CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa: * * * Thank you, Tim. I appreciate it. Before we start on the matters that brought me here today, I want to note another important matter that took place today. This afternoon, a complaint was unsealed in the Eastern District of New York charging an individual with ties to Iran who we  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - June 2024": Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J.   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Smithsonian Institution Cooper Hewitt, a design museum, issued the following news: This fall, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present "Making Home--Smithsonian Design Triennial." Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, the exhibition explores design's role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the U.S., U.S. territories and tribal nations. On view Nov. 2 through summer 2025, "Making Home" is the seventh offerin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City's Long Island office arrested a Honduran national Aug. 1 who was convicted of assault and charged with robbery/carjacking in New York. "Our ERO Long Island officers are to be commended for their diligence regarding the arrest of this unlawfully present Honduran individual who has proven to be a danger t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * Defendant Pretended to Be Opposed to the Chinese Government So He Could Get Close to Prominent Activists Seeking to Bring Democracy, Reform and Human Rights to China * * * Shujun Wang, 75, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese descent, an academic and author who helped start a pro-democracy organization in Queens, New York, that opposes the current communist regime in the People's Re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Northridge Construction Corporation was sentenced today in federal court for violating a worker safety standard, which caused the death of one of its employees, and for making two false statements obstructing a federal agency's subsequent investigation. U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack for the Eastern District of New York sentenced Northridge to pay a fine of $100,000 and serve a fiv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The Defendant Allegedly Traveled to New York City to Hire Hitmen to Murder a Politician or U.S. Government Official on U.S. Soil * * * Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in Brooklyn charging Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, 46, with murder-for-hire as part of an alleged scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. Law enforcement f  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a complaint was unsealed charging Asif Merchant, also known as "Asif Raza Merchant," 46, with murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil. Law enforcement foiled the charged plot before any attack could be carried out. Merchant is in federal   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Shujun Wang, an academic and author who helped start a pro-democracy organization in Queens that opposes the current communist regime in China, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn on all four counts of an indictment charging him with acting and conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the U.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A New York man pleaded guilty today to failing to collect and pay over employment taxes from wages of his company's employees. According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2015 and 2021, Nicholas Arcuri, of Staten Island -- owner and president of Capri Upholstery Custom Furnishing LLC -- paid approximately $2.6 million in off-the-books cash payroll to employees, from wh  more