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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Wednesday August 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Army cadets learn about legacy of nuclear science at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Ten future U.S. Army officers recently visited the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to learn about the legacy of nuclear science. As students of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Center, or NSERC, with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA, they stopped in East Tennessee as part of a larger tour across nuclear facilities supportin  more

Attorney General Bird Supports Congress's Law Demanding TikTok Cut Ties With Chinese Communist Party
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 7 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 21-state brief, urging a federal court to uphold Congress's law that protects American privacy rights by requiring TikTok to cut ties with the Chinese Communist Party or face a national ban. Earlier this year, Congress passed a bipartisan law banning TikTok unless ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese-owned parent company, sells its stake in th  more

USDA Economic Research Service: 'Oil Crops Outlook'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. OCS-24g) in July 2024 by Maria Bukowski and Bryn Swearingen entitled "Oil Crops Outlook". Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Soybean Supply To Rebound in Marketing Year 2024/25 The U.S. soybean supply for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 4.8 billion bushels, 8 percent higher than MY 2023/24 but down 20.0 million bushels from last month's forecast. According to   more