OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When scientists pushed the world's fastest supercomputer to its limits, they found those limits stretched beyond even their biggest expectations. The Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a new ceiling in performance when it debuted in 2022 as the first exascale system in history -- capable of more than 1 quintillion c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An ORNL researcher was recognized by a major publication for his commitment to a critical role for the scientific community. Joseph Chapman, a research scientist in quantum communications at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was given the Physical Review Applied Reviewer Excellence 2024 award for his work as a peer reviewer for the journal Ph  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits to stop both the Biden Administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. Today, a coalition of 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administrat  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities' confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, protecting reliab  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In a new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Data, researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have produced the most comprehensive power outage dataset ever compiled for the United States. This dataset, showing electricity outages from 2014-22 in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, details outag  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 14 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Today, the Tennessee Department of Education is highlighting the multiple pathways available to support 3rd and 4th grade students who may benefit from extra learning supports. Additionally, new and updated resources (https://www.tn.gov/education/learning-acceleration.html) are available to support districts and schools as they work with families in determining the best pathway for t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Leading a coalition of eighteen states, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today filed a lawsuit fighting federal agency overreach by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 29, 2024, the EEOC issued new sexual harassment guidance that unlawfully extends Title VII's protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender identity. Under the EEOC's gu  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: The leader of a wide-ranging methamphetamine conspiracy, who was incarcerated in Georgia at the time, pled guilty last week in U.S. District Court to federal drug charges. Christopher David Johnson, 46, pled guilty last week to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. At sentencing  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 14 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A 24-state coalition filed a petition for review today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administration's new regulation of emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The States' D.C. Circuit sui  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Che Dushon Lark, 48, of Charleston, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 6, 2020, law enforcement officers responded to reports of a vehicl  more