BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A physician who practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to pay $25,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act by prescribing opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice. As part of the settlement agreement, Dr. Edgar Ross, 70, Boston, ad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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 Haitian national charged in Massachusetts with conspiracy to violate drug laws, drug distribution, drug manufacturing and unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Gasnoy Saintilme Aug. 26 at the Worcester District Court in Worcester. "Gasnoy Saintilme unlawfully e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Group Associates, who is also the former Chief Operating Officer of Prime Behavioral Health, was charged today in connection with a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs by directing false billing for patient visits. Miguel Saravia, 42, was charged and has agreed to plead guilty to six counts of he  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A physician who practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to pay $25,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act by prescribing opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice. As part of the settlement agreement, Dr. Edgar Ross, 70, Boston, admitted that, for one patien  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MILFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 40, of Milford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford 36 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for distributing various drugs on Telegram, an encrypte  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * A CfA astronomer and her team used telescopes including Chandra, which is operated by SAO, to discover a pair of extremely close-knit giant black holes. * * * Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * SBIR recipient awardee QuakeWrap develops no-dig pipeline spot repair using material and automation technology * * * THE CHALLENGE Pipeline damage can be very dangerous, causing significant harm to communities when an incident occurs. The Pacific Gas & Electric Pipeline Rupture (https://www.volpe.dot.go  more