WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * America's first ice ships and icebreakers The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Though various ice-strengthened vessels were built in the era, most were simply ice  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Support Playful Learning in Preschool through Third Grade Boston -- he Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it is awarding $1.2 million in grants to seven school districts to incorporate playful learning strategies into preschool through third grade classrooms. The funding will provide professional deve  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests alien fugitive wanted for homicide in Dominican Republic BOSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal law enforcement partners from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended a Dominican fugitive wanted in his native country for homicide. Officers with ICE Boston, agents from DEA N  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests Dominican alien charged with assault to rape, strangulation of a Massachusetts resident LAWRENCE, Mass. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Dominican national charged with charged with assault to rape, assault and battery with dangerous weapon, assault on a family or household member, and stra  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Irish national charged in multistate home repair fraud scheme PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An Irish national illegally residing the United States and initially arrested for immigration violations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ordered detained on criminal wire fraud and conspiracy charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud homeowners i  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 29, 2025. * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 219,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 224,000 to 225,000. The 4-week moving average was 223,000, a decrease of 1,250 from   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Selects Finalist Teams for Student Human Lander Challenge NASA has selected 12 student teams to develop solutions for storing and transferring the super-cold liquid propellants needed for future long-term exploration beyond Earth orbit. The agency's 2025 Human Lander Challenge is designed to inspire and engage the next generation of engineers and scientists as NASA and its partners prepare to send astronauts to the Moo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Technology Secretary Jason Snyder Receives National Award for Efficiency, Effectiveness and Innovation Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration is proud to announce that Massachusetts Technology Secretary and Commonwealth Chief Information Officer Jason Snyder has been honored with the StateScoop "Golden Gov" award for his exceptional leadership in driving efficiency, effectivene  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Ties that bind: A 250-year legacy of American service FORT BELVOIR, Va. - In the spring of 1775, the world order was in question. After decades of onerous taxation by the British, independent-minded American colonists sought to throw off the yoke of their cross-Atlantic governors and were prepared to do so at the point of the bayonet. Such were the tinderbox conditions on the fateful morn  more