PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 22 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: In coordination with state partners at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, beginning June 1, Amtrak is fully restoring Pennsylvanian service (New York - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh) frequencies and Keystone Service (New York - Philadelphia - Harrisburg) trains will begin operating again on a modified schedule in response to anticipated increased demand. Modifie  more

UPTON, New York, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists have discovered that the transport of electronic charge in a metallic superconductor containing strontium, ruthenium, and oxygen breaks the rotational symmetry of the underlying crystal lattice. The strontium ruthenate crystal has fourfold rotational symmetry like a square, meaning that it looks identical when turned by 90 degrees (four times to equal a complet  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following tip sheet: The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in 11 additional states and Puerto Rico the week of May 18. The places that will begin a phased restart of operations are: - Arizona - Colorado - Indiana - Iowa - Louisiana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Mexico - New York (Rochester) - Puerto Rico - Rhode Islan  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the filing of an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging defendant Casper Mikkelsen, a/k/a "Carsten Nielsen," a/k/a "Brian Thomson," a/k/a "Thomas Jensen," a/k/a Casper Muller," a resident of Denmark, with engaging in a $1.5 million foreign currency (forex) fraud scheme and registrat  more

NEW YORK, May 19 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 15-00011): THE KALENCOM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Timothy M. Reif OPINION [Denying plaintiff's Rule 56 motion for summary judgment and granting defendant's Rule 56 cross-motion for summary judgment.] Peter J. Fitch, Fitch, King, LLC of Monmouth Beach, N.J., argued for plaintiff. Monica P. Triana, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Divi  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on May 21 by Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida at the New York Association for Business Economics: It is my pleasure to meet virtually with you today at the New York Association for Business Economics./1 I have been looking forward to this session, and I am sorry that I cannot join you in person, as I always value my opportunities for dialogue with business and market economists. Since mid-March, along with my Federal Open Marke  more

NEW YORK, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Pursuant to ongoing Cultural Property, Arts & Antiquities investigations by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, a civil complaint was filed Monday to forfeit a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian epic poem considered one the world's oldest works of literature. Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it orig  more

NEW YORK, May 22 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on May 21 by President and CEO John C. Williams at the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and Center via video conferencing: It's a pleasure to be able to join you all from my apartment in Manhattan. I sincerely look forward to the day when we can again meet in person. In a short period, our lives have changed in unimaginable ways: things that we took for granted--like eati  more

NEW YORK, May 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release on May 21: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Kevin Kupperbusch, Eastern Region Special Agent-in-Charge of the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA"),  more

BUFFALO, New York, May 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Kristy Brucz, 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated   more

ALBANY, New York, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New York Field Office issued the following news release: Maryland egg production totaled 65.1 million during April 2020, up 2 percent from last year. Production included 63.6 million table eggs, and 1.5 million hatching eggs. The total number of layers during April 2020 averaged 2.66 million, up 2 percent from last year. April egg production per 100 layers was 2,448 eggs, up 1 percent fro  more

ALBANY, New York, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New York Field Office issued the following news release: Milk production in New York during April 2020 totaled 1.29 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from April 2019. The average milk price received by New York farmers in March 2020, at $18.50 per hundredweight, is down $0.60 from February 2020 but up $0.20 from March a year ago. Milk production in Pennsylvania during April 2020 totaled 883   more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, May 20 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is pleased to announce the creation of a new position dedicated to diversity and inclusion. New Program Lead Steven Uwajeh will spearhead efforts throughout the laboratory to enhance employee experience by facilitating a more diverse and inclusive workforce. Uwajeh, an alumnus of Columbia   more

NEW YORK, May 21 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on May 20: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced the first loan subscription date for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) and released an expanded set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and other documents pertaining to the facility's operations. The TALF's first subscription date for loans backed by eligible asset-backed securities (ABS) will be June 17, 2020, and the first l  more