By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel decided Friday.…
DECATUR, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a suspected tornado touched down early Friday in north Texas as a storm system threatens to spawn tornadoes in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee later in the day. Cody Powell, the emergency management coordinator…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama inmates could see more time behind bars under a bill approved Thursday in the Alabama Senate that restricts the use of good behavior incentives to shorten prison stays. Senators voted 30-1 for the bill that…
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- More than 150 new jobs are coming to Northeast Georgia. Qcells has invested another $147 million to expand solar manufacturing in Bartow County. Senator Jon Ossoff's Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act made this possible. Qcells…
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) joined leaders from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Ontario Power Generation and Synthos Green Energy for an important announcement in Washington, D.C., about the future of new nuclear.
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A small plane crash in Tennessee that killed weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and six others likely happened when her husband piloting the plane — actor Joe Lara — became disoriented…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- He runs one of the world's largest independent fashion internet sites. Yet he does all he can to help underprivileged young women. He's been…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate on Tuesday rolled out a budget that would slice $87 million from Georgia's public universities in a power struggle with the House over hospital funding and permitting. The budget…
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Camaro, for decades the dream car of many teenage American males, is going out of production. General Motors, which sells the brawny muscle car, said Wednesday it will stop…
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing a spirited dispute Wednesday between whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s and the manufacturer of a squeaking dog toy that parodies the liquor's bottle and label. The question for…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that says local governments can't ban gas stoves, even though no current city in Tennessee is currently pursuing…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Tuesday to a bill that would restrict vaping in public spaces. The state House voted 152-14 to pass Senate Bill 47, which would regulate vaping in…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia conservatives are getting closer to a long-held goal of broadening state funding for private school tuition and home schooling, with a House committee passing a bill Tuesday that would give $6,500…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill banning most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after senators gave it final passage on Tuesday.…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints from Honda Civic drivers that their steering can stick, causing a momentary increase in effort and increasing the risk of a crash. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
RANGER, Georgia (WDEF) - A north Georgia town could cease to exist if a bill is approved in the Georgia legislature. Ranger is a small town of about 140 people on the eastern…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally's Republican colleagues in the Senate have voted 19-7 that he should keep his leadership post in the wake of revelations that he repeatedly commented on posts of nearly nude photos of…
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) arrested a Nolensville man for committing fraud through the online sports betting platform DraftKings. Bruce Orr faces eight charges of identity theft, following…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee lawmakers are making decisions this week on tweaking the state's "no-exception" abortion law. The state house approved some very narrow exceptions on Monday, after a furious battle by Democrats to add more. The state senate…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee sheriff's deputies fatally shot a woman who was a suspect in a domestic violence incident, officials said. Shelby County deputies stopped a vehicle Saturday afternoon in Bartlett that matched the description of one involved in…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members on Monday turned aside objections that tougher anti-gang sentencing laws would sweep too many young people into prison for long stretches, passing a bill backed by Republican Gov. Brian…
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. The job cuts would mark the second largest…
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Three people are dead in what authorities said was a shooting in an Atlanta-area home early Monday, according to a news report. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office received a report of gunshots at 12:10 a.m. in…