WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Today, as part of a settlement agreement to resolve alleged violations of U.S. export controls, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a $5.8 million civil penalty against TE Connectivity Corporation (TE), located in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and TE Connectivity HK Limited, located in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Ko  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.645 a gallon in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline prices were  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.650 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - July 2024": * * * Area prices were unchanged over the past month, up 3.6 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged in July, the U.S. Bureau o  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area - July 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past 2 months, up 3.7 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 14, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the results of its evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions' two-year milestones today, noting that although most of the Bay states are behind, they are catching up to meet the 2025 water quality restoration goals, 2023 saw new significant successes at the state level that will improve the restorati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2024, by Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones: * * * Last fall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and our regulatory health partners at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, the Maryland Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Agricultur  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Asiana Christine Williams, age 30, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was convicted on August 13, 2024 for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death following a 7-day trial before United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani. According to United States At  more

CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Army War College issued the following news: By Kirk Frady, Medical Readiness command, Europe The United States Military Academy's William Simon Center for Professional Military Ethics Award was recently bestowed upon U.S. Army Lt. Col. Marlene Arias-Reynoso, an Army psychiatric nurse practitioner who currently commands the U.S. Army Health Clinic in Ansbach, Germany. The Professional Military Ethics Award was presented to Arias-Reynoso for   more