Tag: Tennessee

Stones of All Kinds Make Visits Sparkle

Vacationing in Arkansas, Nancy Meyers and Kathy Smith stop at a museum to admire a 5-foot-tall quartz crystal called “the Holy Grail.” Bill and Betty Price and their two young daughters sift through a pile of dirt in western Maine looking for gemstones. During a visit to Kentucky to celebrate his wife Evelyn’s 40th birthday,…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 23)

A shooting at a Tennessee supermarket kills one and injures dozens of others, operations using horses in Del Rio, Texas are suspended amid accusations that border agents were whipping migrants with their reins, and the New York health commissioner is stepping down after his heavy involvement in Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home scandal.


1 Dead, 12 Injured in Mass Shooting Inside Memphis-Area Kroger: Police

Authorities near Memphis, Tennesse, said that a shooting inside a Kroger supermarket has left at least one dead and about a dozen people injured on Thursday afternoon. The alleged gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police in Coillerville confirmed to local media. Other details about the nature of those who were injured were not…


Tennessee Follows Federal Guidance, Recommends Vaccinated Don’t Get Monoclonal Antibodies

Tennessee health officials are now recommending only people who aren’t vaccinated get monoclonal antibody treatments as states see lower numbers of doses because of federal government rationing. “Our recommendation to monoclonal antibody providers or individual facilities across the state is if they need to prioritize distribution of the treatment, the NIH guidelines are the recommended…


Judge Blocks Opt-Out Option on School Masks in Tennessee County

A federal judge on Sept. 17 temporarily blocked the implementation of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order, which allowed parents to opt children out of wearing masks in schools. The judge blocked Lee, a Republican, from enforcing his order in Shelby County and directed Shelby officials to enforce the county’s health orders without exception to…


Tennessee Professor Accused of Concealing China Ties Acquitted of Charges

A former University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his ties with a Chinese university to get federal research funds has been acquitted of all charges. U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan on Thursday acquitted Anming Hu, a 52-year-old citizen of Canada charged with wire fraud and making false statements, of all charges, saying that…


20 States Sue Education Department Over Transgender Restroom, Pronoun Guidance

Attorneys general from 20 mostly Republican-run states are suing the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), seeking to stop the enforcement of what they say is an “erroneous interpretation” of Title IX, the federal law that bans sex-based discrimination in schools. The states, led by Tennessee, asked the court to block a guidance (pdf) issued this…


Biden Admin Opens Civil Rights Investigations in 5 States That Ban School Mask Mandates

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it has opened investigations in five Republican-led states that ban mask mandates in schools, saying such policy could be discriminatory against students with disabilities. In letters sent to chief state school officers of Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights…


Final Victim Found in Tennessee Flooding Disaster Search

WAVERLY, Tenn.—The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the area. Saturday’s flooding took out houses, roads, cellphone towers, and telephone lines, with rainfall that more…


Crews Scour Debris for Missing People After Tennessee Floods

WAVERLY, Tenn.—Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage, and debris from homes Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural Tennessee. Even cars and sheds were woven into the tangle of debris lining Trace Creek in Humphreys County, where the…