WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 31, 2025 AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Long Beach, California, has been awarded a $2,456,665,321 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded contract (FA8526-21-D-0001) for C-17 Globemaster III sustainment. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $7,597,672,417 from $5,141,007,096. Work will be performed at various locations including but not limited t  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1 -- The Cleveland Clinic issued the following news release on March 30, 2025: * * * Experimental Gene-Silencing Drug Produces Long-Duration Reduction in Lipoprotein(a), an Important Heart Disease Risk Factor Single and double dosing showed significant reductions in the genetically inherited lipoprotein CLEVELAND: Findings from a Phase 2 clinical trial reported by a Cleveland Clinic physician show a single dose of an experimental therapy (lepodisiran) safely reduced av  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * For plants, urban heat islands don't mimic global warming Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts. By David L. Chandler, MIT News It's tricky to predict precisely what the impacts of climate change will be, given the many variables involved. To predict the impacts of a warmer w  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests Ecuadoran alien charged with aggravated child rape in Massachusetts BROCKTON, Mass. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jose Oswaldo Castro-Castro, 31, an illegally present Ecuadoran national charged with aggravated rape of a child, ten-year age difference and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Office  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests Guatemalan alien charged with sex crimes in Connecticut HARTFORD, Conn. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Guatemalan alien charged with second-degree felony sexual assault, fourth-degree felony sexual assault and felony risk of injury to minor. Officers with ICE Boston's Hartford field offi  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, April 1 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * IMFINZI (durvalumab) approved in the US as first and only perioperative immunotherapy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer Based on NIAGARA Phase III trial results which showed a 32% reduction in the risk of recurrence and a 25% reduction in the risk of death vs. neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone AstraZeneca's IMFINZI (durvalumab) in combination with gemcitabine and ci  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Working to Get Maine Farmers Expected Federal Investments to Sustain Operations WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) joined his colleagues to introduce legislation that will direct much-needed funding to farmers in Maine. The Honor Farmer Contracts Act would release federal funding -- currently being withheld by the White House -- for all contracts and agreements previou  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey and Moulton Reintroduce legislation to Redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Washington (March 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) have reintroduced legislation that would redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton and Markey Reintroduce Legislation to Redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Seth Moulton and Senator Edward J. Markey have reintroduced legislation (link is external) that would redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park. Salem Marit  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * New England Takes Major Step Towards Grid Expansion with Regional Request For Proposals Transmission Solutions Under New Long-Term Planning Framework Will Unlock Abundant Clean Energy Resources in Maine BOSTON, MA -- Today, New England took a major step toward modernizing its electric grid with the launch of the region's first Request for Proposals (RFP) under a new long-term transm  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Markey, Rep. Ansari Introduce Legislation to Help Families Pay their Heating and Cooling Bills Legislation would provide urgently needed relief for families as energy prices rise Bill Text (PDF) | Section-by-Section (PDF) Washington (March 31, 2025) -- Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) today  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 34797) entitled "New England Transrail LLC dba Wilmington and Woburn Terminal Railway - Construction, Acquisition and Operation Exemption - In Wilmington and Woburn, Massachusetts": * * * On June 24, 2016, New England Transrail, LLC (NET), filed a petition seeking an exemption under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 1  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 1 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Oral Semaglutide Vastly Reduces Heart Attacks, Strokes A large clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has shown that the popular weight-loss drug significantly reduces cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes, pre-existing cardiovascular disease, and/or chronic kidney disease. Both the injectable and oral f  more