MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis woman sentenced to prison for illegally registering to vote while on probation will get a new trial on that charge. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Mark Ward granted a motion for the new trial…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A $350 million package of additional U.S. military assistance to Ukraine announced Saturday includes “anti-armor, small arms and various munitions, body armor and related equipment,” according to John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary. Separately, a senior defense…
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Students at five historically Black colleges and universities will share $250,000 in scholarships from Dearborn, Michigan-based The Auto Club Group. The AAA Social Justice Innovator Scholarship will be offered to students pursuing careers in science, technology,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor has placed two relatives on leave after the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office found that he violated a policy against nepotism. According to news outlets, a report from the Comptroller’s Office said an investigation determined Hamilton…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's lead investigative agency is looking into a state prison inmate death that authorities are calling a homicide. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Susan Niland identified the deceased Riverbend Maximum Security Institution inmate as 40-year-old Bradley…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. In selecting Jackson,…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops are bearing down on Ukraine’s capital, with explosions and gunfire sounding in the city. The invasion of a democratic country has fueled…
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up. An attack ad in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania seeks to cast Mehmet Oz as a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Donor Services registered 107,000 new organ and tissue donors in Tennessee last year, surpassing its goal of adding 100,000 donors. The new registrations came during the nonprofit’s inaugural #BeTheGift Challenge, with individuals and organizations challenging…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled House has advanced legislation banning Memphis from requiring police officers to live in the county they patrol. The proposal was initially introduced as a statewide ban. However, the bill was tweaked on the House…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit backed by the Tennessee Democratic Party seeks to block new Republican-drawn redistricting maps for the state House and Senate. The challenge filed in Davidson County Chancery Court by three voters Wednesday argues they violated…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as “child abuse." Opponents say the directive by the two-term Republican is a first by any governor…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Tennessee lawmakers are mulling a proposal advocated by the governor to make Juneteenth a state holiday. On Tuesday, a Senate panel advanced the legislation backed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee. House lawmakers briefly stalled the bill hours later,…
WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — As almond trees start to bloom in California, so do beehive thefts that have become so prevalent that beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cameras and other anti-theft technology. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="e3ae823abe7a0392448224697b44bb57a0c01469" vtitle="Beekeepers…
Despite advancements in blood screening technology, gay and bisexual men still face restrictions when donating blood. For decades, the U.S. and many other countries banned donations from gay and…
The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles. That keeps the Postal Service on track for taking delivery of the first of the electric- and gas-powered delivery vehicles next…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are mulling a proposal advocated by the governor to make Juneteenth a state holiday. On Tuesday, a Senate panel advanced the legislation backed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee. House lawmakers briefly stalled the bill…
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes. A jury delivered its verdict Tuesday after several hours of deliberations. The jury found that father…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s social media app has launched as he seeks a new digital stage free of Big Tech limits on speech a year after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. His Truth…
MOSCOW (AP) — In a fast-moving political theater, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to recognize the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in a show of defiance against the West amid fears of Russian invasion in Ukraine.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a Nashville teenager was killed when a forklift he was operating at an equipment rental business overturned on top of him. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says 15-year-old Jayden Dalton died Sunday.…
(AP) -- Rent has exploded across the country, causing many to fall behind on payments, dig deep into their savings or downsize to subpar units. According to Realtor.com, median rent rose an astounding 19.3% from December 2020 to December 2021…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia high school senior who was born with no right leg and a left leg that ends at the middle of his thigh took home a state wrestling championship, surprising everyone but himself. Adonis…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals ever found, has been sold for nearly $144,000 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The auction house, Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals, said the opal, dubbed…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A published report says a federal indictment accuses a former Tennessee sheriff’s deputy of misusing funds. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that the indictment unsealed last week in U.S. District Court charges former Knox County Sheriff’s…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek emergency workers have rescued a Belarussian truck driver from a burning ferry off the island of Corfu and found the body of another man as they combed the wreckage for missing passengers. The victim has…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah has lots of natural beauty that's attractive to people who make movies and TV shows. But Kevin Costner says something that can make the state even more attractive to Hollywood - is tax rebates.…
(AP) ---Tom Holland might be without his Spider-Man suit in “Uncharted,” but his latest action-adventure is still doing good business at the North American box office. The video game adaptation starring Holland and Mark Wahlberg is on its way to…
NEW YORK (AP) — A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York. Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center and…
(CNN NEWSOURCE)---Two people were transported to a hospital after a helicopter crashed into the ocean near the Miami Beach shore, according to a tweet by Miami Beach Police. The FAA and the…
GARNER, N.C. (AP) — The owner of a towing and repossession business that was featured in a reality TV show confirmed that his son was killed in a shooting in North Carolina. In a post on Facebook, Ronnie Shirley confirmed…
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms. The palace said Sunday that the 95-year-old British monarch will continue with light duties. The palace says “she will continue…
KADIMA-ZORAN, Israel (AP) - It's enough of a strawberry to make a strawberry LONG cake. And now it has a place in the Guinness World Records book. A strawberry tipping the scales at more than a half pound has been…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims' families won against Remington is not the end of their efforts to hold the gun industry accountable. The agreement announced this week by the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say actor Lindsey Erin Pearlman, who had roles in “General Hospital,” “American Housewife” and other shows, was found dead days after she was reported missing in Los Angeles. Police had sought the public’s help in…
LONDON (AP) — Crews are clearing fallen trees and working to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as Western Europe cleans up from one of the most damaging storms in years. Named Storm Eunice by the British and…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Drop in for dinner, why don't you? It's cool if a friend or a family member takes you up on that offer. But a raccoon? That's what happened at a dining hall at Louisiana State…
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say a modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell. Agent Jean-Luc Brunel was being held in an investigation into the rape of…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has given final approval to legislation that averts a weekend government shutdown. The chamber has sent President Joe Biden a measure to give bipartisan bargainers more time to reach an overdue deal to fund federal…
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has ruled ex-President Donald Trump must testify under oath in New York state’s civil probe into his business dealings. In his ruling, Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his two oldest children, Ivanka and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been indicted after being accused of stealing roughly $10,000 worth of sports cards from a store in Kentucky. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that a federal grand jury handed down the indictment against…
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — Federal inspectors say they found more than 1,000 rodents inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumer complaint prompted officials to inspect the West Memphis, Arkansas, facility…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police aggressively pushed back protesters, took control of trucks and cleared the street in front of Parliament. Scores of the trucks left under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against…
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials say an apparent typo was sending motorists in South Florida seeking to resolve their traffic citations to a website selling 2024 merchandise for former President Donald Trump. Miami Beach police spokesperson Ernesto Rodriguez told…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials warned parents not to use infant formulas manufactured at an Abbott plant that they've linked to bacterial contamination. The Food and Drug Administration said it is investigating four reports of infants who were hospitalized…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been sentenced to two years in prison. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="46399290d8a3e69200a2e630460dedd07c7fc68c" vtitle="Kim Potter sentenced…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California bill would allow private citizens to go after gun makers in the same way Texas allows them to target abortion providers. …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sarah Campbell has recused herself from a case over Republican Gov. Bill Lee's school voucher program, which remains blocked. The recusal last week came as justices prepare to rehear voucher oral…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lease agreement says Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean company would have to create more than 5,000 full-time jobs at a planned electric pickup truck factory and battery manufacturing plant in Tennessee or pay…
