WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Media Advisory Wednesday, December 4, 2024 NIH study finds some abnormal results due to colorectal, breast, lung and pancreatic cancers. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found previously undetected cancers in 48.6% of pregnant people who had abnormal results for prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing used to screen for chromosomal diso  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: MANCHESTER, N.H. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Manchester arrested Mikhail Sebastian, an Indonesian national who's been accused of sexually assaulting a New Hampshire child, Nov. 29. "Mikhail Sebastian is accused of sexually abusing a child," said ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde, who also  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 5 -- The National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Chase Strangio, co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBTQ & HIV Project, today presented on behalf of the plaintiffs at oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued on behalf of the Department of Justice. The outcome of the DOJ's challenge to the Sixth Circuit's decision will determine how Kentucky's case, as well as Te  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order in federal court that recovers a total of more than $2.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania healthcare staffing agencies that denied 341 employees overtime wages, including employees misclassified as independent contractors. Entered in the U.S. District Court for the Dis  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 5 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,083) on Dec. 4, 2024, involving New Hampshire Transmission LLC: * * * Petition for Extension of Financing Authorization Period Order Approving Extension In this order, the Commission authorizes New Hampshire Transmission, LLC, to extend the term of its loan agreement with NextEra Capital Holdings Inc., for one-year period, ending on December 31, 2025, and to continue to  more