LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 16 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Louisville Division issued the following news release: On April 22, 2023, DEA and its law enforcement partners came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA's bi-annual National Prescription Take Back Day has removed more t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 16 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC. The committee provides official advice to DOE and the National Science Foundation, or NSF, about issues relating to the national program for basic nuclear science research. "I am honored an  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's electromagnetic isotope separator, or EMIS, made history in 2018 when it produced 500 milligrams of the rare isotope ruthenium-96, unavailable anywhere else in the world. And EMIS technology just keeps getting better, said Brian Egle, who heads the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division's Stable Isotope Research, Development and Production Section. "It's  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 16 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release and letter on May 15, 2023: Governor Kristi Noem and 24 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona opposing the Biden Administration's proposed rule changes regarding Title IX and the fairness of girls' and women's sports. "The proposed rule could prevent states from enforcing our duly-enacted statutes protecting fairness in women's and girls' sport  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Releases Updated Fact Sheets Highlighting Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in all 50 States, D.C. and Territories White House Underscores Progress through President Biden's Investing in America Agenda On First Day of Infrastructure Week and 18 Month Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructur  more