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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Tuesday November 18, 2025 ( 5 items )  

EPA Delivers Additional 100 Top Environmental Accomplishments, 300 Environmental Wins Now Highlighted Since President Trump Took Office in January
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Delivers Additional 100 Top Environmental Accomplishments, 300 Environmental Wins Now Highlighted Since President Trump Took Office in January * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved in the last 100 days, recognizing 300 days of fulfilling the agency's statutory obligation  more

Leader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes and Sending Instructions to Make Bombs and Ricin
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Leader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes and Sending Instructions to Make Bombs and Ricin * Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as "Mishka," "Michael," "Commander Butcher," and "Butcher," pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sending instructions to make bombs and ricin. C  more

Memphis Safe Task Force Delivers Justice, Arrests Guatemalan National on Warrants and Immigration Charges
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * Memphis Safe Task Force Delivers Justice, Arrests Guatemalan National on Warrants and Immigration Charges * Memphis, Tennessee The Memphis Safe Task Force announces the arrest of Nelson Gomez-Lopez, 26, on active warrants for Aggravated Stalking, Vandalism, and Filing a False Police Report. He has also been charged with Being Unlawfully Present in the United States and VISA/Immigra  more

National Park Service: Rare Species Discovered in the Obed Wild & Scenic River
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Rare Species Discovered in the Obed Wild & Scenic River WARTBURG, Tennessee: A new mussel species has been discovered in the Obed Wild & Scenic River. The National Park Service has been monitoring freshwater mussel populations in the Obed River for years, including a number of threatened and endangered species. In a recent survey, the National Park Service discovered Pleur  more

TVA Turbines at Johnsonville Ready to Meet Winter Demand
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: * * * TVA Turbines at Johnsonville Ready to Meet Winter Demand Release Summary * TVA officially dedicated 10 new state-of-the-art aeroderivative natural gas units at Johnsonville on Monday, November 17. * These units are online in time for peak demand this winter. Along with existing combustion turbine natural gas units, the Johnsonville site includes more than 1,300 megawatts of reliable, flexible gene  more