NEW YORK, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - May 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over two months and 4.0 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Boston area increased 0.6 percent over the two months ending in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to more PR

UPTON, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * A high-yielding version of this oilseed crop could help meet the increasing demand for biofuels * * * Efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from transportation fuels are increasing demand for oil produced by nonfood crops. These plants use sunlight to power the conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide into oil, which accumulates in seeds. Crop br more PR

UPTON, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Successful demonstration may boost production of hydrogen from water * * * Hydrogen (H2) is a promising fuel for reducing greenhouse gases, especially if produced by using renewable energy to split water molecules (H2O). But as simple as it may seem to break water into hydrogen and oxygen, the chemistry is complex. Two separate simultaneous electrochemi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-175) on June 11, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New York Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communication more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A New York fund manager today admitted defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Joshua Goltry, 30, of New York pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of securities fraud. "Joshua Goltry admitted making out more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A New York man was sentenced today to time already served - 25 months in prison - for distribution and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jose Migel Cleto, 65, of Manhattan, New York, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an infor more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a four-count indictment was unsealed charging Tony Terry with conspiring to illegally traffic firearms from Georgia to Brooklyn, New York. Terry was arrested this morning and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Breon Peace, United Stat more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ariana Charles pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms and conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II. The defendant was charged in January 2024 under the provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the fir more PR

BUFFALO, New York, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Matthew R. Zamborowski, 48, of Hamburg, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person under a qualifying Domestic Violence Order of Protection, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Atto more PR

NEW YORK, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LEMA, a/k/a "Jose Lema Mizhirumbay," the founder and principal of ALJ Home Improvement, Inc., a New York roofing company, was sentenced today to four months in prison by U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy for willfully violating Occupational Safet more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Jashene Austin, age 29, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to distributing fentanyl and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Bryan Miller, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), made the announcement. Aust more PR

KINGS POINT, New York, June 12 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) is honored to announce that Rear Admiral Gregory N. Todd, Chief of Chaplains of the Navy, will address the Class of 2024 at the annual Baccalaureate Interfaith Service. The event will take place on Friday, June 21, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. in the Mariners' Memorial Chapel on the grounds of the Academy. Rear  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men, one from New York and one from California, were convicted on June 11, 2024, of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. A third man from New York was convicted of misdemeanor charges. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened t more PR