NEW YORK (AP) — William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Hurt’s son said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. He said Hurt died…
(AP) -- American journalist Brent Renaud has been killed in Ukraine while gathering material for a report about refugees. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says the 50-year-old documentary filmmaker died Sunday in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb that has been the site of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man stabbed two people inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York after he was denied entrance for previous incidents of disorderly conduct. Authorities say the two victims were museum employees and…
(AP) --Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers. The company announced Friday that the temporary surcharge will be either 45 cents or 55 cents for…
CYBERSPACE (AP) - It's a positive sign for anyone who hopes to get his or her tax refund anytime in the near future. The Internal Revenue Service says it plans to hire 10,000 new workers. The beefed-up workforce is expected…
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Traci Braxton, one of the sisters featured in the reality series ‘Braxton Family Values,’ died Saturday at age 50. She had reportedly been fighting esophageal cancer. Her sister Toni and family announced the death, saying…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 will close as the building is being put up for sale. Owners announced on Friday that the shop on Broadway will close…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted a major disaster declaration for seven Tennessee counties as a result of a winter storm last month. The declaration will give local jurisdictions and some private, nonprofit organizations access to the…
A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive that compels…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s lead prosecutor says a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should not face execution. District Attorney Glenn Funk made the assessment in a filing this week that Byron Black should instead face life in…
COVINGTON, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect was killed and an officer wounded Friday when police entered a Tennessee business to rescue a woman being held hostage. Tipton County Sheriff Shannon Beasley told news outlets the suspect was fatally…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Iconic whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s will become the latest company to suspend business operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. In a statement to WKRN-TV, Louisville, Kentucky-based Brown-Forman Corp., Jack Daniel’s parent company, said Thursday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies. The money hitched a ride on a $1.5 trillion, government-wide spending bill…
NEW YORK (AP) — It took several days after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for state media to gear up a campaign of widespread public support for the military action. Viewers of Russian state TV now are told…
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A new Netflix movie tells the improbable story of a shelter dog who was nearly euthanized, only to become a police K-9 and save a life. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="6b56e8b47307bb48a47ce6a3980c73afd0f5045e" vtitle="This tale wags the dog: 'Rescued…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House has overwhelmingly rejected a proposal aimed at breaking the state away from the United States, but 13 lawmakers voted in favor of doing so. Under the proposal, voters would have been asked…
NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of opioids and those who have lost loved ones to the addiction crisis are unleashing their emotions on members of the family they blame for fueling the deadly epidemic. Thursday’s unusual hearing is being conducted…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal officials say they are funding a project that will look into what infrastructure could help prevent further flooding in a community where rushing waters killed 20 people. A U.S. Department of Agriculture news release says…
NEW YORK (AP) — Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="6bece05d1c5dc6f257ab77261e29bb0aae15f250" vtitle="A look inside the 1st…
LEWISBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee company says it is voluntarily recalling 1-gallon containers of hand sanitizer after it was found to contain methanol, which can cause illness or death. Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp. says it is recalling all lots…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should create its own digital currency. The Biden administration sees the explosive popularity…
DETROIT (AP) — McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric all announced Tuesday they were suspending their business in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. McDonald's is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia, but…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is planning to come back to the Green Bay Packers for an 18th season, a move that keeps the reigning MVP quarterback off the trade market and answers the question that had dominated…
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that’s capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an upgrade that has been available on the company’s upscale models for more than a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. aid package for Ukraine and its Eastern European allies has grown to around $14 billion. The new figure emerged as lawmakers put finishing touches on a $1.5 trillion government-wide spending bill that leaders hope Congress…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. But he also acknowledged it will bring costs to Americans,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are investigating the death of a newborn baby found alongside a roadway in Memphis. Memphis police said in a statement that the infant appeared to be full term and had been wrapped in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House has advanced legislation allowing students and staffers to sue public colleges and universities if they feel they’ve been unfairly punished for not accepting “divisive concepts.” The bill would prohibit public colleges and universities…
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 6 million. The tragic number confirmed Monday is believed to be a vast undercount and shows that the pandemic in its third year is far from done. It's also a…
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (AP) — You have surely heard of Dolly Parton, the world famous singer. And you may well have read a novel by James Patterson, one of the world's most popular writers. He is no singer, and she…
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The body of a Florida woman was found by deputies in a septic tank buried in her backyard, and her handyman has been charged with murder. The Martin County Sheriff's Office said Saturday in a…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two foreign divers have been killed off Mexico's resort of Cancun by another dive boat that moved over them. Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo confirmed the accident and said Saturday they were…
(AP) --Netflix says it’s suspending its service in Russia. A statement Sunday from the company cited “circumstances on the ground” for its decision to suspend its Russian service but didn’t offer any additional details. The announcement comes after TikTok said…
SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a man was shot and killed by officers Saturday night after ramming his car into a federal building in downtown Seattle and reportedly firing a rifle. Gunshots were reported before police arrived at the building.…
WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines in the deadliest storm in the state since 2008. Emergency management officials in Madison County…
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A super-sized taro root has been harvested on Hawaii’s Big Island. West Hawaii Today reports the 50-pound corm, which is the root of a taro plant, was grown on Aina ’Ahiu Farm in Hawaii Island’s South…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson, managed to give a little glimmer of hope movie theaters, grossing $128.5 million in North America. It's the biggest opening of 2022 and the second biggest of the pandemic, but still…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitchell Ryan, who played a villainous general in the first “Lethal Weapon” movie, a ruthless businessman on TV’s “Santa Barbara” and had character roles on the soap opera “Dark Shadows” and the 1990's sitcom “Dharma &…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Considine, who played the eldest son, Mike, on the 1960s TV sitcom “My Three Sons,” has died. He was 81. Considine died Thursday at his home in the Mar Vista neighorhood of Los Angeles, his…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GOP legislative leaders continue to push that parents need more transparency on what students are being exposed to inside Tennessee’s public schools, but a handful conceded the arguments recently used to condemn teachers and libraries had…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Residents in 600 homes in the Florida Panhandle have been evacuated as a wildfire destroyed two houses and damaged 12 others, in an area that has spent the past three years recovering from the devastation…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has set three new execution dates for inmates in 2022, driving the total number of executions planned this year to five. The state temporarily halted executions during the pandemic but is currently planning one execution…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Nashville couples have been charged with murder in separate drug-related deaths of children. Nashville police said Thursday that two grandparents were arrested in connection with the death of their 20-month-old grandson, while a woman and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee senator who has been indicted on charges that he violated federal campaign finance laws has announced that he won’t seek reelection. In his Friday announcement on Twitter, Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey said his decision…
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana teacher accused of striking a student across the face has been charged with battery causing moderate injury. A judge on Friday found there was probable cause for the charge against 61-year-old former Jimtown…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman whose disappearance and reappearance set off a three-week search five years ago has been arrested on charges of lying about being kidnapped and defrauding the state’s crime victim board of $30,000. Sherri…
UNDATED (AP) - The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has led to the withdrawal of Russian-made food delivery robots from a pair of U.S. university campuses. Grubhub is ending its partnership with the Russian tech company Yandex. And the end…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A former Kentucky police officer has been found not guilty on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead. The jury of eight…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state representative has been appointed to temporarily replace a Democratic lawmaker who was ousted from her position by the Republican-led state Senate because of a federal wire fraud conviction. Pictured:…
(AP) -- A $2 million indie movie about a sleazy outer-borough punk on a wild night called “Good Time” is the thing that convinced director Matt Reeves that Robert Pattinson needed to be Batman. Reeves' film, which hits theaters on…
