SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Consumer Reports says it was able to trick a Tesla into driving in Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel. The magazine says it did its test after a Tesla crashed in Texas, killing…
NEW YORK (AP) — With a green light from federal health officials, many states resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday. Among the venues where it's being deployed is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where free…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee police officer fatally shot a man who charged at the officer with knives during a traffic stop. Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said Officer Christopher Royer has been placed on…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Feb. 26 is on its way to being “Johnny Cash Day” in Arkansas. The Arkansas House has voted 92-0 to send a measure honoring Cash on his birthday to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. His office says…
CYBERSPACE (AP) - Facebook says it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ intelligence service. The social networking site says the Palestinian leader has been using hackers to keep tabs on journalists, human rights activists…
(CNN Newsource) -- Disney is committing $100 million to help make children's stays at hospitals less stressful.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is undergoing a major overhaul to ensure it can identify a single champion. Organizers have added vocabulary questions and a lightning-round tiebreaker to this year’s pandemic-altered competition. Vocabulary has previously been part…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shock G has died. The rapper-producer blended clever wordplay with ’70s funk beats as part of Digital Underground. His longtime friend Nzazi Malonga says Shock G was found unresponsive yesterday at a hotel room in Tampa,…
(AP) - In this smartphone age, people know they can text for help if needed. But will such help be available for those who are contemplating suicide? It's a question being hashed out by federal regulators. They are considering whether…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee senator Thelma Harper, who became the first African-American woman elected to the state Senate, has died. She was 80. The longtime Nashville…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were “genocide” — using a term for the atrocities that…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has faced her trial judge in person for the first time as lawyers squabble over exactly when she should be tried on sex trafficking charges alleging that she procured teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein…
U.S. health officials have lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee Medicaid recipients has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a plan that would make contentious changes to the state’s program designed to provide medical coverage to the poor. According to the federal…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California. Jenner says in statement posted Friday on Twitter that she has filed initial paperwork to run. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a likely recall…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a high school student is being charged with attempted criminal homicide in juvenile court in the stabbing of another student. Nashville police said in a news release that the 14-year-old injured student…
NEW YORK (AP) — Since the COVID-19 vaccines haven't been around that long, it's not yet known how long their protection lasts. Experts are still studying vaccinated people to determine if and when boosters might be needed. So far, evidence…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Knox County district attorney has announced that the police officer who shot and killed a student in a Tennessee high school will not face criminal charges. District Attorney General Charme Allen said Wednesday that she…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a Tennessee mother has been charged with murder in the drug-related death of her 3-year-old daughter. Metro Nashville Police said in a statement that 24-year-old Prestina Clark-Wilcox surrendered to authorities Wednesday after being indicted…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would put public schools at risk of civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that don’t reflect their gender at birth.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It will now be up to Tennessee's Republican Gov. Bill Lee to decide whether some medical providers will be required to cremate or bury fetal remains from surgical abortions. The proposal that received final legislative approval…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is trying to overcome diminishing demand for COVID-19 shots by offering businesses a tax incentive to give employees paid leave to get vaccinated. The move comes as the United States is set to meet…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee system will not require its students to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The university's board approved a rule Tuesday that does not include COVID-19 and flu shots among the student inoculations required…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee woman has been charged with killing her infant. News outlets cited a statement from Clarksville police that said 19-year-old Whitney Brown was arrested last week after being indicted on charges of murder…
NEW YORK (AP) — Dogecoin has had its day. After fans of the cryptocurrency touted April 20, long an unofficial holiday for marijuana devotees, as “Doge Day,” Dogecoin failed to come close to the $1 target that supporters hoped to…
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple is sprucing up its own product line as it prepares next week’s rollout of a long-awaited software update could hurt other companies by preventing apps from tracking the online activities and whereabouts of iPhone…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believes the case to be “overwhelming.” Biden told reporters at the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee House lawmakers have passed a bill that would put public schools at risk of civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that don’t reflect their gender at…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Private prison operator CoreCivic says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle a shareholders lawsuit for $56 million. The suit claimed the Tennessee-based company inflated stock prices by misrepresenting the quality and value of…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - At one recent funeral in New Zealand, there were gasps before a wave of laughter rippled through the hundreds of mourners. The pallbearers brought a coffin shaped like a giant cream donut. It’s the latest…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Emergency responders say three people have been fatally shot in Austin and no suspect is in custody. The Austin-Travis County EMS says it has received no reports of other victims. EMS spokeswoman Capt. Christa Stedman…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The announcement on Sunday marks another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign.…
LOS ALTOS, Calif. (AP) — Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81. The company says Geschke, who lived in the…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police said the former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that. Officials with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States will likely move to resume Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine this coming week, possibly with restrictions or broader warnings after reports of some very rare blood clot cases. Fauci says…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Felix Silla, who starred as the hairy Cousin Itt on “The Addams Family” and a robot on “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” has died. He was 84. Silla’s representative, Bonnie Vent, said in an email…
(CBSNewspath) -- President Biden: "Every single day there's a mass shooting in the United States." Friday (4/16), the president called on Senate Republicans to support House-passed gun legislation, saying the frequency of…
(CBSNewspath) -- If you've received all your COVID-19 vaccine shots, what should you do with your vaccination record card? The CDC and other experts are weighing in.
NEW YORK (AP) — Safety regulators are warning people with kids and pets to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and nearly 40 others were injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Saturday…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Four members of Indianapolis’ tight knit Sikh community were among the eight people killed in the mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse. The Marion County Coroner’s office identified the dead late Friday. Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt,…
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A spokesperson for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he plans to sign a bill requiring school districts to alert parents of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity and let them opt their student out.…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a gunman has killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport. It was the latest in a recent…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are advancing legislation designed to prevent death row inmates with an intellectual disability from being executed. The proposal has gained a groundswell of support from disability advocates and death penalty critics. They argue that…
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor says he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said Wednesday that Kim…
On April 14, 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship’s time and began sinking. (The ship went under two hours and 40 minutes later with the loss of 1,514…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the Sept. 11 attacks “cannot explain” why U.S. forces should remain in Afghanistan 20 years later and that “it is time for American troops to come home” from the country’s longest war. Biden…
LONDON (AP) — British police say one of the world’s biggest bunnies has been stolen from its home in central England. Darius, a Continental Giant rabbit, disappeared from his enclosure in the village of Stoulton over the weekend. The West…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a $100 million, two-week sales tax holiday on restaurants, bars and groceries. On Tuesday, the Republican’s finance team presented lawmakers a budget amendment to his $42 billion spending plan. The…
