NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have finished tackling education issues that have surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Republicans on Friday still fumed that some districts still are not back in classrooms but declined to act on their proposal…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee gym has fired an employee who owned a camera found inside a girls changing room. Police told news outlets that the camera found at Premier Athletics in Franklin last week contained videos of 60…
MOSCOW (AP) — A group that counts political detentions says Russian police have arrested more than 2,600 protesters who took to the streets across the country in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A magistrate judge will allow the release of a Tennessee man who carried flexible plastic handcuffs around the U.S. Capitol during the recent raid by Trump supporters. The Tennessean reports that Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Frensley determined…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The NFL says 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month’s Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida. NFL Commissioner…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is making moves to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for people in households with medically frail children and workers at jails and prisons. State Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Friday that those 70 and older are also…
ATLANTA (AP) — Former home run king Hank Aaron has died. The Baseball Hall of Famer passed away in his sleep at age 86. Aaron endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth, breaking the career…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Planned Parenthood clinic in Tennessee has closed for the weekend after someone fired a shotgun at its doors. Media outlets report the Knoxville clinic was unoccupied at the time of the shooting and no one…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King has died at age 87 after a half-century in broadcasting that included interviews with presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes. His production company tweeted that he died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington are sparking new calls for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent…
On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. Also on this date: In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy. In 1997,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Court testimony has pointed to a possible motive in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee nurse along Interstate 440 in Nashville. It suggests 26-year-old Caitlyn Kaufman may have been a victim of road rage in December.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the announcement on Friday. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell wants to postpone the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="e699d46621433187e9adfba7f17c206f70ecaa63" vtitle="Biden signs burst of virus orders, vows…
(AP) -- Tennessee has hired UCF athletic director Danny White as the Volunteers’ new athletic director. The announcement Thursday comes just three days after the firing of football coach Jeremy Pruitt and…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who survived a shooting by police after a fleeing a traffic stop has settled his lawsuit against the city of Memphis, Tennessee. The Commercial Appeal reports Martavious Banks will receive a $200,000 settlement after…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least four Tennessee men are among the 73 people pardoned by President Donald Trump during the final hours of his term. Nashville resident Robert Sherrill founded a mentoring program for at-risk youth and a group…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has sworn the oath of office at noon to become the 46th president of the United States. He takes the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherit a confluence of crises arguably greater than…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has broken the barrier that has kept men at the top of American power for more than two centuries. The former California senator took the oath…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator who was already facing allegations of stealing more than $600,000 from a health care school has been charged in a new case. Democrat Katrina Robinson and two other people have been charged…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee housing officials say the state will receive about $458 million in federal COVID-19 money for rent relief. The Tennessee Housing Development Agency says it is setting up a web portal, call center and preparing staff…
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plotting to blow up the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and attack U.S. soldiers in the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Add Garth Brooks to the lineup of entertainers at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Brooks joins Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez among others and performed during the inaugural celebration of President Barack Obama in 2009.…
(AP) -- Tennessee has fired football coach Jeremy Pruitt, two assistants and seven members of the Volunteers’ recruiting and support staff for cause after an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules.” Chancellor Donde…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Tennessee has fueled one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 surges for weeks, Gov. Bill Lee’s approach hasn’t strayed much from how he and several fellow Republican governors battling similar spikes have long approached the virus.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has reached space eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed. The company says a 70-foot-long LauncherOne rocket released from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she’s been invited to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Fuller posted on social media that she was honored to be invited…
(AP) ---Police and National Guard troops are standing sentry at newly fortified statehouses ahead of demonstrations planned for the lead-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The increased security comes as authorities worked to deter a repeat of the recent riot…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal authorities say another Tennessee man has been charged with participating in the raid at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. FBI agents on Sunday arrested 35-year-old Blake Austin Reed of Nashville. He's charged with knowingly…
WASHINGTON (AP) —Actor-playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda and rockers Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen are among the stars who will highlight a prime-time virtual celebration televised Wednesday night after Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president. Biden’s inaugural committee announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Legislature has approved a contentious plan for a drastic overhaul of the state’s Medicaid program. On Friday, the House followed the Senate's vote a day before in hopes of making it difficult for the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Zoo says a giraffe died shortly after it was born over the weekend. Complications developed when the calf’s mother went into labor on Saturday and medical intervention was required. The zoo says its veterinary…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a 12-year-old Tennessee boy has been charged with murder in the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl. Police said in a statement that officers responded early Thursday to a Chattanooga home and found the girl…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated. Aides to the California Democrat confirm the timing and say Gov. Gavin Newsom is aware…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he…
WASHINGTON (AP) — By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops are pouring into the nation’s capital as governors answer the urgent pleas of U.S. defense officials for more troops to safeguard Washington, even as they keep anxious eyes on…
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…
