WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Assesses the technical practicality of four design concepts * * * NEW YORK - Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and NJ TRANSIT released today the engineering feasibility study, "Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station" (NYP), that analyzes the potential of four concepts to double train capacity at the station during t  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. Her co-workers in the Army Reserve know her as the Soldier doing her best amidst a myriad of military systems, regulations and processes that all move very slowly at times. But most are not aware of the life Sgt. 1st Class Nichole Hill led outside the military, when she often moved very, very fast. In fact, when Hill put on her running shoes,   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Initiative Aimed at Preventing AI-Generated Photos, Videos, & Audios from Maliciously Interfering in New Jersey Electoral Process Political Deepfake Guidance (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-1002_Political-DeepFake-Guidance.pdf) * * * With the presidential election approaching, Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way (in her capacity as Secretary of State  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Improve Access to a Clean, Reliable Electric Grid and Safe Drinking Water for Millions in Rural and Tribal Communities JEANNETTE, Penn., Oct. 2, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is investing in 116 projects across the nation to expand access to a clean and reliable electric grid, safe drinking water and good-paying jo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: * * * Wind Energy Facilities Could Power Close to One Million Homes * * * The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South project plan to construct and operate two wind energy facilities, furthering the Biden-Harris administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in defending a Biden Administration rule expanding healthcare access to deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) recipients - or Dreamers - by making them eligible for participation in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplace. According to the UC Berkeley La  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: A Queens man was arraigned today on charges related to an investigation into interstate narcotics trafficking and the seizure of approximately 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of cocaine and packages of fentanyl, carrying a street value of more than $1 million. Members of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division tr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Oct. 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding $85.9 million in grants to states to support pipeline and underground natural gas storage (UNGS) inspection activities carried out by state inspectors covering more than 85 percent of the nation's 3.3-million-mile pipeline s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK On Sept. 28, Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City arrested Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan, 22, an unlawfully present Venezuelan citizen and member of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization, who was convicted by the Bronx County Supreme Court of criminal possession of a weapon possession of a firearm. Albornoz was one of eight   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-319) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Alabama (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-327) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Florida (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-349) on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Florida (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-338) on Oct. 1, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Georgia (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-353) on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Georgia (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-352) on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Kentucky (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet sit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-328) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-324) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T South Carolina (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Inte  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-325) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Tennessee (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-346) on Oct. 1, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Texas (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Diamond Chemical Co. Inc.: * * * To: Mr. Harold I. Diamond, President, Diamond Chemical Co., Inc., Union Avenue & Dubois Street East, Rutherford, NJ 07073, United States Dear Mr. Diamond: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your drug manufacturing facility, Diamond Chemical Co., Inc., FEI 3003994440, at Union Avenue & Dubois Street, East  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 40 Percent of Houses and Multifamily Buildings Facing High Flood Risk are in Low- to Moderate-Income Census Tracts * * * The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released "Flood Risk and the Tristate Housing Market (https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/outreach-and-education/climate/flood-risk-and-the-tristate-housing-market)." The report finds that nearly one million   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 -- The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Assesses the technical practicality of four design concepts * * * Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and NJ TRANSIT released today the engineering feasibility study, "Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station" (NYP), that analyzes the potential of four concepts to double train capacity at the station during the peak pe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey today filed a complaint (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1371876/dl?inline) against the State of New Jersey and joined with the State in filing a proposed consent decree (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1371881/dl?inline) to address findings of unconstitutional conditions at the New Je  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: TD Securities (USA) LLC (TD Securities), a securities firm based in New York, has entered into a resolution with the Justice Department to resolve criminal charges concerning a scheme to defraud that involved hundreds of episodes of unlawful trading in the secondary (cash) market for U.S. Treasuries. TD Securities entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with a criminal informatio  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is leading 18 other jurisdictions to defend a federal effort to expand health insurance access to individuals receiving deferred action pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. Established in 2012, DACA enables certain young people, who came to the United States as children and have lived here continuously since 2007,   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: A Colombian citizen admitted conspiring to import 15 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Columbia, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Savier Cervantes, 37, of Cartagena, Colombia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin in Newark federal court on Sept. 30, 2024, to an information charging him with one count o  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: A Florida woman today admitted fraudulently obtaining $465,489 in COVID-19 relief funding after submitting fraudulent applications to victim lenders, the U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jane Batista, 43, of Lake Worth, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin in Newark federal court to one count of wire fraud and one  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); William S. Walker, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of HSI; Frank A  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Arno Allan Penzias, who served in the Army during the Cold War in 1955 and 1966, is also a Nobel laureate. In 1964, Penzias and Robert Wilson, using an ultra-sensitive microwave receiving system to study radio emissions from the Milky Way galaxy, found something unexpected. They detected background noise from outside the Milky Way. They realized that the radio signal was cosmic radiation that had survived from e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Agencies to jointly enforce, provide outreach on federal, state regulations * * * The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development have launched a joint strategic enforcement initiative to combat violations of federal and state child labor laws. Preventing violations involving children working in dangerous job  more

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Virgin Islands issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Ceestra Burgess, 23, of Irvington, New Jersey was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics and possession with intent to distribute narcotics. According to court documents, on September 27, 2024, Burgess arrived in St. Croix on a Spirit Airlines fli  more