LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White is turning 99 on Sunday and says she is planning a low-key day, including feeding a pair of ducks that regularly visit her home. Her birthday meal will be a hot dog and French…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal authorities say another Tennessee man has been charged with taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors say Jack Jesse Griffith, known online as Juan Bibiano, was arrested Saturday in Gallatin…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration. The nominations and appointments announced Saturday signal Biden's desire to return to a more…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — One of the world’s longest-running wildlife field studies has fallen prey to the coronavirus pandemic. Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle…
(AP)-- Elvis Presley's Graceland is now offering online tours for fans around the world, including those who can't travel to the Tennessee tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic. Graceland said the two-hour guided tours will…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is likely to begin after Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. This as the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether or not to convict Trump over the Capitol…
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107. Fair Winds and Following Seas Join us in saying goodbye to Sgt. Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole who passed away last…
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association says the nation’s most powerful gun-rights organization has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York. The announcement Friday…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with taking part in the raid at the U.S. Capitol last week. A U.S. Justice…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout.…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is giving up trying to drill deep into Mars to take the red planet’s temperature. Scientists in Germany spent two years trying to get their heat probe deep into the Martian crust. [caption id="attachment_458210"…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has approved bringing in 21,000 National Guard members to Washington, D.C., to assist with security surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Photo Courtesy: NJ National Guard…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee have arrested a third person in connection to the fatal shooting of a nurse on Interstate 440 last month. News outlets cited a statement from Metro Nashville Police that says 21-year-old Dimeneshia Carter…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A statue of country music icon Dolly Parton could be added to the Capitol grounds in Nashville if one state lawmaker gets his way. Rep. John Mark Windle's bill would honor Parton for all she's contributed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the U.S. House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results — a speech that was followed…
On Jan. 13, 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.‘s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time. He faces a single charge, “incitement of insurrection," after telling a mob of loyalists to, as he put it, “fight like hell” against…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have returned to Nashville for their annual session amid a pandemic and an FBI probe that prompted searches of multiple legislative offices by federal agents last week. Tennessee's legislative session began Tuesday and is…
This U.S. state map shows vaccination rates and statistics using data from the CDC, including the percent of state population receiving the first dose of vaccination.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is urging seniors who contract COVID-19 to ask their health care providers about certain drugs that could prevent them from getting so sick that they wind up in the hospital. Lee told…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say a police officer has been charged with kidnapping a man in a squad car while on duty and fatally shooting him. Memphis police say 29-year-old Patric Ferguson was charged in the death…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to block new drilling…
(AP) --Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is comparing the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol to the Nazis. In a video posted Sunday on social media, Schwarzenegger said the mob last week “trampled the very principles on which our country…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — An 18-year-old from Oxford says he plans to run for mayor in his home city in Mississippi. The Oxford Eagle reports that Brandon Pettis' mayoral campaign’s platform focuses on the economy. Pettis says he’s focused on…
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for two U.S. Capitol Police officers who have died since last Wednesday’s violent protests at the Capitol, as well as…
WASHINGTON (AP) —Citigroup is pausing all federal political donations for the first three months of the year in light of Wednesday’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. In a memo to employees Friday, Citi’s…
MIAMI (AP) — A watershed reform of U.S. money laundering laws could allow investigators to uncover the proceeds of foreign bribery, drug trafficking and terrorism in just a few keystrokes. The new law quietly passed by Congress last month after…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is proving them right.…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal while disclosing a list of high-tech weapons systems under development in response to what he called hostile American policy. Kim’s comments this…
(AP) ---In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the U.S. anti-abortion movement are telling followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take. The basic message: the leading vaccines have only a remote…
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 9 cents a gallon over the past three weeks to $2.35. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that a rise in crude oil prices…
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been arrested on charges of murdering his 4-month-old daughter. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 29-year-old Paul Morgan Beard of Johnson City was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege on Wednesday. Lawmakers were taken to that location as a violent mob loyal to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to be approved to receive funding in a lump sum for its Medicaid program through a block grant program. Republicans contend that states…
BOSTON (AP) — Though stripped of his Twitter account for inciting rebellion, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. They are led by the far right-friendly Parler, where sons Eric and Don Jr. already are active.…
(AP) --Two men accused of joining a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters that stormed the nation’s Capitol - one wearing a horned, fur hat and the other carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern - were charged Saturday, the latest…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social studies teachers nationwide set aside lesson plans this week to help young people make sense of the scenes of the violent siege in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="d4b340a95dff56f37b16e7e3211d4cbbb8a74512" vtitle="Teachers help to…
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and her husband have received their COVID-19 vaccinations. Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old monarch and 99-year-old Prince Philip received their jabs on Saturday, joining some 1.5 million people in…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden says President Donald Trump isn’t “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls that he be impeached for a second time. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a…
AKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight and debris found by fishermen is being examined to see if it's from the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Tennessee say FBI agents have been searching the homes and offices of several state lawmakers. U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman David Boling confirmed the searches on Friday included the homes of former GOP House…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials are launching a statewide online scheduling system in the coming days for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. State Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Friday that the change aims to prevent long lines of people who wait…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are swiftly laying plans to impeach President Donald Trump and ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can do no further damage in his remaining days in office. They are trying to send a message…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twitter says it is banning President Donald Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.” After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The six first responders who evacuated residents before the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville will be the “Honorary 12th Titans” for Tennessee’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens. According to a news release, the six…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer has died from injuries sustained as President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, intensifying questions about the defeated president’s remaining days in office and the ability of the Capitol police to secure the area.…
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was believed to be the last remaining widow of a Civil War soldier has died. Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936, when she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. He was 93…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is conceding to President-elect Joe Biden and condemning the violent supporters who stormed the nation’s Capitol Wednesday. In a new video message, Trump says that now that Congress has certified the results, the “new…
(AP) -- After years of treating President Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which many called long overdue following Wednesday’s deadly…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a second suspect in the fatal shooting of a nurse on Interstate 440 last month. Metro Nashville Police told news outlets on Wednesday that an arrest warrant has been issued…
