NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: SAMUEL DOUGLAS, also known as "Blamm," 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a racketeering offense stemming from his role in a violent New Haven street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; John P. D  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A Boston man was sentenced today for attempting to receive 24 kilograms of cocaine intended for distribution. Eddy Javier Guerrero, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to five years in prison followed by four years of supervised release. In January 2023, Guerrero pleaded guilty to one count of attempt to posse  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 24 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults, will host commencement ceremonies on Purdue University's campus Saturday, May 4, for 1,100 in-person graduates and more than 400 graduates participating in virtual ceremonies. Three ceremonies are scheduled to celebrate the graduates at Elliott Hall of Music in West Lafayette. They are (all times Eastern): * 9 a.m. -- Schools of Law, Nursing,   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02) sent a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging it to ensure federal crop insurance policies are supporting New England growers. The letter is a follow-up to a successful effort last year that halted specific proposed changes to apple crop insurance by USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) that would   more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, April 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: Renowned artificial intelligence and robotics expert Holly Yanco, who leads UMass Lowell's Richard A. Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, has been elected as a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by the organization. The lifetime honor recognizes Yanco's "distinguished contributions to the field of human-robot interaction  more