NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers Health researchers have found that parents who actively teach their children how to handle or shoot firearms are more likely to store loaded guns in unsecured locations. "Some parents may believe that modeling responsible firearm use negates the need for secure storage," said Jennifer Paruk, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral researcher at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at the Rutg  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - August 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past month, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.2 percent in August, the   more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - June 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $38.99 per hour in the South to $53.15 in the Northeast in June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A physician who practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to pay $25,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act by prescribing opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice. As part of the settlement agreement, Dr. Edgar Ross, 70, Boston, ad  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, Sept. 12 -- Colby College issued the following news: * * * NACDA Division III Athletic Director of the Year to lead Colby Athletics and Recreation * * * By Bob Keyes Colby has hired Amanda V. DeMartino, executive director of athletics at The College of New Jersey, as the new Harold Alfond Director of Athletics, following a national search. DeMartino, who was named Athletic Director of the Year for Division III by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athleti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a Haitian national charged in Massachusetts with conspiracy to violate drug laws, drug distribution, drug manufacturing and unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Gasnoy Saintilme Aug. 26 at the Worcester District Court in Worcester. "Gasnoy Saintilme unlawfully e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed a Guatemalan fugitive wanted by authorities in his home country for assaulting a public official, illegally transporting firearms and forging or altering a license plate. Officers with ERO Boston removed Victor Francisco Lopez-Padilla from the United States to Guatemala July 22 and turned him over to Gu  more

SHELBURNE FALLS, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The New England Farmers Union posted the following news release: Nearly 300 Farmers Union members from across the United States have converged in Washington this week to meet with lawmakers and advocate for the timely passage of a comprehensive five-year farm bill before the end of 2024, emphasizing its importance given current challenges faced by America's family farmers and ranchers. "Family farmers and ranchers can't wait - they need the certainty  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Boston public media producer GBH today announced the appointment of Nina Chaudry as Executive Producer for WORLD, the leading public media platform renowned for original documentary, nonfiction storytelling, and international news. Chaudry joins WORLD from FRONTLINE, PBS' flagship investigative journalism series produced at GBH in Boston. As the senior series p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governors and Premiers pass resolutions to reconvene standing committees on energy and the environment * * * The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) met to discuss coordinated efforts on shared economic, energy and environmental priorities at the 45th annual NEG-ECP Conference held on September 9 and 10 in Boston, Massachusetts. Discussions built on last y  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A physician who practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to pay $25,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act by prescribing opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice. As part of the settlement agreement, Dr. Edgar Ross, 70, Boston, admitted that, for one patien  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MILFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 40, of Milford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford 36 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for distributing various drugs on Telegram, an encrypte  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * More than 50 patients have received kidney and liver transplants through the program * * * Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants. In 2019, Northwestern Medicine created a novel and pr  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Selection of 2,878 megawatts from three projects will power the equivalent of 1.4 million Massachusetts homes and over 125,000 Rhode Island homes * * * Rhode Island and Massachusetts announced today the selection of 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind in the first coordinated procurement of its kind. As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678 MW in total from  more