Cardboard cutouts will help fill the stands for Super Bowl LV
(CBS Newpath) Only 25,000 fans will be at Super Bowl LV in person this Sunday because of the pandemic. But the NFL has figured out another way to pack Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
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Officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader
(AP) --The nation’s top health officials are sounding the alarm about the Super Bowl being a potential superspreader event. They urge people to gather with friends over Zoom, not in crowds or at bars and parties. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers…
Car part maker to build new Tennessee plant, add 240 jobs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Tennessee officials say a Spanish car part maker will invest $42 million to open a new plant in Chattanooga expected to create 240 more jobs. The state department of economic and community development says Sese Industrial…
Biden gives Calif. woman pep talk in weekly address revival
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Police: Man shot, killed after ‘prank’ robbery for video
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are investigating after a man was shot and killed Friday night during a robbery “prank” for a YouTube video. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, officers responded to the parking lot of…
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson top Hall of Fame candidates
(AP) -- More than two decades ago Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson…
The company that makes the Super Bowl kickoff coin
(CBS-Newspath) -- One Florida company has been making the coin used to kick off the Super Bowl for 29 years. Here's a look at the coin that will be used on Sunday.
Music to my fears: Man swallows earbud while sleeping
BOSTON (AP) — A man is warning people against using headphones while falling asleep after a doctor had to remove a wireless earbud from his esophagus. Brad Gauthier went to bed Monday listening to music and woke up Tuesday to…
New museum traces history of Black music across genres
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new music museum in Nashville is telling an important and often overlooked story about the roots of American popular music. The National Museum of African American Music has opened in Nashville's musical tourism district. Unlike…
The Weeknd vows to ‘keep it PG’ during halftime show
(AP) -- The Weeknd may be known for his graphic music videos and performances featuring blood and violence, but the three-time Grammy winner says he will tone down his act during the Super Bowl halftime show. The pop star said…
Tennessee Supreme Court to take on private school tuition lawsuit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s highest court has agreed to take up an appeal of a lawsuit challenging the legality of a school voucher program that would let parents use public tax dollars for private school tuition. The program —…
Harris breaks tie in Senate to approve COVID relief plan, now moves to House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a measure that would let Democrats push through President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without Republican support. Vice President Kamala Harris was in the chair to cast the tie-breaking vote, her…
TN woman dead after exchanging gunfire with deputies serving eviction order
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WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at center of speculation
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Country star Morgan Wallen under fire for racial slur
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Morgan Wallen has apologized after a video surfaced showed him shouting a racial slur. The video, which was first published by TMZ on Tuesday night, showed him outside a home in Nashville, Tennessee yelling…
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO later this year, a role he’s had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. Bezos built the company from an online bookstore into…
Biden boosting vaccine allotments, financing for virus costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, freeing up more doses for states and beginning to distribute them to retail pharmacies next week. …
Gloomy Groundhog Day: Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from his burrow to forecast there will be six more weeks of winter. The spectacle that is Groundhog Day at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, still went on this year despite a…
Pandemic’s deadliest month in US ends with signs of progress
(AP) -- The deadliest month of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. has drawn to a close with certain signs of progress: COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are plummeting, while vaccinations are picking up speed. The question is whether the the…
Mask dispute in Tennessee leads to stabbing, threats to police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police documents say a Tennessee man stabbed a man with whom he got into an argument over not wearing a mask and later swung two metal baseball bats at police officers. A Metro Nashville police affidavit…
Vanderbilt provost to be president at Wake Forest University
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest University has chosen Vanderbilt University provost and vice chancellor Susan Wente as its new president. Wake Forest’s board of trustees recently approved Wente’s appointment following the unanimous recommendation of a search committee. Wente will…
Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
(AP) -- President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April. But even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban…
Capitol breach-Nevada arrests
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors are linking a Nevada man and a Tennessee man arrested in Las Vegas on charges arising from U.S. Capitol rioting with an Idaho man arrested earlier this month in Boise. Nathan DeGrave and Ronald…
Double rainbow appears in CA
(CBS NEWSPATH) ---WOW! This double rainbow appeared in Azusa, CA on Friday (1/29). The colorful display showed up near the site of a mudslide that occurred after a storm.
GOP lawmakers urge Biden to meet with them on virus relief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans has called on President Joe Biden to meet them at the negotiating table as the newly elected president signals he could move to pass a new $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package with…
Hagerty fills Senate team with 13 ex-Trump admin staffers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Freshman Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty has picked a chief of staff who worked for former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, former Sen. Bob Corker and former President Donald Trump. Hagerty announced his pick of John Rader…
National Guard troops meet therapy dogs
(AP) --National Guard troops at a hotel in Washington, D.C. were surprised with a visit from some therapy dogs on Friday (1/29).
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
(AP) -- President Joe Biden's moves to fight climate change are aimed at transforming the economy in a way that experts say will eventually change how Americans live. Biden's ultimate goal is no additional carbon pollution by 2050. Experts say…
Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage
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CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation
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Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The…
FBI: Pipe bombs at Capitol were planted night before riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, discovered just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, had actually been placed the night before. The FBI…
Tennessee teen charged with killing 2 juveniles, wounding another
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old Tennessee boy has been charged with killing two other juveniles and trying to kill a third. A statement from Metro Nashville Police says the boy was charged Thursday with two counts of…
Brokerages limit trading in GameStop, sparking outcry
(AP) -- Robinhood and other online trading platforms are moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 to more than $400…
Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6
GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant has killed six people, with multiple others taken to the hospital. A spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System said five people died Thursday at the Gainesville…
South Carolina Senate passes bill outlawing most abortions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The South Carolina Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, overcoming years of hurdles thanks to Republican winning new seats in last year’s elections. The 30-13 vote is…
Today in History: Space shuttle explosion in 1986, Vietnam War cease-fire in 1973
(AP) -- On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Also on this date: In 1915, the American merchant vessel SS William…
Tennessee, T-Mobile to provide wireless devices to students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Department of Education has announced it's launching a new initiative to provide wireless internet to students across the state. According to a Wednesday news release, the state is partnering with T-Mobile to enable households in…
Bernie Sanders’ mittens, memes help raise $1.8M for charity
(AP) -- About those wooly mittens that Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration that sparked quirky memes across social media? Sanders says they’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in his…
New AD Danny White hires Josh Heupel to join him at Vols
(AP) - Josh Heupel was hired as Tennessee’s football coach on Wednesday, giving the Vols a package deal with athletic director Danny White, who started in his job last week. White announced that Heupel will become Tennessee’s 27th head coach.…
U.S. taking on most ambitious effort on climate change yet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is undertaking the most ambitious effort ever to cut America’s oil, gas and coal emissions and stave off the worst effects of climate change. New executive orders target federal subsidies for those industries and…
Executive order aims to ensure govt. buys more goods from U.S.A.
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Landscaping crew find human remains at Memphis tourist attraction
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Budweiser joins Coke, Pepsi brands in sitting out Super Bowl
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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two White House officials say President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders. The officials…
Tenn. police: Ex-employee shoots 2, kills 1, takes own life
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a former restaurant worker shot two employees at the small business, killing one of them, before taking his own life. Knoxville police say the ex-worker, Christopher Robert MacGuire, entered the restaurant and…
US judge blocks release of Tennessee man in Capitol riot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the release of a Tennessee man who authorities say carried flexible plastic handcuffs during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The judge in Washington, D.C., on Sunday set…
Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial
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States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit
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First Lady Thanks National Guard Members
(CBS NEWSPATH) --The first lady surprised National Guard members on Capitol Hill with baskets of chocolate chip cookies Friday, January 22. Dr. Jill Biden thanked them for protecting the Biden…
