Atlanta police: Woman, killer dead after high-rise shootout
A man killed a woman and then died during a shootout with police at an apartment building in Atlanta's midtown neighborhood early Wednesday, police said.
'Black Hawk Down' pilot Durant enters Alabama Senate race
Mike Durant, best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and held prisoner in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident, is joining the U.S. Senate race in Alabama.
Fishing Death In Tennessee
Authorities say a Tennessee man has died after falling off a boat while fishing on a lake.
Dog Attack Kills Young Child
A 6-month old infant was killed by a dog attack in Sevier County.
TBI has trouble arrested Father for the death of his son
BIG SANDY, Tennessee (WDEF) - TBI agents attempted to arrest a man for the murder of his own son last year in West Tennessee. But it wasn't easy. The case began last November with the death of 27 year old…
Tennessee AG: Proposed ballot push would make job political
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says a proposed ballot initiative to require that the attorney general be confirmed by state lawmakers after the current process of selection by the state Supreme Court would make the position…
Tennessee considering $900M Ford incentive package
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is poised to spend approximately $900 million of its tax revenues on incentives, infrastructure projects and more under an agreement with Ford Motor Co. The sweeping spending…
Jury selection to start in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death
Hundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their neighborhood.
Two deadly shootings at Grambling State in four days
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - Officials say one person was fatally shot and seven others were wounded at Grambling State University in the second deadly shooting at the Louisiana school within four days. The university says the shooting happened around 1…
Abrams heads to Virginia ahead of governor’s election
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election. Abrams says what happens in the most watched…
Georgia elevators due for inspections
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia newspaper reports that government regulators have no idea how many of the state's 34,000 elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks are overdue for inspections. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the problem is in a decade-old…
University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that had accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants, a…
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil breaks ribs in fall off stage
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling off the stage at a concert Friday in Tennessee, his guitarist told the crowd in a video circulated widely on social media. In video footage…
New skyscraper lab will test elevators high above Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevators' 420-foot (128 meters) tower is set to become…
$224M Georgia Power rate hike likely for nuclear plant
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear reactors near Augusta. The company says it amounts to another $4 each month for every residential customer. The unit…
Southern Baptist leader resigns amid abuse review division
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning after weeks of internal division over how best to handle an investigation into the denomination’s response to sexual abuse reports. Ronnie Floyd, president…
Suit: US enabling LGBTQ discrimination in foster program
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A newly filed lawsuit says the federal government is funding organizations that illegally discriminate against potential LGBTQ foster parents seeking to care for unaccompanied refugee children. According to the 29-page complaint…
2nd driver killed by air bag inflator from Tennessee's ARC
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A second person has been killed by an exploding air bag inflator made by a Tennessee company that has been under investigation by a federal agency for more than six years…
Tennessee postal worker killings raise stress as concern
Postal workers returned to their jobs Wednesday after the shooting of a supervisor and manager by a letter carrier inside a sorting facility in Tennessee.
Investigators: Man fatally shot by police in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a man has been fatally shot by police in Tennessee when officers were executing a search warrant. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the Knoxville Police Department Special Operations Squad arrived at the home…
3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two Postal Service workers have been fatally shot at a postal facility in Memphis, the third high-profile shooting in west Tennessee in recent weeks. A third postal employee was…
Alamo Police Officer killed; Suspect in custody
ALAMO, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a man accused of gunning down a Georgia police officer during his first shift with the department ambushed him in retaliation for the officer’s arrest of an associate hours earlier. The Georgia Bureau of…
Alabama Gov. Ivey extends help for hospitals
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has extended through the end of the October a COVID-19 state of emergency that relaxes some health care regulations to help hospitals with coronavirus patients.
Alabama swamped, child died in floods from slow-moving front
A stalled weather front drenched Alabama, leaving high water that covered roads, swamped a Piggly Wiggly, unleashed sewage and forced water rescues. A child's death was blamed on the floods.