NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The banged-up Tennessee Titans will have their leading receiver back with A.J. Brown activated off injured reserve in time for Thursday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Titans also will be even thinner on…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury deliberated for about four days before finding Kim Potter guilty of both counts…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — David Jean-Baptiste had 23 points as Chattanooga beat Middle Tennessee 77-65. Jean-Baptiste hit 6 of 8 3-pointers. Malachi Smith added 22 points for for Chattanooga (10-3). A.J. Caldwell had 11 points. Camryn Weston had 16 points…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Fulkerson had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 19 Tennessee overpowered No. 6 Arizona early and held on for a 77-73 win, giving the Wildcats their first loss. Santiago Vescovi had 15 points, Josiah-Jordan…
Memphis and Hawaii meet in this year's Hawaii Bowl. Memphis is looking to win bowl games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history. It beat Florida Atlantic 25-10 in last year’s Montgomery Bowl for its first bowl…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. A federal appeals court ruled against Trump…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Scientists detected two early morning earthquakes in Kentucky. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter near Jackson, Kentucky, was detected around 3:30 a.m. The USGS recorded a second 2.6 magnitude quake…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The actor who played Kevin's older brother in the classic Christmas movie “Home Alone” has been arrested in Oklahoma after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. Authorities say Devin Ratray surrendered to authorities Wednesday. Ratray…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say a review has led them to adjust the state's number of COVID-19 deaths to 20,644, up by about 2,700. On Wednesday, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters the review precedes a January change…
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than delta. Scientists stress that even if the findings of these early studies hold up, any reductions in severity need to be…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Nine days after a tornado demolished his three-story office building in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, Sonny “Hoot” Gibson was standing in the rubble and heard a faint meow. It gave him hope that his office cat Madix…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee is facing a lawsuit for denying public access to a consulting firm's report recommending how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Citizen Litigation Group helped file the lawsuit last week…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has found a woman guilty of stabbing four of her children to death in 2016. Criminal Court Judge James Lammey Jr. rejected Shanynthia Gardner’s insanity defense in the deaths of the children, who…
NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week. NFL football games were the traditional venue, with four prime-time contests hitting the Nielsen's company of the 20 most popular shows last week. As is typical,…
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose for the third straight month in November, reflecting strong demand, low mortgage rates and intense competition for a relatively low number of properties on the market. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with an Afghan family he met during a visit this month to a refugee camp in Greece and helped resettle to Italy because the youngest child needs medical care. Francis greeted the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship on the Alabama coast have made a surprising discovery. A recently released report shows…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action Wednesday, payments on federal student loans will remain paused…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced plans to deliver 500 million free COVID-19 tests to Americans, increase support for hospitals and expand the availability of vaccines to confront a winter surge of coronavirus cases driven by the fast-spreading…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal watchdog says the Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019 and that farmers in the South were paid more for the same crops than elsewhere in…
Last August, Vince Patton was watching a YouTube video of a Tesla owner who had made a startling observation: Tesla drivers could now play a video game on their car's touch-screen dashboard - while the vehicle is moving. [field59_video account="WBBJ"…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carlos Marshall Jr. had a career-high 26 points as Tennessee State routed Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 108-66. Mason Blair led the Pioneers on Tuesday with 16 points.
Tuesday, Dec. 21 EAST Pittsburgh 64, Jacksonville 55 SOUTH East Carolina 68, Southern Miss. 67 Tennessee St. 108, Campbellsville 66 MIDWEST Bowling Green 129, Carlow 50 Illinois St. 81, UTSA 64 Miami (Ohio) 80, Spalding 56 Ohio 85, SC-Upstate 70…
Documentaries about Julia Child, “Black Woodstock,” the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed international films like Japan’s “Drive My Car,” Iran’s “A Hero” and Norway’s “The Worst Person in the World” just got a little closer to scoring Oscar…
NEW YORK (AP) — A strike at Kellogg that has gone on since early October has ended after workers voted to ratify a new labor contract at the company’s four U.S. cereal plants. The contract covers approximately 1,400 workers represented…
(AP) -- U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic. In part because the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents. Figures released…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to file fraudulent applications for COVID-19 unemployment relief funds in multiple states using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information. Federal prosecutors…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that nearly 21 inches of rain that fell in 24 hours, leading to a deadly flood in Tennessee over the summer, was a state record. The weather service tweeted that…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A worker injured in the destruction of a Kentucky candle factory hit by a tornado has died. That brings the total killed in that facility to nine. Governor Andy Beshear says the worker was hospitalized and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — People in crisis and those trying to help them will have a new three-digit phone number, 988, to reach the national suicide prevention network starting in July. Federal health officials announced Monday more than $280 million to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brig. Gen. Cassandra Howard will be the new director of the Joint Staff for the Tennessee National Guard. Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes announced the selection. The guard said in a news release that Howard…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, seeking to end her civil investigation into his business practices. The lawsuit was filed two weeks after James requested that Trump sit for…
ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) — A company says its chief executive officer has died in a small plane crash in Tennessee. In a Facebook post, MYGOFLIGHT says CEO Charles Schneider died in the plane crash on Thursday near McGhee Tyson Airport…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real name was Darrell Caldwell. His publicist confirmed the death to the New York…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, and his opposition seemingly deals a fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s signature legislation. Manchin tells “Fox News Sunday” that he’s always…
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A fire has ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network, causing extensive damage to the facility. The News & Observer reports that more than 300 employees were working…
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has died. He was 76. His son John Isakson says the former senator died in his sleep before dawn Sunday at his home in Atlanta. Isakson rose from the ranks…
(AP) ---Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” not only shattered pandemic-era box office records; it became the third best opening of all time…
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites.…
(AP) --- A grandmother says two babies have survived a Kentucky tornado last weekend that ripped the bathtub they were in out of the ground, tossing it with them inside. Clara Lutz told WFIE-TV she put 15-month-old Kaden and 3-month-old…
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The Salvation Army says Farmington-area residents of northern New Mexico are donating gifts and money after somebody stole a van loaded with $6,000 worth of toys to be distributed to over 350 children. The marked van…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says all of the people reported missing in Kentucky after tornadoes swept through the state last weekend have been accounted for. Beshear hailed the report by state emergency management officials and said he…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard treatments they’ve used to fight COVID-19. Antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to drugs to keep patients out of…
(AP) --- Kangol Kid, a member of the legendary hip-hop group UTFO, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 55. The family of Kangol Kid — whose real name is Shaun Shiller Fequiere -- said in a…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Noth is denying claims by two women that he sexually assaulted them. The actor known for his work in the “Sex and the City” TV shows and movie has responded to the allegations made by…
HOUSTON (AP) - Compression asphyxia. That's what officials in Texas say caused the death of the 10 people who were killed at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston last month. Medical experts say it appears the pressure from the large…
(CBS Newspath) ---STOCKINGS FOR THE MONKEYS: Some Bolivian black-capped squirrel monkeys woke up to a holiday treat at the ZSL London Zoo on Wednesday (12/15). The monkeys enjoyed festive stockings filled with nuts…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A photographer is trying to trademark a “New Miss” logo that's nearly identical to the Ole Miss logo used by the University of Mississippi. Suzi Altman has been selling New Miss merchandise for more than a…
(AP) --- Pfizer is testing an extra dose of its COVID-19 vaccine for babies and preschoolers after preliminary research hinted the usual two doses wouldn't be enough. Pfizer had been testing very low-dose shots in children under age 5, with…
NEW YORK (AP) — A rare copy of a Superman #1 comic book that sold on newsstands for a dime in 1939 was purchased for $2.6 million in an auction. ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, said the comic…
