UPTON, New York, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Awardees selected for outstanding academic performance, outreach and mentoring, and impact on Brookhaven Lab * * * The Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) have named Paris Watson of Johns Hopkins University, Michele Myong of Brookhaven Lab, and Edelmy Marin Bernardez of Stony more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Hurlbut Care Communities also pay $69K in penalties for willful violations * * * BUFFALO, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $375,649 in back wages and liquidated damages for 806 current and former employees of nursing homes in upstate New York that denied them overtime pay in violation of federal law. The department's Wage and Hour Division found more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add the Historic Potteries site in Trenton, New Jersey, to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, known as the NPL. Adding the site to the NPL would equip the EPA with the necessary tools to address significant lead contamination affecting residential areas, public spaces, and parks in the East Trenton nei more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC (DCG) in Freeport, New York, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Central Islip to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to induce individuals to hire him and pay DCG to repair their Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge Joan M more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; Lisa Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Christ more PR