federal l  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/41.%20Multi-State%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf?language_id=1) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in supp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON Member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. Throughout 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 grow operation wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * Following the meeting, Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll and Cabinet member toured the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration held their third regional cabinet meeting at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Falmouth to discuss the administration's priorities and leadership in the area. At the con  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Two men were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher Nagle, 30, of Revere and Isaac Clayton, 77, of Lynn were sentenced by U.S. Di  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: A Lowell woman was sentenced to prison today for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and conspiring to launder the proceeds in Massachusetts and Virginia. Sathtra Em, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 21 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Em p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NORWALK, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment trafficking fentanyl. According to court documents an  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon begin a monthslong ascent up the western rim of Jezero Crater that is likely to include some of the steepest and most challenging terrain the rover has encountered to date. Scheduled to start the week of Aug. 19, the climb will mark the kickoff of the mission's new science campaign its fifth since the rover landed in the crater on Feb. 18, 2021."Persever  more

MENLO PARK, California, Aug. 15 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * His wide-ranging curiosity, novel way of looking at problems and sheer joy in solving them drove many important contributions to particle physics. * * * Theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken, a professor emeritus at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University whose work played a key role in revealing the exist  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jaima Fogg, 66th Air Base Group Team Hanscom is invited to attend the 2024 Air Force Ball Sept. 21. In celebration of the Air Force's 77th birthday, this year's theme is "Wings of Valor." The ball will be held at the Boston Marriott Burlington in the Celebrate Ballroom. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by the main event at 6:30 p.m. Retired Chief  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Aug. 14, 2024, by Administrator Samantha Power at the swearing-in ceremony for Alexious Butler as Mission Director for Sierra Leone and Guinea: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Well, I like what the Ambassador said: there are no bosses or colleagues, there are only friends and family, and that's sort of how I feel. Monde [Myuangwa], you're such an incredible partner in this effort that we're  more