NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A drug manufacturer says it has reached a $35 million agreement that would settle a Tennessee lawsuit by local governments and a child born dependent to opioids. The announcement by Endo would resolve a 2017 northeast…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in an international “swatting” scheme that led to a person’s death. The Commercial Appeal reports that 20-year-old Shane Sonderman is accused of…
(CBS Newspath) --- DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: Here are some tips on how to keep your pet safe and cool on hot summer days.
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Country singer Luke Combs is paying the funeral expenses of three young men who saw him perform at a Michigan music festival before they died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Meeka Sova, the mother of 19-year-old…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s top health official has dialed back claims by lawmakers that state health clinicians won’t follow a decades-old policy letting providers vaccinate certain minors without parental consent. Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters Friday the Mature…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation now says it will likely be early August before the Interstate 40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee can reopen to traffic. The Hernando DeSoto Bridge (Photo courtesy:…
MIAMI (AP) — Firefighters have officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building. The decision concludes a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high.…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Air Force intelligence analyst says his guilt over participating in lethal drone strikes in Afghanistan led him to leak government secrets about the drone program to a reporter. Daniel Hale of Nashville, is scheduled…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee panel has sent Gov. Bill Lee three options to fill a judicial vacancy that covers five counties. A news release says the candidates for the 25th Judicial District circuit court opening are James Walter…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A decades-long effort to remove a bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader from the Tennessee Capitol has cleared its final hurdle. State leaders on Thursday approved the final vote needed to…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse: three years. The Centers…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West shrouded the sky and led to air quality alerts on parts of the East Coast. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="316c9c94a31f2f5263f2a1c553e53049cec1d8d5" vtitle="Wildfires in US West blowing 'so much smoke'…
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Jeff Bezos has made it into space, riding his own company's rocket. It was Blue Origin's first flight with people on board after 15 test flights. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="786b9b170b836c87825bbba47d6d1791a001fa5e" vtitle="Jeff Bezos blasts into space on…
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating after a 6-year-old boy died in what they described as an accidental shooting. News outlets report that Sumner County Sheriff’s office said that deputies responded to a report that a young…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two close friends and former New Yorkers are among the last of the missing as the South Florida condo search stretches into a fourth week. Estelle Hedaya was the life of the party and loved…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina family has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, saying a turbulent and aborted landing led them to seek medical help and cancel much of a scheduled vacation. The Charlotte Observer reports Roger Brunton…
(AP) --- The San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals have resumed playing, a day after their game was suspended when gunfire erupted outside the stadium. Washington police said three people were in injured in the shooting. A chaotic scene quickly…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships will remain in place after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a previous ruling that sided with a Florida lawsuit challenging the regulations. The one-paragraph decision by the 11th…
(AP) --- This summer, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is bringing together two of life’s greatest pleasures: ice cream and macaroni & cheese. For the first time ever, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese will launch a limited-edition ice cream in partnership with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen…
(CBSNewspath) --- 95TH BIRTHDAY AT THE ROLLER RINK: If you wouldn't expect a 95-year-old's birthday party to be at a roller rink, you've probably never met Gene Elliott. Get to know…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Civil rights champion Rev. James M. Lawson lobbed pointed criticism toward Gov. Bill Lee, accusing the Republican of having a “hole down the middle of his soul.” Lawson gave his remarks Saturday before a Nashville audience…
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman. Those are the boat operators that transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own missions…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space. The rocket company Blue Origin announced Thursday that instead of an auction winner launching with founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, Oliver Daemen will be…
(AP-One-Good-Thing-Hawaii) --- Genshu Price began to recycle bottles after his father encouraged him to help save money for his college tuition. Then, he decided to recycle thousands of bottles and cans to help other students in Hawaii reach their college…
MONKEY IN A MEMPHIS STORE: What would you do if you saw a monkey while out shopping? That's exactly what happened at a clothing store in Tennessee on Wednesday (7/14). For more…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57. Markie’s representative, Jenni Izumi, said the rapper-DJ died peacefully Friday evening with…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Days after she was fired under pressure from Republican legislators, Tennessee’s former vaccinations director has issued a point-by-point rebuttal to a letter that recommended her removal. The letter from the state's chief medical officer said Michelle…
CADIZ, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a riverboat that had been stuck in Lake Barkley in Kentucky for more than a week has been freed. American Cruise Lines says its American Jazz became stuck on a sandbar…
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The recovery efforts for a South Florida condo building that collapsed last month might be coming to an end soon. Miami-Dade police identified six more victims of the Surfside condo collapse Thursday, meaning that 92 of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the U.S. economy and job market are quickly rebounding from the pandemic recession. Thursday’s report…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s chief medical officer reasoned that the state’s now-fired vaccination leader should be let go in part due to complaints about her leadership approach and how she handled a letter about vaccination rights of minors that…
NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government estimate released Wednesday eclipses the 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2019 and amounts to a 29% increase. Experts…
SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gentry has retired. Brig. Gen. Jimmie Cole, Tennessee’s Land Component Commander, presents Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gentry with an American flag at Gentry’s retirement ceremony, July 8,…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say one worker was killed and two others were injured in an accident at an underground zinc mine. News media outlets report the accident occurred Tuesday at Nyrstar’s Immel Mine in Knox County. Rural/Metro…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats say that they have reached a budget agreement among themselves that envisions spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade. The fiscal plan would pave the way for Democrats’ drive to direct a huge…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials with Gov. Bill Lee's administration say the federal government will not alert Tennessee on when unaccompanied migrant children are brought to the state to be placed with sponsors. Brandon Gibson, Lee’s chief operating officer, told…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires that have torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate are burning across 10 parched Western states. Nearly 60 large, active wildfires…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have fired the state’s top vaccination official, who had been facing scrutiny from Republican state lawmakers over her department’s outreach efforts to vaccinate teenagers against COVID-19. Dr. Michelle Fiscus with the Tennessee Department of…
CADIZ, Ky. (AP) — Efforts are being made to free a riverboat grounded in western Kentucky. The Coast Guard says dive operations were approved Sunday to assess the lake bottom for salvage operations to safely dislodge the American Jazz riverboat…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. Its statement comes as President Joe Biden’s chief medical…
DENVER (AP) - Four people have been arrested and more than a dozen weapons seized at a downtown Denver hotel that is close to several events planned in conjunction with the upcoming Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Police say officers…
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida say they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site. Mayor Daniella Levine…
RAHWAY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man will be extradited to New Jersey to face charges in connection with the alleged abduction of a 2-year-old boy whose mother has been found dead in Tennessee. The Union County prosecutor’s office…
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson has reached space aboard his own winged rocket ship in his boldest adventure yet. The feat vaults the nearly 71-year-old Branson past fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos, who is…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee dog trainer has been sentenced to a year’s probation after pleading guilty to aggravated animal abuse in the starvation death of an animal in his care. The Johnson City Press reports Andrew Hunigan…
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — One eighth-grader competing in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling bee has earned more recognition for her athletic prowess than for her mastery of the dictionary. Zaila Avant-garde is a basketball prodigy who…
(CBS Newspath) --- This Tennessee veteran’s decades-long tradition of raising and lowering the American flag at his home has come to an end. Glen Wright moved into a memory care facility…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee health officials have linked a small coronavirus cluster to last month’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, which drew more than 18,000 attendees to Nashville. The Tennessean reports eight to 10 infections have been…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government says it has asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections following President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. Interim Prime…
DALLAS (AP) — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda that was made in 1987 has sold at auction for $870,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas says the video game sold Friday. The auction house says it was a…
