PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - September 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.325 a gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - September 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past month, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.3 percent in September,   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Area - September 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past 2 months, up 2.6 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consume  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 8, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Pennsylvania - 2023": * * * In 2023, Pennsylvania women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,030, significantly below the $1,250 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Origami, the ancient art of paper folding, is taking a futuristic turn with the work of Cynthia Sung at the University of Pennsylvania. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award, "Computational Design for Robust Legged Robots," Sung's research blends the precision of engineering with the creativity of art to develop origami-inspired robots. Th  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release: The United States Department of Justice announced today that Citadel Federal Credit Union (Citadel) has agreed to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern and practice of lending discrimination by "redlining" predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia. If approved by the court, this redlining resolution would be  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's expertise using science-based models, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), data analytics, and high-performance computing to develop new, clean, efficient and affordable energy technologies was on full display in September at the 10th New York Scientific Data Summit. Hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory and co-organized by NE  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer located in Parsippany, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for conspiring to fix prices and allocate markets for two generic drugs. This settlement is one part of an   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 -- 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 Sterling Crumblin, age 34, of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 10, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Crumblin was  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 8, 2024, at a campaign event in support of Sen. Bob Casey: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello. (Laughter.) Good to see you all. Look, it's good to be almost home. (Laughter.) I lived not far from here, just across the line, in Delaware, and it's good to be with family. That's what Pennsylvania and the Caseys are to me: family. That's a fact. Matt and Staci and your children -- thanks so much for hosting us. Just  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Private Joseph M. Cocco, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, missing in action during World War II, was accounted for May 15, 2024. In September 1943, Cocco was assigned to the Company C, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion in the Mediterranean Theater in World War II. He landed in Italy on Sept. 9 as   more