WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: The Attorneys General of Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and West Virginia today joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia, against Google for monopolizing m  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 18 (TNSjou) -- 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 have developed a machine-learning inspired software package that provides end-to-end image analysis of electron and scanning probe microscopy images. Known as AtomAI, the package applies deep learning to microscopy data at atomic resolutions, thereby providing quantifiable physical inf  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 18 (TNStalk) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following analysis on April 17, 2023, by associate economist Nathan Jefferson and research associate Jack Fuller: * * * The tight U.S. labor market has been one of the most significant economic stories coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Headline unemployment was 3.4% in January 2023, the lowest rate since April 1969. With output back above pre-pandemic levels, demand for labor is high, and the weight   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 18 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Transportation Modernization Act, historic legislation that will create a new strategy and invest $3.3 billion to accommodate Tennessee's record growth, address traffic congestion and meet transportation needs across rural and urban communities. The bill received bipartisan legislative support and was backed by dozens of organizations across the state. "As families an  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans removed an unlawfully present Nicaraguan wanted in El Salvador for arms trafficking. On April 13, Maximino Pichardo, a 37-year-old citizen of Nicaragua, was flown via an ICE Air operations charter flight from Alexandria International Airport in A  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, April 18 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Kevin Muckerheide was looking for a way to pay for college. Air Force recruiters presented an intriguing offer. "The Air Force came along and said, 'Hey, we'll get you hooked up with an ROTC scholarship if you study engineering,'" Muckerheide recalled. "I thought, 'Great! I'll get my college paid for, put in four years, get out and get a regula  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against Google alleging that the company harmed consumers by creating a 15-year monopoly in digital advertising technology. By stifling competition through anticompetitive and exclusionary conduct, Google is limiting people's access to ideas, information, goods, and services, and is profiting b  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 (TNSper) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announces its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) chair, Tyler Clinch, and four new council members, Jose R. Vazquez Jr., Macke Mauldin, Clayton Legear, and Alden J. McDonald Jr. They will serve three-year terms that expire in 2025. CDIAC was established in 2010 by the Board of Governors to provide input to the Board on the eco  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 18 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists exploring bioenergy plant genetics have made a surprising discovery: a protein domain that could lead to new COVID-19 treatments. Researchers found the same plasminogen-apple-nematode, or PAN, domain studied by ORNL in plants like poplar and willow is also present in the human NRP1 receptor protein. NRP1 is less stu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory was recognized by the National Cancer Institute in March for their unique contributions in the fight against cancer. ORNL's Heidi Hanson and Noah Schaefferkoetter, as well as Shang Gao (formerly of ORNL), were part of the Cancer Surveillance Data Collaborators Group that received th  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- President Biden issued the following statement on April 16, 2023, on gun violence: * * * This morning, our nation is once again grieving for at least four Americans tragically killed at a teen's birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama as well as two others killed last night in a crowded public park in Louisville. Jill and I are praying for their families, and for the many others injured and fighting for their lives in the wake of this weekend's gun violence. What has our  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 18 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 17, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that as a result of the recent ruling issued by the three-judge court in The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County v Lee case, the legislative cap on the size of metropolitan government councils and commissions will not take effect in Davidson County until the 2027 election. In its opinion, th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis announced today that the United States has reached an agreement with Meharry Medical College to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA). Under the terms of the agreement, Meharry will pay $100,749 to resolve the allegations. The United States alleged that, from 2016 until March 2020,  more