WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2025: * * * The Justice Department announced today that SouthEast Bank agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by disproportionately discouraging and denying Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) graduates seeking to refinance their student loans. "Everyone in our country should have a fair chance and equal o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * National Guard Bureau Leaders Meet With Guardsmen Supporting 60th Presidential Inauguration Today, about 7,800 National Guard troops are on duty during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, as part of a large interagency presence to ensure the transition of power, continuing a legacy that began in 1789 when their predecessors escorted George Washington to the first inauguration. Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhau  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: The November 2024 special issue of "Applied Sciences" recently published an artificial intelligence (AI) study co-authored by ORISE Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory Director Dr. Adayabalam Balajee (pictured). The article, titled "Neural Network Ensemble to Detect Dicentric Chromosomes in Metaphase Images [doi.org]," examines how AI-based tools can  more