FORT DRUM, New York, May 22 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Drum (10th Mountain Division) issued the following news: By Mike Strasser In 2006, roughly 12,000 Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division (LI) were in Afghanistan, fighting insurgent forces while engaged in all manner of military operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Among those Soldiers was Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti, for whom the Monti Physical Fitness Center was named during a memorialization ceremony June 30, 2010, at For  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended a Mexican national who was convicted in Connecticut of two counts of vehicular manslaughter among other crimes. Deportation officers with ERO Boston's Hartford field office arrested Israel Alejandro Gonzalez-Arcinega, a 40-year-old noncitizen and convicted felon on May 1 during a veh  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On May 17, an Orange County, California, resident, Tenzin Orgil, 24, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking enterprise that included the sale of methamphetamine and fentanyl on the dark web, as well as the manufacture of ecstasy (also known as MDMA) and methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories. Orgil pleaded gui  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 22 -- The Journal of American College of Surgeons, a peer-reviewed journal on surgery, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 238, Issue 6): New England Surgical Society Presidential Address: * The New England Surgical Society: Long May It Prosper * New England Surgical Society Samuel Jason Mixter Lecture: * The Changing Paradigm of Surgical Education New England Surgical Society Articles: * Impact of Preoperative Weight  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Brooklyn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) wherein he transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston in August 2020. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 68 months incarceration and three years of supervised  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Rhode Island man was sentenced today for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 45 of Providence, R.I. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: MassDevelopment has issued a $12,080,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Inc. (IBA), which will use proceeds to build Boston's new home for Latinx art and community empowerment, La CASA: The Center for Arts, Self-Determination, and Activism. La CASA - a four-story, 26,500-square-foot multipurpose community space and arts center in Boston's South End neighborhood - will  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 22 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: On a clear spring morning along the Mississippi coast, Scott Rush, a scientist in Mississippi State University's Forest and Wildlife Research Center, ascends over an open savannah in a specialized utility bucket truck designed to climb nearly 10 stories high. When he nears the top of the towering pine tree, where a sizable eagle's nest rests securely in a forked branch, Rush extends a dip net and  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 22 -- NEJM AI, a peer-reviewed journal from the New England Journal of Medicine Group, a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society, that says it explores the applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 1, No. 3): Editorial: * Policy in Progress - The Race to Frame AI in Health Care Perspectives: * To Do No Harm - and the Most Good - with  more

CANTON, Ohio, May 22 -- The National Football League issued the following news on May 21, 2024: By Coral Smith, Digital Content Producer Just a couple months after signing with a new team, wide receiver DeVante Parker has decided instead to hang up his cleats. Parker, a nine-season NFL veteran who was a 2015 NFL Draft first-round pick of the Miami Dolphins, told ESPN on Monday night that he is retiring. Parker signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in March but has now decided to end his career  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: Reproductive Equity Now today published CAUTION: This Clinic Does Not Provide Abortion Care, an organizing zine that guides readers across New England on how to identify, avoid, and take action against dangerous anti-abortion centers, or so-called "crisis pregnancy centers." The newly publ  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 22 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: On May 17, MBL's Speck Auditorium filled with scientists, fishing enthusiasts, fisheries managers, and local saltwater guides alike for the second Fisheries Science Symposium from the American Saltwater Guides Association (ASGA). The symposium, which was run in partnership with the MBL, featured a series of speakers and was aimed to "educate and empower the community for future engagement   more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Leading technology media and purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services company TechTarget, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTGT) today announced that it won 31 National and New England Region digital awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). TechTarget was one of the major online technolog  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, May 22 -- Springfield Technical Community College issued the following news: Three Springfield Technical Community College alumni have joined BusinessWest's "40 Under Forty" Class of 2024 in recognition of their career achievements and service to the community. STCC congratulates Shirley Arriaga, Jennifer McGrath, and Vilenti Tulloch for being named to the list of young, up-and-coming leaders in the community. Shirley Arriaga, the state representative for the 8th H  more

ORONO, Maine, May 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Tucked away in a quiet, climate-controlled building on the University of Maine campus is a collection of old film. Donated to Fogler Library's Special Collections by the James W. Sewall Company (Sewall) in 2019, the collection includes over 3,000 large canisters, each with a bright yellow "Kodak" sticker on the front and 250 photos contained within. Taken from airplanes between 1946 and 2015 for land s  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: MALDEN, MA -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, MA Energy & Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper, MassDEP Commissioner Bonnie Heiple, and other Massachusetts leaders to celebrate $1.4 million in Infrastructure Law funding that will replace lead pipes in Malden and help the city ensure safe drin  more