BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: A Holyoke man has been sentenced in federal court in Springfield in connection with drug and firearm offenses. Jonathan Mercedes, 31, was sentenced on Feb. 5, 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release. In July 2023, Mercedes pleaded guilty to one count of possession with inte  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: A Natick man was convicted yesterday following a six-day jury trial in connection with fentanyl trafficking. During a search of the defendant's apartment the body of a missing 24-year-old woman who had died of a drug overdose was discovered. Rafael Ashworth, 29, was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0190) on Feb. 7, 2024, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - December 2023": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in December than a year earlier in 230 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 128 areas, and unchanged in 31 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 9 areas had jobless rates of less than 2.0 percent and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced today a settlement with pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson Co., LLC for failing to maintain effective controls against diversion of controlled substances, including failure to report to DEA thousands of unusually large orders of oxycodone and hydrocodone. Morris &   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 7 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Joey Gawrysiak, executive director of the esports communications and management degree program, has announced the appointment of three new staff members to the program: Nikita Bair, Sean Kelly and Travis Yang. The new esports communications and management program, which was announced in March 2023, will be offered jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the David B. Falk College of Sport and H  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on Feb. 6, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision involving (Docket Nos. ER24-98-000, ER24-98-001) PJM Interconnection LLC: * * * Today's order rejects PJM's proposed capacity market revisions on several bases and offers PJM guidance should it choose to re-file a modified version of the proposal. I agree that PJM has not demonstrated its overall proposal is just  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced for conspiring to traffic cocaine across the border, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Juan Andres Rodriguez-Murillo pleaded guilty Nov. 1, 2023, to con  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Springfield, Mo., men and two Parsons, Kansas, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy after law enforcement officers seized 100 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle being transported from California, as well as several firearms found at a Springfield resid  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 -- JDRF, a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release: JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, proudly presented awards to five outstanding volunteer leaders whose impact has pushed JDRF's mission forward. The volunteers were recognized with the awards at JDRF's annual One Conference on Feb. 6, 2024. Award recipients include: * Liz Chang, Carol and Erwin Lurie Award * Jennie Costner, H  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: LAREDO, Texas - A 47-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possessing over 800 grams of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The investigation began in September 2022, when law enforcement learned Homero Flores was selling  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 6): Perspective: * The Risks of Normalizing Parental Vaccine Hesitancy * Advanced HIV as a Neglected Disease * Addressing the Challeng  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in the area of Lincoln Park in Newark, and for possessing five firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz of the DEA New Jersey Field Division and U.S. Attorney Phili  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Honduran national and member of the notorious 18th Street gang who has multiple U.S. convictions and is wanted in his home country for drug distribution charges. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended him after he attempted to cross the United States' northern border Feb. 1. The Hond  more