WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Remarks at the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference: * * * Good afternoon, and thank you for that kind introduction, Congresswoman Wilson. It is an honor to be with you today. Again, my name is Kristen Clarke, and I am the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Divi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The goal is to better understand how Arctic ecosystems are changing as icy soil layers called permafrost melt, the land subsides, vegetation transforms and carbon long locked away in soils is emitted to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases. Drones equipped with multispectral, hyperspectral, thermal and light detecting and ranging, or LiDAR, instruments can  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court today approved settlements that will require the forfeiture of assets valued at about $40 million from a group of defendants who allegedly defrauded consumers nationwide by enrolling them, without their knowledge, into continuity plans for CBD and keto-related products that they did not agree to buy. In addition to imposing monetary judgments,   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: Today, during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sent a letter to the Biden-Harris EPA, urging it to deny California's request for a waiver that would allow it to mandate that if a traditional gas-powered truck hauls through the state of California, even one time, the entire fleet become 100% electric. The green-fleet mandate applies to al  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In 1543, Copernicus pitched the heliocentric idea that the Earth orbited the sun. His theory took 150 years to catch on and more than 400 years for the Vatican to officially accept it. Likewise, distinguished materials scientist Takeshi Egami has spent his career revealing the complex atomic structure of metallic glass and other liquids sometimes sharing theories wi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program [science.osti.gov] is an opportunity for accomplished K-12 educators in in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to serve in national educational arenas in Washington, D.C. Throughout the 11-month fellowship, educators from all over the country apply their  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL staff removed and recycled more than 32,000 hard drives belonging to the Alpine high-performance storage system in preparation for building the lab's next world leading supercomputer. Credit: Angela Gosnell/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Ever wonder what happens to massive supercomputing systems when they're retired? Surprisingly, when it comes to the data, it's   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: While a robot vacuum is supposed to gather dirt, it may also gather pictures and blueprints of the house it cleans. A smart doorbell may be turned off right at the time when a homeowner wants a recording. Summer interns at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently dove into various smart devices to better understand cybersecurity vulnerabilit  more