WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: More than 500 endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles found cold-stunned in Massachusetts over the last 5 weeks were brought to the New England Aquarium. Once stabilized, Turtles Fly Too transported some of them to sea turtle rehabilitation facilities across the Southeast. They brought 40 of the turtles to the Mississippi Aquarium(link is external). They were also given names--each sea turtle is n more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following record on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * The Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (ULM) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Background The determination of a state party organization's status as the state committee of a political party depends on three elements. First, the national party of which the state party organization is a part must itself be a political party. Second, the stat more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is facing a critical shortage of credentialed merchant mariners available to operate the U.S. flag fleet of commercial ships and strategic sealift vessels. These mariners--serving aboard vessels of all types--provide transportation services essential to domestic and international commerce.  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The U.S. Marine Highway System consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, waterways, rivers, bays, coasts, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The goal of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) U.S. Marine Highway Program (USMHP) is to expand the use of the Nation's navigable waters to relieve landside congest more PR