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Nearly three decades after Jessica Currin, an 18-year-old Black woman, was found murdered and burned behind Mayfield Middle School, the case is still playing out.
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Well over 1,000 people lined up along the front of Paducah’s Bob Noble Park Saturday afternoon to rally against actions the Trump administration has taken over the course of the president’s second term. -
Tennessee lawmakers are at odds over a bill that would require schools to track and report students’ immigration status. -
The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump had moved to give up their prosecution of the two officers last week. -
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say two students have died and at least seven other people have been injured in a school bus crash in west Tennessee. The school bus was carrying students and employees from Kenwood Middle School in Clarksville for a field trip to Jackson, Tennessee. -
A new community center focused on providing recovery resources for people with substance use disorders and their loved ones opened its doors in Murray on Thursday. -
Tennessee state police are exploring using facial recognition software. The state attorney general supports a lawsuit claiming the same technology illegally violates your privacy.
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The Homeland Security Department has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications, a pause that affected millions of cases. The pause remains in effect for about 40 countries. -
National security has never been used to call a meeting of the "God Squad." But other federal agencies have been citing the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect endangered animals. -
Worlds marks the last competition of the 2025-2026 season. Skaters have some time to go on tour, rest up and learn new routines before the next season starts in July. -
On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s. -
President Trump claims that there is no automatic guarantee to birthright citizenship in the Constitution. But, will that claim hold up in court? -
NPR has confirmed that at least two U.S. E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged and more than a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
