WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan national recently arrested for first-degree sexual assault in Hartford April 18. The 53-year-old Guatemalan native has multiple criminal convictions in New York and Connecticut for offenses including second-degree strangula  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 27 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation issued the following testimony by James C. Fowler, senior vice president and general manager at Crowley Shipping, at a joint field hearing with the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Maritime Security on April 5, 2024, entitled "Port Safety, Security, and Infrastructure Investment": * * * Chairman Webster, Chairman Gimenez, Ranking Members Carbajal and Thanedar,   more

MIAMI, Florida, April 27 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation issued the following written testimony by Brent D. Sadler, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, at a joint field hearing with the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Maritime Security on April 5, 2024, entitled "Port Safety, Security, and Infrastructure Investment": * * * Bottom Line Up Front: The nation has for too long relied on less than friendl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 22 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today celebrated its selection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive $156 million in funding under the Solar for All competition, a $7 billion program that is part of the Inflation Reduction Act's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. A coalition led by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: The Supreme Judicial Court and its Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law today announced the release of the 2024 edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence. Like the 2023 edition, the Guide is printed in a large format with a durable spiral binding, enabling readers to lay the book down flat for ease of use. The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court r  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A federal grand jury sitting in Boston has returned a superseding indictment charging 16 individuals in Massachusetts in connection with their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. The superseding indictment in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to conspiring to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds. Hector Garcia, 52, of Ocala, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of wire   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: One school in each of the 32 National Football League (NFL) team hometowns has won a $1,000 grant for physical activity equipment as a part of the American Heart Association and the NFL's NFL PLAY 60 Fitness Tracking Competition. The competition encouraged classrooms to get moving for at least 60 minutes every day and log their movement minutes through the NFL PLAY 60 app. Physic  more

CANTON, Ohio, April 27 -- The National Football League issued the following news: By Grant Gordon, Digital Content Editor There were trade winds swirling around the San Francisco 49ers' wide receivers leading up to Day 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft. Those winds kicked up a few knots on Day 2 with Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk's names continuing to be bandied about. When the third round concluded Friday evening, both remained members of the San Francisco roster and general manager John Lynch convey  more

CANTON, Ohio, April 26 -- The National Football League issued the following news: By Grant Gordon, Digital Content Editor After all the trade speculation had subsided, the New England Patriots stayed put at No. 3 and selected a quarterback in the first round for the second time since the Tom Brady era's end. North Carolina's Drake Maye will succeed Mac Jones, a 2021 first-rounder, as the club's hopeful next franchise quarterback. Not long after he became a Patriot on Thursday night, Maye mad  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 27 -- Amherst College issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A groundbreaking mathematician and physicist, an award-winning novelist, a pioneering Asian American studies scholar, a renowned environmental activist, an acclaimed musician and a fearless civil rights advocate will each receive an honorary degree from Amherst College during Commencement on Sunday, May 26, at 10 a.m. on the school's main quad. Amherst President Michael A. Elliott will deliv  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education announced today that five Rhode Island school communities have been designated as 2024 Green Ribbon awardees by the U.S. Department of Education, representing the most Green Ribbon awards earned in one year in Rhode Island. The prestigious designation is awarded to schools for  more

LONDON, England, April 27 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: The first ever targeted treatment for brain tumours in children has been approved for NHS patients, following over 20 years of research by a UCL clinician scientist. Professor Darren Hargrave, who is a researcher at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), was the Chair of the TADPOLE-G trial steering group, alongside re  more