CHICAGO, Illinois, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: Two suburban Chicago men have been sentenced to prison as part of a federal investigation that dismantled a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline. SHELDON MORALES and EDUARDO SANTANA conspired with a supplier in Mexico and two inmates in a prison in Texas to traffic methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico to Evanston, Ill., and Morton Grove, Ill., in 2019. T  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 3 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey announced today that technology company Meta Platforms plans to open an $800 million data center in Alabama's capital city that will support 100 operational jobs and build on the company's previous investment in the state. Meta's new 715,000-square-foot, AI-optimized data center will be built off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, across from the Hyundai automotive assembly pla  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.4 percent in the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics rep  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Miami Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 6.7 percent in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported toda  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissi  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.7 percent in Houston-The Woodlands, TX, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on May 2, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring May 2, 2024, as a "Day of Prayer" in the State of California. * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: On the National Day of Prayer, we stand with all Californians who make time for reflection and prayer in their lives, an invaluable source of solace, hope, and strength for so many of us. This  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Two national monument expansions announced by President Biden today are supporting California's work to conserve more lands and coastal waters. The Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument near Napa and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in Los Angeles will both increase in size, protecting more of California's unique biodiversity and culturally significant Native Ameri  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The captain of the P/V Conception - a Santa Barbara-based dive boat that caught fire and sank near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member - was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, of Santa Barbara, was sentenced by United States District Judge George  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: A federal grand jury has handed down an indictment charging 11 South Bay residents with taking part in a racketeering conspiracy to promote the aims of the Salinas Acosta Plaza Nortenos (SAP Nortenos) street gang. The indictment, filed April 18, 2024, and unsealed earlier today, describes a halting list of crimes including eight murders du  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Palm Care Pharmacy, a San Diego County pharmacy chain with a storefront in El Cajon, has paid $350,000 to resolve allegations that it diverted controlled substances, failed to keep necessary accounting records for controlled substances, and improperly sold pseudoephedrine chemical products. The settlement arises from a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration i  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news on May 1, 2024: * * * DARPA program exhibits modular, first-of-kind capabilities * * * The Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) built by performer Northrop Grumman completed full-scale, in-water testing off the coast of Southern California in February and March 2024. Testing demonstrated at-sea hydrodynamic performance, including submerged operat  more

TRACY, California, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By John Johnson, DLA Distribution San Joaquin Public Affairs Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin hosted an installation tour April 16 for DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn in conjunction with the DLA Installation Management Spring Off-Site, at which Bunn served as the keynote speaker. Jonathan Mathews, DL Installation Management San Joaquin site director, said such visits p  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on May 1, 2024: * * * Northern Arizona University was the overall winner of the 2024 Hydropower Collegiate Competition. * * * The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the winners of the 2024 Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC). Northern Arizona University was the overall winner, followed by Johns Hopkins University in second place and California Polytechnic  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: CORONA, Calif. - The Navy's inaugural Inland Empire Innovation Summit was held April 23, in Riverside, Calif., bringing together more than 325 participants from the Department of Defense (DoD), local community leaders, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and academia to discuss the state of innovation as it relates to national security and regional economic initiatives. "We're mak  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: It was April 28, 1975, and Saigon was about to fall to North Vietnamese forces, ending the Vietnam War. Tam Do Nguyen, a South Vietnamese naval officer, was fighting alongside the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet for three years when life as he knew it ceased to exist. With troops starting to lose hope at the impending fall of South Vietnam, the U.S. Navy offered   more

NEW YORK, May 2 -- The White House issued the following remarks on May 1, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at the 2024 New York Stock Exchange Women's Health Summit: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Lynn. You lead this organization always looking to the future - for the next opportunity that will change our world. And today is just another example of that. I'm honored you invited me to be a part of the Women's Health Summit's second year. It was an ordinary Saturday in an extraordin  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: * * * Company provided financing for door-to-door water treatment equipment sales where dealers misled consumers about key financing terms * * * A Federal Trade Commission action against household water treatment funding company Aqua Finance, Inc. (AFI) has led to a settlement that will provide $20 million in refunds and an additional $23.6 million in debt forgiveness for consumers harmed by i  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 2 -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Gisela "Gigi" Storz, Ph.D., an NIH Distinguished Investigator at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS Council, the governing body of the or  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) postdoc Sam Hedges has won a 2024 Springer Thesis Award for his work in searching for the elusive neutrino. "I'm honored that my thesis was nominated for this award, and was excited when I found out it had won," Hedges said. His thesis, "Low Energy Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions at the Spallation Neutron Source,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: There was little doubt that Luke Bertels was going to become a scientist; it was written in the stars, some might say. Bertels is one of six in a family of scientists: his mother was a biologist, his father was an agricultural economist, two brothers are biologists, one is a neuroscientist, and now Bertels is a quantum computational scientist. His mother, one of six c  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 3 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced five business expansion projects in Southeast Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. In total, these projects will represent nearly $40 million in capital investment across Michigan and create 392 jobs across mobility, electric vehicle, and Industry 4.0 industries. "Today's projects will create 392 jobs and drive nearly $40 million of investment  more

OAKLAND, California, May 3 -- The Metropolitan Transportation Commission issued the following news release: Residents of the Betty Ann Gardens Apartments in San Jose's Berryessa district today celebrated the opening of a new mobility hub developed through a partnership between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Oakland-based nonprofit TransForm to expand mobility options and lower transportation costs for lower-income renters, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 3 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Crystal Window & Door Systems, a leading manufacturer of replacement and new construction windows will locate a manufacturing center in Johnston County, creating 501 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $83.6 million in Selma. "More great manufacturing jobs are coming to Johnston County and North Carolina, the number one state for business in the   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency's return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA's Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notices, or CANs. The awardees also will receive assistance from prop  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on May 2, 2024: Winners of NETL's regional Science Bowl competitions for students in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia tested their knowledge in math, science, engineering and technology (STEM) topics at the 2024 National Science Bowl held April 25-29 in Washington, D.C. North Allegheny Senior High School (Wexford, Pennsylvania) compiled a 5-3 record to finish  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSfact) -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following fact sheet on May 1, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Multi-Sector Actions to Eliminate Systemic Barriers in STEMM Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is announcing a new set of bold cross-sector actions that will help propel our nation toward a more equitable science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) ecosy  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on May 2, 2024, on expanding the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument: * * * Through Proclamation 9298 of July 10, 2015, President Obama established the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (monument) to protect an array of spectacular historic, cultural, geologic, and ecological resources in the heart of northern California's Inner Coast Range. Straddling the eastern edge of the monument boundary, Molok Luyuk --   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on May 2, 2024, on expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: * * * Through Proclamation 9194 of October 10, 2014, President Obama established the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (monument) to protect the rich cultural history, striking geologic features, and vibrant ecological diversity contained within a portion of the Angeles National Forest. Situated in the mountains north of Los Angeles, the monumen  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: On Wednesday, May 22, through Friday, May 24, the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will host the 14th annual Energy Innovation Summit at the Gaylord Texan Convention Center outside Dallas, Texas. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will address the Summit from the Main Stage on the morning of Friday  more

NEW YORK, May 3 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on May 2, 2024, with Michel Martin of NPR's Morning Edition: * * * Michel Martin: Good morning. We are seeing an increasingly intense law enforcement response to weeks of intense days on some campuses across the US. Hundreds of law enforcement officers moved into the campus of the University of California Los Angeles this morning to break up an encampment of anti-war protesters. In New York City   more

LIVERMORE, California, May 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, academia and industry convened recently at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC) for a workshop aimed at aligning strategies for ensuring safe artificial intelligence (AI). The daylong event, attended by dozens of AI researchers, included keynote speech  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: USAID is supporting three new efforts in the Amazon region to prioritize environmental conservation, reforestation, and socio-economic development, including the Agency's largest ever program in Ecuador in support of conservation and Indigenous Peoples. As a result of efforts like these, USAID helps conserve as well as catalyze sustainable conservation and investment in more than 45 million hec  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Biden-Harris Administration acts to conserve cultural, biodiversity, and geological resources, and protect drinking water May 2, 2024 -- Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will join President Biden as he signs a proclamation expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The designation further conserves and protects an area that provides drinking water to millions of people, and encompasse  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: A Buena Park, California man, who supplied as many as 30,000 pressed fentanyl pills a week to individuals who then shipped the pills into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 years in federal prison. Robert Contreras, 24, a.k.a. "Quill," previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to distr  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 2 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on May 1, 2024, at an event at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center on the fight for reproductive freedoms: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, everyone. (Applause.) Hello. Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. Can we please give it up for Dr. Tien? Where is she? (Applause.) I had the chance to spend some time with her this afternoon, and I thanked her for her courage and for the work that she and her colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following statement on the final rule to expand health coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients: * * * Dreamers throughout this country are serving in our military, teaching in our classrooms, and leading our small businesses as entrepreneurs. They are our neighbors, classmates, and loved ones. Our nation is fortunate that America is their home. Thanks to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), more than  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 3 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on May 2, 2024, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan while en route to Charlotte, North Carolina: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right, hi, everybody. I just got -- I just got a couple things at the top, and then I'll hand it over to the Administrator. So, as you all know, we're on our way to Charlotte, where the President will meet w  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The White House issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: This evening, First Lady Jill Biden will host the first-ever "Teachers of the Year" State Dinner at the White House. This event will honor the 2024 National Teacher of the Year, Missy Testerman from Tennessee, and the State Teachers of the Year from across the country for their excellence in teaching and commitment to students' learning. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) oversees the Nationa  more