NEW YORK, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Boston Area Employment - June 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area stood at 2,864,200 in June 2024 compared to 2,844,300 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the   more

NEW YORK, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on July 30, 2024, entitled "New Hampshire Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * New Hampshire had 39,000 job openings in May 2024, unchanged from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in New Hampshire was 5.2 percent in May, unchang  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * NTSB issues safety alert and safety recommendations following investigation * * * The design of a new passenger ferry's engine and inadequate follow-on training for engineering crewmembers led to a 2022 fire aboard a Staten Island Ferry, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The fire broke out in the engine room of the passenger ferry Sandy Grou  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, Califor  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, California; Syn  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NEW YORK (July 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on a proposed draft update to the 2008 cleanup plan for the Emmell's Septic Landfill Superfund Site in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Based on scientific study and new information, EPA is updating its cleanup plan to address soil contamination at the site that continues to impact groundwater qua  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on July 30, 2024: Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT are continuing to accelerate their joint examination, inspection, maintenance, and improvement activities to various infrastructure and fleet systems following Northeast Corridor (NEC) disruptions in New Jersey and New York Penn Station that occurred in May and June 2024. On Monday, July 29, Amtrak Executive Vice President, Service Delivery & Operations   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news on July 30, 2024: * * * Daily Train Service Ensures Fairgoers Can Experience a Safe, Convenient, Cost-Effective and Environmentally Friendly Way To Travel * * * Governor Kathy Hochul, in conjunction with Amtrak and the New York State Department of Transportation, today announced that tickets are now on sale for direct train service this summer to and from the Empire state's largest annual ev  more

WEST POINT, New York, July 31 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: The historic Kosciusko Monument, a longstanding tribute to the Polish-Lithuanian and American military engineer and Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko, is undergoing a significant restoration effort. This 1.5-million-dollar gift-funded initiative aims to preserve the monument's structural integrity and historical significance for many years. Erected in 1828 by the Corps of Cadets of the Unit  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The United States filed a civil complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively, Norfolk Southern) delays passenger trains on Amtrak's Crescent Route in violation of federal law. The Crescent Route, operated by Amtrak (also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corpo  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A federal jury in Brooklyn today convicted David Motovich of perpetrating a years-long scheme to establish and conceal a massive illegal check-cashing operation. Motovich was found guilty on 16 counts of an indictment charging him with operating an illegal money transmitting business, failure to file currency transaction reports, bank fraud, con  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mario Pittman Jr., 30, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey E. Intravatola, who handled the case, stated that according   more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, former federal correction officer Quandelle Joseph was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 30 months' imprisonment for accepting bribes in exchange for providing contraband to individuals detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. Joseph pleaded guilty i  more