Tenn-Am continues installing water pipe under Tennessee River
Tenn-Am expects to complete that project in December.
Escaped gangster spotted in car with explosives, narrowly avoids capture
PONTOISE, France -- A French gangster on the run for weeks after a dramatic helicopter jailbreak has narrowly avoided capture by a police patrol and had to abandon a car containing explosives, officials said Wednesday. Officers identified Redoine Faid as…
Nokian Tyres plant construction update
Nokian Tyres is continuing construction on its first North American tire manufacturing plant in Rhea County.
TDOT to repair barrier wall on I-24
The repair will require overnight lane closures.
Brazilian student gunned down in latest wave of violence in Nicaragua
A Brazilian medical student and three other people have been killed amid unrest that has rocked Nicaragua for over three months, her university and a human rights group reported Tuesday. Rayneia Lima, whose age varied between 29 and 31 in…
Student stops deportation of Afghan man by refusing to take seat on plane
When President Trump issued an executive order banning residents of certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. last year, airports across the country turned from travel hubs to sites of political protest. In the time since, as debates over immigration…
UPDATE: Sheriff's Office identifies suspect in Monday night stabbing incident
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has released more information on Monday night's stabbing incident on Dallas Daisy Road. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office identifies the suspect as Richard Thomas Demerritt and the victim as Christopher…
Tennessee GOP gov race turns to spat over Trump, immigration
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Loyalty to President Donald Trump tops the Republican checklist in the governor's race in Tennessee, right up there with championing gun rights and low taxes and decrying abortion. In TV ads and debates, the four leading…
Gun activist opposing NRA-backed Georgia congresswoman
ATLANTA (AP) - A Democratic gun control activist whose son was shot to death is trying to unseat a Georgia Republican congresswoman backed by the National Rifle Association.
In wake of shooting, gun ownership under debate in Toronto
TORONTO -- Of all the things people in Toronto are horrified by in the aftermath of the shooting that killed two people and injured 13, this stands out: The man responsible had a handgun. To mass shooting-weary America - where there are about…
"No evidence" ISIS behind Toronto shooting as young victim ID'd
An undated file photo provided by the Toronto Police shows Julianna Kozis, 10, who was killed along with an 18-year-old woman in a mass shooting in the Canadian city on July 22, 2018. AP/Handout TORONTO -- Toronto Police Chief Mark…
Palestinians: White House Mideast peace plan "dead upon arrival"
UNITED NATIONS -- The Trump administration's long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is "dead upon arrival," the Palestinian U.N. ambassador said Tuesday. Ambassador Riyad Mansour reiterated the Palestinian leadership's stance that with President Donald Trump's unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's…
11 babies die after Viagra study in pregnant women
(CBS News) - A clinical trial in the Netherlands testing the effectiveness of Viagra given to pregnant women whose fetuses had growth problems has been halted after 11 babies died. The researchers say it appears the drug, which stimulates blood flow, may have caused damage to the babies' lungs, ultimately leading to their death.
Turkey to transfer U.S. pastor from jail to house arrest
Andrew Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina, U.S. who has been in jail in Turkey since December 2016, is seen in this undated picture taken in Izmir, Turkey. REUTERS ISTANBUL -- An American pastor who has been in custody…
Man convicted of sex trafficking charges in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man convicted of forcing women to engage in prostitution in Tennessee and Texas faces up to life in prison.
In Georgia, governor nominees show polar opposite parties
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republicans tapped Brian Kemp to face Democrat Stacey Abrams in the Georgia governor's race, and now the two are headed for a November matchup that will test history and highlight the widening gaps between the two major parties in the Trump era.
Tennessee plans open practice, autograph session for Aug. 5
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's football team is holding a fan day Aug. 5 that includes an open practice and autograph session.
Major U.S. airlines bow to China's "Orwellian" demands
An American Airlines Boeing 787 (front) and Delta Airlines Airbus A350 wait to take off at Beijing airport, July 25, 2018. Getty BEIJING -- China is applauding international airlines for bending to its demand that they stop referring to Taiwan…
Greeks describe harrowing escapes from deadly fires
People are seen as a wildfire burns in Mati, Greece, July 23, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media on July 24, 2018. SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS ATHENS -- The Greek government hasn't given an official number of missing people…
British woman thought deadly nerve agent was perfume
Images from Facebook show Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie Rowley, 45, the couple who fell ill after coming into contact with Novichok nerve agent near Salisbury, England on June 30, 2018. Sturgess died eight days after falling ill. FACEBOOK LONDON…
Pakistan's former ambassador says Pakistan must "get out of the business of jihad"
As Pakistani voters head to the polls on Wednesday, the country's former ambassador to the United States – and former spokesman of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007 – is urging leaders to reconsider the ideological…
Deaths confirmed, many still missing after massive dam failure
PAKSE, Laos -- Rescuers were searching Wednesday for villagers left missing when part of a newly built dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killing at least 19 people. More than 6,000 people lost their homes when…
Polling station attack marks bloody election day in Pakistan
Pakistani security personnel gather at the site of a suicide attack near a polling station in Quetta, July 25, 2018. Getty A hospital official said an explosion outside a crowded polling station in the southwestern city of Quetta killed 31…
Dozens killed in string of bombings blamed on ISIS
Damage is seen after a suicide bomb attack in Sweida, southern Syria, July 25, 2018. SANA/REUTERS DAMASCUS, Syria -- A series of suicide bombings and attacks in southern Syria, including a suicide bomber who struck at a busy vegetable market,…