WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following news: NEW YORK - The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in collaboration with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), hosted a comprehensive two-day workshop titled Charging Forward: Public Safety in Community Electrification. The workshop, led by DHS S&T's New York City-based Nation  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting Nov. 19 to determine the probable cause a fatal centerline crossover collision between a box truck and a bus last year in Louisville, New York. On Jan. 28, 2023, a box truck traveling east on New York State Route 37 crossed over the highway centerline and collided with a bus traveling in the opposite direction. The bus was   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-534) on Oct. 30, 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

ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that JohnMichael Santiago, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of civil disorder and assaulting a federal officer, was sentenced to serve 33 months by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that on September 4, 2020, following the release of inf  more