May 20, 2013
Posted: 05/17/13 - A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - The administration legislation allows beginning online schools to start with an enrollment of 1,500 and continue to expand as long as they meet performance requirements. Read More
Posted: 05/16/13 - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools. Read More
Posted: 05/16/13 - Currently, ignition-locking devices, which force drivers to pass breath tests to start vehicles and keep them running, are required for DUI offenders whose blood alcohol level topped 0.15 percent. Read More
Posted: 05/16/13 - The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans Read More
Posted: 05/16/13 - The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however — reflecting a deep ideological and at times emotional divide on the role of government in helping the poor. Read More
Posted: 05/16/13 - To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. Read More
A program to help soldiers get loans to purchase homes has gotten a permanent extension. Read More
Maryville College professor Frances Henderson is making history at the East Tennessee school. Read More
A judge has sentenced a Clarksville woman convicted of assault for pouring hot oatmeal on her husband to diversion. Read More
Searchers in the woods near Bell Buckle have found the body of a man who had been missing for three days. Read More
Union County officers discover more than 300 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop Saturday morning. Read More
A former Knoxville resident was arrested Friday in connection to the death of his roomate in Los Angeles. Read More
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home at 7253 Meadowbrook Circle around 2:40 a.m. on Saturday morning after a man was found lying in a pool of blood on the front porch. Read More
Monroe County deputies bust $30,000 worth of marijuana, thanks to a tip. Read More
Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Read More
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Read More
Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Habitat for Humanity spent years in Granbury's Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision, helping to build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. Read More
A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival. Read More
Authorities in Germany are investigating the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Read More
In Basra, mourners on Friday carried the coffin of Mohammed Aboud, who they say was killed by a sniper fire near the shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside the capital of Damascus five days before. Read More
A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. Read More
