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From the HERE City State DeskBOSTON — The Nashville Predators start a two-game road swing Thursday night at TD Garden, where they meet a Boston team that has been one of the best in the NHL so far. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. Central. Nashville sits at 3-2-3…
From the HERE City State DeskIRVING, Texas — Two Tennessee linebackers are in the running for the top academic honor in college football. On Wednesday the National Football Foundation put Arion Carter of the Vols and Nick Rinaldi of Vanderbilt on its 18-man short list for the William V. Campbell…
From the HERE City State DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ty Jerome opened the Grizzlies season with the best scoring night of his career, putting up 45 points as Memphis pulled away from the Utah Jazz for a 123-103 win Wednesday night at FedExForum. The veteran point guard had seven points inside…
From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI — Todd Benzinger, the first baseman whose catch in foul territory ended the Cincinnati Reds' four-game sweep of Oakland in the 1990 World Series, has died at age 63, the Reds announced Thursday. The club said Benzinger died Wednesday. No cause of death was…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Philadelphia 76ers fell behind by 29 points in their home opener Thursday night and still walked off the floor winners, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106. Cleveland owned the first half, scoring 35 points in the opening quarter and 34 more in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — Caleb Williams outdueled Drake Maye on Thursday night, throwing for 308 yards and two touchdowns as the Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots 30-24 at Soldier Field. Williams hit on 22 of 33 throws, his second start since returning from a…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Three players who will not be in uniform for the Brewers-Rays World Series will still be part of it: Major League Baseball said Thursday that Boston pitcher Payton Tolle, veteran infielder Miguel Rojas and Toronto's Ernie Clement will work as player correspondents. Tolle…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Sarah Strong of UConn and Southern California guard Watkins, the last two national players of the year, top the preseason All-America women's basketball team released Thursday by the national media panel. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, Texas forward Madison Booker and Vanderbilt…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James brushed aside President Donald Trump's latest attack Thursday night, laughing off the criticism after the Philadelphia 76ers rallied past Cleveland and suggesting it must have been a slow day for news. Earlier Thursday, Trump posted a video on social media…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — The Brewers and Rays open the World Series on Friday night with a labor fight hanging over the sport: if owners and players cannot agree on a new contract, these could be the final big league games for months. The current five-year collective…
From the HERE City National DeskBATON ROUGE, La. — Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk, in his first season as head football coach at Southern University, has disclosed that he is living with Parkinson's disease. Faulk, 53, revealed the diagnosis as a guest on The Caring Neurologist, a podcast…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — JJ Watt is staying in the top chair. The former Houston Texans star signed a multiyear agreement Thursday that makes him the permanent lead analyst on his network's No. 1 NFL broadcast team, next to play-by-play voice Jim Nantz and sideline reporter…
Education
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee placed five colleges on a 2026 national list of the top schools for students who want careers on the business side of the music industry, a showing few states can match. The honorees are Middle Tennessee State University, Belmont University and Tennessee State University in the…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jack Cawthon, whose barbecue joint helped bring people back to Nashville's Lower Broadway long before the honky-tonk boom, has died at age 80 after a long fight with cancer, his restaurant company announced Wednesday. Cawthon spent more than half a century in food and hospitality. He rose…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's airports and the cargo planes that use them are worth $53.8 billion a year to the state economy, according to a new study from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The 2026 Aviation Economic Impact Study, released Thursday, credits aviation with supporting 236,000 jobs that pay close…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jobless rates went down in all 95 Tennessee counties from August to September, the state labor department reported Thursday, a sweep that left only two counties at or above 5%. Eight counties shared the lowest rate in the state at 2.7%: Cheatham, Dickson, Macon, Rutherford, Sevier, Trousdale,…
Crime
LA VERGNE, Tenn. — A La Vergne resident faces a felony count of threat of mass violence after police say a string of online posts grew more specific and began naming Gov. Bill Lee, a pastor and houses of worship, the La Vergne Police Department said this week. Detectives opened…
Crime
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of Tennessee's execution team struggled for nearly an hour to set an IV line in Christa Pike's arm and warned that a vein might have ruptured before the lethal drug was given, according to a court filing made Thursday by her attorney. The account, written by…
Crime
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge has ordered a 28-year-old Tullahoma man to spend 210 months, or 17 and a half years, behind bars for burning a building at the Highlander Center in New Market and for trying to help a foreign terrorist group, the U.S. Department of Justice announced…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee voters this fall are deciding whether to rewrite the part of the state constitution that spells out what rights crime victims have in court. Amendment 3, a version of the measure known nationally as Marsy's Law, was referred to the Nov. 3 ballot by the General…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A growing number of Tennessee early voters say the ballot-marking touchscreen highlighted a candidate they did not pick, and state election officials are urging everyone to double-check before the ballot goes into the scanner. Most of the complaints have come from Davidson and Williamson counties, with voters…
Politics
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals panel on Wednesday took up the fight over a Tennessee law that lets police order onlookers to keep 25 feet away while officers work, a rule a group of news organizations says is too vague to survive. Under the Tennessee Bystander Interference Act, passed…
From the HERE City National Desk
LYON, France — Health officials in France have confirmed the first known human infection with Shamonda, a virus that until this year had only been documented in animals, mainly cattle. The patient had a badly weakened immune system and was being treated for a serious illness at the Hospices Civils…
From the HERE City National Desk
KINSHASA, Congo — The Ebola outbreak centered in Congo keeps widening, with confirmed cases now above 9,600 and the disease reaching an eighth Congolese province as well as a new country, Nigeria. World Health Organization figures through Oct. 19 count 9,637 confirmed cases and 4,646 confirmed deaths since the outbreak…
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