OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Arka Daw's passion for artificial intelligence started with a simple, almost serendipitous introduction during his undergraduate years. It was 2015, and Daw, then a sophomore at Jadavpur University in India, stumbled upon machine learning while working with a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute. "I was always intrigued with physics and math, but when I saw t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a first-ever urban heat wave simulation that takes into account the compounding effects from building infrastructure. The method provides a more accurate picture of the impacts from excessive heat on at-risk populations, which can guide local planners seeking mitigation solutions.   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 10 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: A federal court today halted a Biden rule that would have provided taxpayer-subsidized health plans to illegal aliens. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach personally argued the request for a preliminary injunction in a Bismarck courtroom in October. Today, the court sided with Kobach and the 19-state coalition he led on the case and stopped to proposed rule from going into effect.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-680): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Tennessee (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: Attorney General Murrill announced that Louisiana received $1,400,289 from a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. A coalition of 50 Attorneys General reached settlements as the result of a multistate investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: GATLINBURG, Tenn. - The National Park Service (NPS) will conduct additional design work and technical studies for Foothills Parkway Section 8D. This decision was based on feedback from subject matter experts and public comments received during a 30-day public comment which ended on August 21. The NPS will reinitiate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and inform  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has obtained a stay from a North Dakota Federal Court stopping the Biden-Harris Administration from unlawfully giving taxpayer-subsidized federal health insurance to illegal aliens and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In 2012, the Obama Administration established the DACA program to protect illegal alie  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Biden-Harris Administration has nearly doubled its original goal to repair or replace 10 of the nation's most economically significant bridges 18 major bridge projects are moving forward, part of the more than 11,400 bridges across the country receiving funding to improve safety, shorten commutes, and ensure more efficient supply chains MONROE, MICHIGAN Today, during a news conference at the River   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Offices in Mississippi and Tennessee coordinated to capture a murder fugitive, Tony Lott,18, in Memphis. On October 25, 2024, Jerrian King was shot to death in the 1300 block of N. St. Mary's Circle in Greenville, Mississippi. Five days later, a murder warrant was issued out of Washington County, MS for the arrest of Tony Lott. The fugi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Leads by Example, Leveraging the Federal Government to Catalyze Clean Energy Jobs and Cut Costs and Pollution Three years in, President Biden's executive order has catalyzed global markets and put the U.S. Government on track to meet his ambitious sustainability goals and save taxpayers money When President Biden entered office, he pledged to restore America's   more