Tennessee

Democratic lawmakers have blasted the move to prioritize legal protections to the gun industry in the wake of the March 27 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that killed six people

The autopsy said the manner of death was homicide. It described multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body

‘You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,’ the president said during a meeting with the three Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled after participating in gun control protests

While performing at Thompson-Boling Arena, the Grammy-winning “Juice” singer brought out a number of drag performers, including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O’Hara and Vanessa Vanji

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The lawsuit accuses Memphis Police Director Cerelyn ‘CJ’ Davis of starting a crime-suppression unit called Scorpion to target repeat violent offenders in high-crime areas

This year’s convention came just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville, Tennessee and at a bank last week in Louisville, Kentucky, the latter of which marked the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S.

Two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence. They’re being heralded as living echoes of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s

Republicans banished Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting

The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council restores Representative Justin Jones to office just four days after Republicans stripped him of his seat

Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states

Representative Justin Jones, a Black Democratic lawmaker, was expelled by Republican colleagues for participating in a gun control protest on the Tennessee House floor last week

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson follow their ouster by the Republican-led Legislature for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. The Nashville metro council is likely to reappoint Jones during a specially called meeting Monday

The removal of two Black lawmakers reflects a trend in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process

County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held

The tornado was part of a powerful weather system moving through the Midwest and South

Police say they have not yet established a motive, but the FBI is continuing to review Hale’s writings. Police also disclosed that Hale ‘considered the actions of other mass murderers’

Confirmed or suspected tornadoes struck 11 states and destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and lay waste to neighborhoods

Since the legislation was signed by President Joe Biden last summer, the number of mass shootings in the United States has only grown

Hundreds protested at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday, haranguing the Republican-led Legislature to take action following this week’s school shooting in which three children and three adults were killed

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

Pope Francis sent a telegram Wednesday to Nashville Catholic Bishop J. Mark Spalding in which he conveyed his condolences and decried the violence

Around the United States, private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans

Seattle has overhauled virtually all aspects of its police department since DOJ investigators in 2011 found officers were too quick to use force

A federal judge quietly cleared the way to drop the minimum age for Tennesseans to carry handguns publicly without a permit to 18

The assailant, Audrey Hale, was under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed emotional disorder and was not known to police before the attack, according to the police