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For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that

Mar. 29, 2024 06:07 AM EDT

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead. As Goodwin swept and dusted the...

Tennessee Volunteers take on the Creighton Bluejays in Sweet 16

Mar. 29, 2024 03:46 AM EDT

Creighton Bluejays (25-9, 14-7 Big East) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (26-8, 14-5 SEC) Detroit; Friday, 9:59 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Volunteers -3; over/under is 144 BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Tennessee and No. 11 Creighton square off in the NCAA...

Tennessee governor signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death

Mar. 28, 2024 19:08 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to...

Tennessee politicians strip historically Black university of its board

Mar. 28, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee's only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting...

From junior college to starring for Tennessee, Dalton Knecht took a long road to March Madness

Mar. 28, 2024 18:05 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Dalton Knecht didn't have a lot of choices to continue his basketball career coming out of Prairie View High School in Henderson, Colorado. That didn't stop him from becoming a star at Tennessee. “There are some people that are not the highest-rated...

Activists form human chain across Nashville, Tennessee, on Covenant school shooting anniversary

Mar. 28, 2024 11:07 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of people linked arms across Nashville on Wednesday, forming a human chain on the one-year anniversary of a shooting at the Covenant School that killed three 9-year-old children and three adults. The event organized by gun safety advocates included...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee - Advisory

Mar. 28, 2024 07:14 AM EDT
Eds: The Tennessee editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The AP

Tennessee Volunteers square off against the Creighton Bluejays in Sweet 16

Mar. 28, 2024 03:31 AM EDT

Creighton Bluejays (25-9, 14-7 Big East) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (26-8, 14-5 SEC) Detroit; Friday, 10:09 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Volunteers -2.5; over/under is 143.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Tennessee and No. 11 Creighton square off in the NCAA...

An indicted Tennessee judge is sent to jail after her bond is revoked for positive cocaine tests

Mar. 27, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee criminal court judge was sent to jail Wednesday after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while she was out of custody pending a trial on charges of coercion of a witness and harassment. Online records showed Shelby County...

Man cuffed but not charged after Chiefs' Super Bowl rally shooting sues congressman over online post

Mar. 27, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed in the chaos that followed a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing a Tennessee congressman who falsely accused him in social media posts of being one of the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. ...