NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Dec. 19, 2024, by Antitrust Division Policy Director David Lawrence at the New York State Bar Association William Howard Taft Lecture: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Before I begin, a necessary disclaimer. The remarks I express today are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Antitrust Division or the Justice Department. Thank you again to the organizers for the invitation to speak on a subject th more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 19, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area spent an average of $101,247 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that food, housing, and transportation more PR

UPTON, New York, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Lab celebrates a year of scientific successes, from creating the biggest bits of antimatter to improving qubits, catalysts, batteries, and more! * * * With one-of-a-kind research facilities leveraged by scientists from across the nation and around the world, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory is a veritable city of scienc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York City arrested unlawfully present Mexican citizen Jose Hernandez Sachez, Dec. 19. Hernandez has convictions for third degree sexual abuse among other charges. Fugitive operations officers arrested the 42-year-old sexual predator outside a residence in Brooklyn. H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Defendant Admitted That He Conspired to Act as an Illegal Agent of the Chinese Government * * * Chen Jinping, 60, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in connection with opening and operating an undeclared overseas police station, located in lower Manhattan, for the PRC's Ministry of Public Security more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Shindler Distribution Inc. dba VapoRush: * * * To: Shindler Distribution Inc. d/b/a VapoRush, 205 E 95TH Street Apt 2F, New York, NY 10128, United States, info@vaporush.com To Whom It May Concern: The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed the website https://vaporush.com and determined that electroni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, of Towson, Maryland, in connection with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan. Mangione was taken into federal custody today and will be presented this afternoon in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker for the Southern District of Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Defendant Admitted That He Conspired to Act as an Illegal Agent of the Chinese Government * * * Chen Jinping, 60, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in connection with opening and operating an undeclared overseas police station, located in lower Manhattan, for the PRC's Mini more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Jun Wang, age 62, a Chinese national and lawful permanent resident of the United States who has lived in Florida and Texas for most of the past 26 years, has been charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit money laundering. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bure more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Dec. 19, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a United Nations Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Ms. Li, thank you very much for sharing your insight, sharing your ideas with the council. It's deeply appreciated. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Secretary of State as the United States. And let me, again by - let me begin, again, by thanking both of ou more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Dec. 19, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: I thank Mr. Bahr El Din for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Secretary of State of the United States, and let me again thank each of our briefers for their powerful testimony. It was very important for this council to hear it. To our fellow council members, on more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Dec. 18, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken in a conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations: * * * MR FROMAN: Mr. Secretary, we are meeting at this historic moment where there have been tectonic shifts around the world. We've got wars in Europe, in the Middle East, in Africa. We have this unprecedented competition with China. We have the rise of the Global South. We've got pandemic preparedness, all sorts of more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for Dec. 19, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to New York from December 18-19, 2024. 9:30 a.m. Secretary Blinken participates in a UN Security Council Session on Artificial Intelligence in New York City, New York. (OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR PRE-REGISTERED MEDIA) 1:30 p.m. Secretary Blinken participates in a UN Security Council Session on Sudan in New York City, New York. more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on Dec. 19, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken MSNBC Morning Joe with Willie Geist, Jonathan Lemire, Andrea Mitchell and Mike Barnicle: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: "We've got our work cut out for us, but I am confident we will succeed. The United States has enormous sources of strength. We're going to build upon them. America's values are noble and powerful, and we will recommit to them. And America's more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on Dec. 19, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken with David Gura of Bloomberg Surveillance: * * * QUESTION: Thank you very much and welcome to our audience on Bloomberg Radio and Bloomberg Television worldwide. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. QUESTION: Many ways we could go here, but let's start with Syria. And you've described this moment  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on Dec. 19, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken with David Gura of Bloomberg's "The Big Take" Podcast: * * * QUESTION: Let's start with Syria. And you've described this moment as one of both promise and peril. SECRETARY BLINKEN: That's right. QUESTION: You have what seems like a de facto government that is a designated terrorist group and you've said that the U.S. has been in contact with HTS. Wha more PR