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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 15, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Justice Department Announces Nationwide Actions to Combat Illicit North Korean Government Revenue Generation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Announces Nationwide Actions to Combat Illicit North Korean Government Revenue Generation * Four U.S. Nationals and Ukrainian Identity Broker Plead Guilty Department Seeks Forfeiture of More Than $15M in Virtual Currency Stolen and Laundered by North Korean Hackers The Justice Department today announced five guilty pleas and more than $15 million in civil forfeiture actions a  more

MPD, Task Force Partners Dismantle Boyd Street Drug and Gang Hub
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * MPD, Task Force Partners Dismantle Boyd Street Drug and Gang Hub * Memphis, Tennessee On November 13, 2025, the Memphis Police Department's Organized Crime Unit, working in coordination with the Memphis Safe Task Force, executed multiple search warrants in the 500 block of Boyd Streetan area known for persistent drug and gang activity. This coordinated enforcement, Operation All   more

Secretary Rollins Leads Largest USDA Trade Mission to Mexico, Participates in New World Screwworm Joint Reviews
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service posted the following news: * * * Secretary Rollins Leads Largest USDA Trade Mission to Mexico, Participates in New World Screwworm Joint Reviews * Last week in Mexico City, Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins led the largest U.S. Department of Agriculture agribusiness trade mission in the history of our country. During the mission to Mexico, 41 U.S. businesses, 33 cooperat  more

These colorful crystals may hold clues for future quantum computers
MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 14 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * These colorful crystals may hold clues for future quantum computers * By Ula Chrobak Key takeaways  * Researchers from SLAC and Stanford discovered a new example of a quantum spin liquid - a unique state of matter that may one day be used in qubits. * The blue-green lab-grown crystals of zinc barlowite form a crystal lattice of ever-fluctuating magnetic spins that show sig  more