Tennessee

White supremacist pleads guilty to giving Hezbollah list of 35,000 Israel-linked individuals

Regan Darby Prater also admitted to causing $1.2 million in damage after planting a napalm-based incendiary device in the Highlander Center.

Mug shot of Tennessee resident and white supremacist Regan Darby Prater.
Richard Pulley.

Door cam captures 78-year-old delivery man, triggering crowdfunding campaign

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is being awarded a Medal of Honor in 2026 for his bravery in protecting Jewish troops in World War II.

US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, US, January 24, 2026.

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide


Comic book stores donate free copies of 'Maus' after Tennessee school board ban

Several weeks ago, the McMinn County school board voted unanimously to remove the book from its curriculum, with one member saying he thought the content was "not wise or healthy."

 Art Spiegelman's graphic novel 'Maus' on sale at a French bookstore in 2017.

‘Maus’ giveaway is on as bookstores, professors counter Tennessee school ban

Nirvana Comics, a comic-book store in Knoxville, announced on social media that it would be giving away copies of Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book to any interested students.

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

Christian adoption agency in US refuses to help Jewish couple

A Jewish couple in Tenessee is suing after a state-funded adoption agency refused to help them adopt a child because of their religion.

General view of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, US, September 22, 2020

Tennessee DOE rejects complaint filed under anti-critical race theory law

The Tennessee DOE rejected a complaint against education about the civil rights movement as it applied to classes given before the law came into effect.

 Robin Steenman, chair of the local chapter of Moms for Liberty, waits to speak at a board of education meeting, where she will make a public comment against teaching "critical race theory," a catch-all phrase to denounce school curricula and policies considered too progressive

Continuing his legacy, Vanderbilt Chabad opens fund in young kosher chef's memory

The Aryeh Fund continues the legacy of Zack Freeling, a young kosher chef who worked to help others despite personal hardship.

 Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, US

Another US State considering joining Unilever boycott warning

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan asked Tennessee's governor to consider passing anti-BDS legislation, joining 35 other US States.

Ice cream on the line at the Ben & Jerry's factory

Student arrested after shooting, wounding another boy at Memphis school

One child was injured in a shooting at a Memphis, Tennessee elementary school early Thursday.

Teachers' submissions for the "Classroom Look in Lockdown" project.

Gunman kills one and then himself at Tennessee supermarket, 15 wounded

"We found people hiding in freezers and in locked offices," Lane said, calling the gun violence "the most horrific event that has occurred in Collierville history."

Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at a Kroger supermarket in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., September 23, 2021.

One dead, several people shot in Tennessee high school - KPD

A police officer is among the gunshot victims.

Police attend a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville.

Tennessee asks US court to reinstate two-day waiting period for abortions

The law, which went into effect in 2015, required abortion providers to inform patients of the risks and wait at least 48 hours before proceeding.

A protester holds a copy of the bible outside of the US Supreme Court building in Washington June 15, 2015. The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of North Carolina to revive its law requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound of the fetus performed and described to