NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jury selection is set to get underway in the murder trial of a man who killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in April 2018 with an assault-style rifle. Police have said 32-year-old Travis Reinking…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put about 8,500 troops on heightened alert, so they will be prepared to deploy if needed to reassure NATO allies in the face of ongoing Russian aggression on…
(AP) -- World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could usher in a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. They warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor has told jurors that three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights ignored their extensive training and did nothing to save his life as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin pinned…
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy has been found dead with a gunshot wound inside her burning home. The Robertson County Sheriff’s Office says a colleague went to check on 22-year-old Deputy Savanna Puckett after she missed her…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee transportation officials say they are launching a plan to use all available staff to patch potholes carved out by back-to-back winter storms. The state Department of Transportation says crews will be patching the potholes over…
MIAMI (AP) — A cruise ship with hundreds of passengers has diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel. The Crystal Symphony was scheduled to…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy says it…
LONDON (AP) — Police in Ireland are investigating reports that the body of a dead man was brought to a post office in an attempt to collect his pension. The Irish Times said a man who appeared to be in…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The death of a Connecticut seventh grader from an apparent fentanyl overdose has renewed calls for schools to carry the opioid antidote naloxone. The 13-year-old student in Hartford died Saturday after falling ill in school two…
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 17 people have died after a fire broke out at a nightclub and spread to an area where cooking gas was stored. A government statement Sunday says a series of…
(AP) --- After spending one weekend in second place, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” proved it still had some fight left. Sony’s superhero juggernaut swung back to first place in its sixth weekend in theaters and became the sixth highest grossing…
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. The News Tribune reports Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children. …
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been wounded in a shooting outside a Waffle House in the Tennessee city of Clarksville. City spokesman Scott Beaubien said in a statement that police went to a Waffle House at…
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a driver shot and killed a Houston-area deputy during an early-morning traffic stop and then got back in his vehicle and drove off. Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap identified the fallen deputy as…
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged with attempting to kill a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 54-year-old Alan Coulter has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment and weapons…
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with attempted second-degree murder and other offenses following the shooting of a fellow student in a suburb of the nation's capital. A news release from…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Tennessee clinic owner has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegally prescribing about 15,000 opioid pills to patients, including one who died. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chattanooga says…
CYBERSPACE (AP) - Mickey P's? The Cauliflower-Burglar? Not quite, but McDonald's is expanding sales of its McPlant. The fast-food chain will sell its meatless burger at 600 stores in the San Francisco and Dallas areas, starting Feb. 14. The meatless…
(CBS Newspath) --- DOG RESCUE: Millie the dog ran away on January 13. Animal rescuers found the three-year-old and saved her from a dangerous situation with help from a drone ... and a sausage.
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — More jobs are coming to north Mississippi where Walmart has plans to build a new fulfillment center. The company on Thursday said it is spending about $90 million to build a 1,000,000 square foot warehouse…
NEW YORK (AP) — Dale Dickey tends to get “those crusty roles,” as she heard someone once call them. A familiar, craggy face from films like “Winter’s Bone” and “Hell or High Water,” Dickey has long been a riveting supporting…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knoxville couple is suing the Tennessee Department of Children's Services and says a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish. Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram say…
DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Residents of a Pennsylvania county are being warned not to approach a lab monkey that is missing after a Pennsylvania traffic crash. State troopers urged people Saturday not to look for or capture the monkey after…
UNDATED (AP) - Researchers are reporting another in a string of experiments involving pig-to-human transplants. This time, surgeons in Alabama put a pig's kidneys into a brain-dead man. The procedure is seen as a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - You can give your significant other a diamond that is literally out of this world - that is, if you have $7 million dollars in spending money. Sotheby’s Dubai is auctioning a 555.55-carat black…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ian Alexander Jr., the only child of award-winning actor and director Regina King, has died. He turned 26 on Wednesday. The death was confirmed Saturday in a family statement. No further details were released. The “One…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” has died at age 68. Anderson’s publicist Glenn Schwartz…
NEW YORK (AP) — An officer has been killed and another gravely injured after responding to a domestic disturbance call in Harlem, according to a law enforcement official. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="8e9269710e979900475cd5ffc8cad7499e5ebd0f" vtitle="Official: 1 officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in NYC…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has taken a new step toward reining in the market dominance of Big Tech. Bipartisan legislation advanced by a Senate panel would bar the dominant online platforms from favoring their own goods and services over those…
NEW YORK (AP) — Lin-Manuel Miranda went song by song through some of the hits of “Encanto” in a recent interview, from the breakout smash “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” to his self-described “’90s Rock en Español throwback” “What Else…
NEW YORK (AP) — It will be another year before a new “Mission: Impossible” movie hits theaters. Paramount Pictures and Skydance announced Friday that the release of “Mission: Impossible 7” will be pushed from Sept. 20 to July 14, 2023.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of anti-abortion protesters are rallying in the nation’s capital Friday with a growing sense of momentum about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights. The March for Life arrives as the Supreme…
(AP) -- The omicron surge this winter has swamped U.S. hospitals with record numbers of patients with COVID-19. But it has also caused frightening moments and major headaches for people trying to get treatment for other ailments. Less-urgent procedures have…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say an on-duty Tennessee police officer was killed in a crash with another vehicle whose driver also died. News outlets report that officials said the crash happened at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday while the officer…
NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” has died…
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was in critical condition after being shot early Friday at a home where police were trying to serve arrest warrants. Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy told news outlets that…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found near the Canada United States border. The United States Attorney’s Office for the…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania says it will work with the NCAA under its newly adopted standards for transgender athletes. Swimmer Lia Thomas competed on the men's team at Penn before transitioning. Now competing on the women's team,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing. The judge on Thursday repeatedly stressed that fellow Officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction on state murder charges should…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Members of Tennessee’s Senate Ethics Committee say they have found probable cause to remove a Democratic lawmaker recently convicted of two counts of wire fraud. The legislative ethics panel is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to give his annual State of the State speech on Jan. 31. The Republican will deliver the address to state lawmakers for his fourth time since taking office in 2019. Lee…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Democrats and voting rights groups have blasted Tennessee Republicans for what they call an effort to dilute the state’s Black vote by carving Nashville into three likely GOP-controlled districts. But opponents face significant obstacles in getting…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their pregnancies at clinics. Now it’s women in the U.S. who are facing more challenges to accessing abortion services and once again Mexican activists…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Twenty Tennessee National Guard members are on their way to Kuwait for a yearlong deployment. The guard says the soldiers from the 105th Personnel…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has $1 million available for firefighting equipment for the state’s more than 500 volunteer fire departments. According to a news release from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, the Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training…
NEW YORK (AP) — HBO and HBO Max have beaten Netflix to be the top contender at the GLAAD Media Awards with 19 nominations, landing the bulk of its nods for TV shows like “Hacks,” “The Other Two” and “The…
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has offered to pay the burial costs for all 17 people killed in a fire in a New York City high-rise. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that the rapper had offered…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week. The step comes after federal officials emphasized the masks' better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially launch. The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for “every home in…
