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April 12, 2021 at 1:22 pm

Student fires at officers at Tennessee school, is killed VIEW

Details were limited early Monday afternoon about the incident at a Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Multiple emergency responders were said to be...

March 30, 2021 at 9:35 am

Tennessee flood deaths rise to 6 with more rain coming

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee emergency officials have reported a sixth person died in flash flooding over the weekend, and four of the six deaths...

March 25, 2021 at 11:44 am

Former GOP Chairman, Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock dies at 90

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock, whose long career in Washington included a key role in rebuilding the Republican Party after the...

March 9, 2021 at 12:34 pm

Tennessee panel votes to move Confederate bust from Capitol

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state commission voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader...

Jennifer Simon, an elementary school speech language pathologist, sits at her desk in her home Feb. 25, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Simon and a fellow teacher took a sick day from their schools and made a four-hour round trip to rural Van Buren County in Tennessee to get their COVID-19 vaccination. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) NYAG103 NYAG103

March 1, 2021 at 8:06 am

Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America VIEW

The U.S. coronavirus vaccine campaign has heightened tensions between rural and urban America, where from Oregon to Tennessee to upstate New York complaints are surfacing...

February 28, 2021 at 5:41 am

Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice VIEW

When President Joe Biden made environmental protection a key element of his campaign, he promised to overhaul the federal office that investigates complaints from people...

February 19, 2021 at 3:48 pm

Request to allow abortion waiting period in Tennessee denied

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal court on Friday denied a request to keep Tennessee's 48-hour waiting period for abortions in effect while it hears...

February 18, 2021 at 9:32 am

Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds...

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February 3, 2021 at 2:05 pm

Daughter of executed man wants DNA to prove his innocence

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of a Tennessee man executed 14 years ago for murder wants to test DNA evidence to prove his innocence....

January 26, 2021 at 12:48 pm

U.S. judge blocks release of Georgia woman in Capitol riot

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Washington, D.C., judge on Tuesday issued an emergency order preventing the release from custody of a Georgia woman involved in...