Federal Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday March 10, 2024 ( 16 items ) |
Department of Labor Seeks Court Order to Stop Alleged Retaliation by Tennessee Farm After Employee Finds Severed Pig's Head at Workstation
HENRY, Tennessee, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint and motion seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent a Henry County farm from allegedly retaliating against two workers who asked about their wages, a protected activity under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Filed by the department on Feb. 21, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, the actio
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DOD Resource Offers Array of Information on Dietary Supplements
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, March 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news:
By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs
A resource is available for team members at Arnold Air Force Base and across Arnold Engineering Development Complex seeking more information on dietary supplements.
Operation Supplement Safety, or OPSS, is the Department of Defense's program for anything related to dietary supplements. OPSS partners with other federal departments, professional organizatio
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FBI: Scammers Stole $160 Million From Tennesseans in 2023
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 8 -- The FBI issued the following news release on March 7, 2024:
Tennessee residents lost more than $160 million to Internet scammers last year, according to a new report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report highlights critical vulnerabilities and underscores the imperative for heightened cybersecurity measures in the Volunteer State.
In 2023, Tennessee ranked 31st in the country, with residents lodging a total of 8,484 complaints with the FBI
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Hands-on science creates winning conditions for local youth
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
YO-STEM's Team Radium members show their trophies for scores that placed them in this year's state robotics competition for middle school. Credit: YO-STEM
For kids in underserved communities, access to STEM experiences does not come as a given. Candice Halbert, YO-STEM founder and chemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working to cha
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Honduran national arrested for allegedly retaliating against federal witness
WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release on March 7, 2024:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Honduran national was arrested March 1 in Antioch for allegedly conspiring to retaliate and allegedly retaliating against a federal witness following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nashville; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Nashville; and the Metropolitan Nashville Po
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NRC Issues Event Notification for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tenn.
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57006) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee:
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Facility: Watts Bar
Region: 2
State: TN
Unit: [2] [] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: Tony Pate
HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard
Notification Date: 03/05/2024
Notification Time: 04:14 [ET]
Event Date: 03/05/2024
Event Time: 01:32 [EST]
Last Update Date: 03/05/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
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NRC Issues Event Notification for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tenn.
WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57006) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee:
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Facility: Watts Bar
Region: 2
State: TN
Unit: [2] [] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: Tony Pate
HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard
Notification Date: 03/05/2024
Notification Time: 04:14 [ET]
Event Date: 03/05/2024
Event Time: 01:32 [EST]
Last Update Date: 03/05/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: AI-driven attention mechanisms aid in streamlining cancer pathology reporting
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Artificial Intelligence researchers have taken a major step forward in using AI in the fight against cancer.
In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Modeling Outcomes for Surveillance using Scalable Artificial Intelligence, or MOSSAIC, are building on their groundbreaking
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Contributing to community standards for AI security, privacy
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Generative AI applications, such as ChatGPT, Bard and Llama, are rapidly being adopted by industry that use sensitive information such as healthcare or banking. Key voices from industry, government and academia are calling for technology companies to be held accountable for securing new AI models to protect users from poisoned models or data theft.
While government
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: KC Cushman - Seeing the forest and the trees
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
If anyone can see the forest for the trees, it's KC Cushman.
Cushman, a Liane B. Russell Fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been studying trees and forests in an effort to help humans care for them and improve the health of the planet.
Cushman decided as a college student that studying the world's forests might be a good way to
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Oak Ridge Readies for Next Demolition Project at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release:
EM team members are priming three support facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for teardown in the near future.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR is deactivating the Graphite Reactor ancillary facilities. The buildings include the filter house, or Building 3002, fan house, or Building 3003, and e
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Scientists reveal molecular mysteries to control silica scaling in water treatment
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Collaborative research that combined experiments at Yale University and molecular dynamics simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides new insights into solving a major technical obstacle to efficient and sustainable industrial operations.
Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and in natural w
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Tenn. U.S. Attorney: Joseph Daniel White Sentenced to 276 Months for Methamphetamine and Firearms Convictions
GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release:
On March 4, 2024, Joseph Daniel White, 39, currently of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to 276 months by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
As part of the plea agreement filed with the court, White agreed to plead guilty to Possession of 50 Grams or More of Methamphe
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Tenn. U.S. Attorney: Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Based in Lewis County, Tennessee, Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on March 8, 2024:
Michael Sowell, 39, of Hohenwald, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 22 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis.
In May 2023, Sowell pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute various drugs, including heroin, methamphetamin
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Tenn. U.S. Attorney: Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags From China
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release:
A retired auto mechanic in Memphis pled guilty in federal court yesterday to trafficking counterfeit airbags and causing a dangerous good or forbidden explosive to be placed onto a commercial aircraft. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty plea today.
According to information presented in court, Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, imported counterfeit m
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Tenn. U.S. Attorney: U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested and Charged With Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information, Export Control Violations and Bribery
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release:
Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, was arrested today at Fort Campbell following an indictment by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and
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