WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt announced nearly $394 million for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the America's River Crossing Project in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas to replace the 75-year-old Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Wayne Dirkes assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 704th Test Group during a Change of Command ceremony July 8, 2024, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The mission of the 704 TG is to operate world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system tes  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The breadth of the datasets can significantly boost efforts to verify the quality of additively manufactured parts using only information gathered du  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The world's most powerful supercomputer has raised the bar for calculating the number of atoms in a molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any previous simulation of its kind. The simulation was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Melbourne, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, AMD, and QDX   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR hosted more than 50 guests on a guided tour to observe progress on the construction of the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF). EMDF is a vital piece of infrastructure that will provide the waste disposal capacity OREM needs to complete cleanup at the Y-12 National Secur  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news on July 16, 2024: * * * Agreement funds local natural resources and recreation projects * * * The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) signed a $42 million agreement last week to complete work intended to restore natural resources from the impacts of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) historic operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation. The a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researcher Rocio Uria-Martinez was named one of four "Women with Hydro Vision" at this year's HYDROVISION International 2024 conference taking place in Denver this week. Awarded by a committee of industry peers, the honor recognizes women who use their unique talents and vision to improve and advance the worldwide hydropower industry. Uria is an energy and environ  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: At 35.9 degrees north and 84.3 degrees west, otherwise known as the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, over 180 geospatial scientists convened in-person and remotely for the annual conference for the Mid-South Regional Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, or ASPRS. Participants spanning government, academia and ind  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: To better predict long-term flooding risk, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a 3D modeling framework that captures the complex dynamics of water as it flows across the landscape. The framework seeks to provide valuable insights into which communities are most vulnerable as the climate changes, and was developed for a pro  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Luke Koch knew he wanted a career in cybersecurity, but he was not sure how to get there. As an undergraduate studying math and computer analytics at the liberal arts Maryville College in Maryville, TN, his opportunities to explore the field of cybersecurity were scarce. But Koch attended a talk by Jeff Nichols, a cybersecurity researcher at the Department of Energy'  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: The last of 18 defendants in a multi-year investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement was sentenced to federal prison today, announced Acting United States Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski for the Middle District of Tennessee and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department's Crimin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs. Gentiva's h  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On July 17, 2024, Benjamin Carpenter, 34, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Following his incarceration, Carpenter will be on supervised release for 20 years. On October 19,  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Benjamin Carpenter, also known as Abu Hamza, 34, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in connection with providing translation services to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist orga  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Benjamin Carpenter, also known as Abu Hamza, 34, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in connection with providing translation services to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. "For years, this defendant led a globa  more