Author: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to consider a House-passed bill that would have formed…

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A police report says a Tennessee woman has been charged with reckless endangerment for driving through a COVID-19 vaccine distribution tent as a form of protest. …

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former assistant district attorney in Tennessee has pleaded guilty to soliciting a sexual bribe in exchange for expunging a woman’s criminal charges. The eastern district U.S. Attorney's Office says William E. McManus Jr. entered his…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four environmental organizations are asking the Tennessee Valley Authority’s internal watchdog to investigate whether the nation’s largest public utility misused ratepayer money to lobby against federal environmental regulations. The request comes after the activist group Energy…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff's spokesman says there are multiple fatalities and injuries in a shooting at a San Jose, California, railyard and that the suspect is dead. An assailant opened fire at a California railyard serving Silicon…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee transportation officials say the first step toward repairing a crack in a steel beam in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas has been completed. Engineers have installed steel plates on each side of…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law Monday after it generated  impassioned debates inside…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say almost all construction-related highway lane closures will be paused for Memorial Day weekend. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the lane closures will be on pause for interstates and state routes from…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s top prosecutor says he will not enforce a newly enacted law that requires businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multiperson bathrooms and other…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, has died after his motorcycle was involved in an on-duty accident. The department says 47-year-old officer Scotty Triplett died at a hospital Saturday. The department says Triplett was part of…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says a woman was killed and a man was injured when a house boat exploded on a river. The agency says the explosion happened shortly after the 38-foot vessel refueled near…

THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the center of the “Tiger King” saga. The Oklahoman reports a jaguar was among the last…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People along rivers in seven states may see a low-flying helicopter towing a long cylinder, starting late this month and going into July. The 30-foot-long tube holds an electromagnetic instrument that the U.S. Geological Survey uses…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation is making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. Oral arguments in…

(AP) BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO ), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, today announced it has made a $200,000 donation to Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, the nonprofit organization she co-founded with her mother,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee State Library and Archives is holding a one-day public display of the state's three original constitutions to celebrate 225 years of statehood. On June 1, the constitutions that were written in 1796 and revised…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas appear to show the fracture that led transportation officials to close the…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Morgan Wallen will be eligible for multiple awards at this year's CMA Awards, but not the show's top prize. The decision continues the fallout for one of the genre's biggest stars who apologized after…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Tennessee man who told police he had been smoking marijuana because he was upset NBA star Kobe Bryant had died has been charged with killing two Mississippi residents in a car crash. Shelby…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says “That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on three counts of rape. The Los Angeles County Superior Court judge made the determination Friday in the fourth day of a preliminary hearing…

U.S. (AP) -- Standardized tests are returning to the nation’s schools, but with lower stakes and an option to opt out for many families. States are adopting a patchwork of testing plans after the Biden administration offered new flexibility during…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a former nurse at a Tennessee high school who had more than 700 illicit images of juveniles has been charged in federal court with attempted production of child pornography. Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas have announced a cease-fire to end a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip and brought life in much of Israel to a standstill. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced…

STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — A Tennessee father has been charged with murder, neglect and abuse in the blunt force trauma death of his 2-week-old daughter. Nashville Police say 25-year-old Jonathon Lemons was taken into custody at a Kentucky hospital where…

The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multiperson bathrooms, locker rooms or changing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi’s bid to enforce a 15-week ban on the procedure. The court’s order Monday sets up a showdown over…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican governor has signed legislation putting public schools and districts at risk of losing civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms that do not reflect their gender at birth. Gov.…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inspector who failed to discover a crack in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the span's closure has been fired. The Arkansas Department of Transportation on Monday said the inspector…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Kentucky woman was struck and killed on a Tennessee interstate after exiting her car. Nashville police said the car 28-year-old Jazmin Swain was traveling in was stopped on Interstate 40 after striking the center dividing…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty is calling on President Joe Biden to take an “urgent, all-hands” approach to the shutdown of a bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas. The Republican says in a letter to the president…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists have found that sharks use the Earth’s magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world’s oceans. Researchers say their marine laboratory experiments with a…

ATLANTA (AP) — The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline that was hit with a ransomware cyberattack says it has resumed normal operations and is now delivering millions of gallons of fuel per hour. The Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline had…

OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives has died of pancreatic cancer at age 67. Representatives of Mike Carter’s family announced his death Sunday on his Twitter account. Carter announced his cancer diagnosis in…

UNDATED (AP) - An active-duty Marine Corps officer seen on camera scuffling with a police officer and helping other members of the pro-Trump mob force their way into the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been charged in the riot. Federal…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. Hours later, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh,…

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas has pleaded guilty to illegally bringing a Mexican woman into the U.S. to work as her nanny. Court documents show 40-year-old Rhonda Lee Walker pleaded guilty…

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, says that it won’t require vaccinated shoppers or workers to wear a mask in its U.S. stores unless state or local laws say otherwise. The Arkansas-based company says vaccinated shoppers can…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Disney’s top executive says the federal move to ease mask-wearing for fully vaccinated people is “very big news." CEO Bob Chapek says the new federal guidelines could prompt Disney to change mandatory mask rules at its…

CYBERSPACE (AP) - If you've ever seen a Post-it note, you should note the fact that the man who helped create them has died. Spencer Silver invented the stick-um used on the pads. His family says he died this month…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee Titans employee is suing the NFL franchise for firing him after he was told to quarantine for a positive COVID-19 test in violation of federal law. Paul Miller says in the lawsuit filed…

DOVER, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a former high school guidance counselor has been charged for improperly altering students’ transcripts. Gayla Grise was indicted Monday on two counts of falsifying educational academic records at Stewart County…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine's announcement of a weekly $1 million prize to entice Ohioans to get coronavirus vaccines is raising questions and objections. Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers say it isn't appropriate to use federal pandemic dollars…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood of customers as the pandemic eases. McDonald’s, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the…