CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Maia Weinstock, MIT News Growing up in Thailand, Annie Srethabhakti Liau could not have imagined spending the bulk of her career working at the storied Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now, as she heads into retirement, she and those around her are reflecting on her journey to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and on four decades as an integral member of the MIT community. One of the lon  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - January 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 2.5 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.6 percent in January, th  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that WINIFER ACOSTA JIMINEZ, 29, and OVIDALIS JIMINEZ PUJOLS, 38, both of New York, have been charged by indictment with a fentanyl trafficking offense.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- 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 an unlawfully present Brazilian national charged with six counts of assault and battery with a firearm in Massachusetts and one count of a similar charge in Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston made the apprehension Feb. 8 in Clinton. "This Brazilian national has allegedly display  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to stealing approximately $10 million from a New Hampshire-based investment company, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Roberto Montano, a/k/a Jorge Roberto Montano Midence, a/k/a Roberto Pellegrini, a/k/a Alberto Yardi, 58, pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Landya B. M  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Autonomous helicopters made by Rotor Technologies, a startup led by MIT alumni, take the human out of risky commercial missions. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News In late 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to learn to fly helicopters. At the time, he was pursuing his PhD in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronau  more

ORONO, Maine, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Timothy Frawley has spent the better of the past two decades working in and around commercial fisheries. Born and raised in Casco Bay, Maine, he grew up packing lobsters and pitching bait on Portland's working waterfront. He has worked in commercial fisheries in California, Alaska and the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Throughout his years spent on working waterfronts, Frawley, a postdoctoral r  more