NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - September 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.7 percent over the two months; up 3.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.7 percent over the two months ending in September 2024, after a more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - September 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the past month; up 3.8 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.4 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Federal complaint seeks overtime back wages, liquidated damages for workers * * * Date of action: September 20, 2024 Type of action: Complaint Defendants: White Noise Coffee I Corp., White Noise Coffee 2 Corp., Milk Under Cafe Inc., Su Hyung Kim a/k/a Vanesa Kim, and Han Flanagan. Allegations: Following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investig more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Art Crime Team, the New York and New Orleans Field Offices, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana today announced the repatriation of a Claude Monet pastel on paper, "Bord de Mer." The artwork was looted by the Nazis during World War II, and the original owners and their heirs have spent decades searching for their belongings. The investig more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in Brooklyn, New York, charging eight defendants for their alleged roles in a scheme to defraud Medicaid of approximately $68 million through the operation of two social adult day cares and a home health care financial intermediary that were paying kickbacks and bribes for services that were not provided. According to court documents, Zakia Khan, 53, of Broo more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: 17 individuals were indicted yesterday in a Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Homeland Security investigation involving a sophisticated money laundering scheme and illegal marijuana distribution network resulting in the seizure of over $6,000,000 and over 2,000 pounds of marijuana in illegal proceeds to date. The investigation - which was undertaken by more PR

WEST POINT, New York, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: After three years of renovation, the Thaddeus Kosciuszko statue has returned, once again perched on a newly refined pedestal overlooking the Hudson Valley. John Latrobe's sculpture of the Polish general is the second-largest Kosciuszko statue in the world, with the largest statue located in Krakow, Poland. The Directorate of Public Works was gifted 1.5 million dollars to preserve the monument's structural int more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal jury has convicted retired Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Joseph Bongiovanni, 60, of Tonawanda, NY, of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, four counts of obstruction of justice, and one count of more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Ejembi Onah, age 61, of Ithaca, New York, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison yesterday following trial convictions for two counts of wire fraud and three counts of transacting in criminally derived property for fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic, receiving over $140,000 in loan proceeds, and spending thos more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's expertise using science-based models, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), data analytics, and high-performance computing to develop new, clean, efficient and affordable energy technologies was on full display in September at the 10th New York Scientific Data Summit. Hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory and co-organized by NE more PR