WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Philadelphia, PA - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public's assistance in locating Raphael Ezeamaka, 18. On October 10th, a warrant for attempt to commit criminal homicide, aggravated assaut, and criminal conspiracy was issued by the Philadelphia Police Department for Ezeamaka's role in a shooting that took pl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Proposed CHIPS Funding Would Support Construction of Fab and Advanced Test and Packaging Facility and Create up to 1,700 Jobs in Pennsylvania and California Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and Infinera have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $93 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Thro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: * * * Risk of Serious Injury and Death * * * The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Swagtron SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost Commuter Electric Scooters because they pose fire and burn hazards. CPSC has received seven reports of the electric scooters overheating, smoking, melting, or igniting, with one ignition resulting in a fire causing a burn inju  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA (October 16, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $14.4 million to improve the health of local waterbodies in Delaware ($1.3M), the District of Columbia ($1M), Maryland ($2.3M), Pennsylvania ($4.8M), Virginia ($3.2M), and West Virginia ($1.9M). This annual allocation is part of the Clean Water Act's Section 319 grant program and is intended to curb nonpoint sour  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An advanced solvent for post-combustion carbon capture developed through a partnership involving the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Honeywell is set for engineering-scale testing in October at the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), the world's largest carbon capture test facility located in western Norway. The new technology is an advanced solvent   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL and partner Cerebras Systems of Sunnyvale, California, have been awarded $8 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the study of scientific phenomena using the world's largest computer chip known as the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE). The third generation WSE-3, which powers Cerebras' CS-3 AI supercomputer, is an innovation that will en  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- 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 Anthony C. Donnora, Sr., age 79, of Forkston Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted on October 15, 2024, by a federal grand jury and charged with drug trafficking and firearm offenses. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment charges Donnor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for Oct. 17, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken joins President Biden on travel to Germany from October 17-18, 2024. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT M. CAMPBELL Deputy Secretary Campbell is on travel to Japan and the Republic of Korea from October 15-17, 2024. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES RICHARD R. VERMA Deputy Secretary Verma is on travel to Pennsylvania from  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement on the Independent Review Panel report released today regarding the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt against former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania."We are grateful to the members of the bipartisan Independent Review Panel and their staff for their in-depth examination of the security failures that led t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Secret Service issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * "We respect the work of the Independent Review Panel and will carefully examine the report and recommendations released today. We remain fully committed to working with the Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and Congress to address the failures that contributed to the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsy  more