Updated: 7:39 AM Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander offered each other the hand of peace Wednesday in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing Northern Ireland's progress.
Updated: 6:36 AM A new Kroger opens its doors Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a large donation to the community.
Posted: 5:57 AM Debby was expected to head out into the Atlantic on Wednesday, but forecasters warn that the weakened storm still posed a flooding and tornado threat even if it doesn't pack the same punch.
Posted: 5:56 AM Frustrated by a lack of progress in reducing sexual assaults among sailors, the Navy has put unprecedented attention on the issue this year.
Posted: 5:54 AM A toddler recovers from surgery that transplanted cloned skin onto her body after 80 percent of it suffered burns in a backyard accident.
Posted: 5:51 AM Nearly two decades before Matt Sandusky's blockbuster allegation that he was sexually abused by his adoptive father, his biological mother raised questions about their relationship.
Posted: 5:50 AM A wildfire jumped firefighters' perimeter lines in the hills overlooking Colorado Springs, forcing frantic mandatory evacuation notices for more than 9,000 residents, destroying an unknown number of homes.
Posted: 5:47 AM Five-term Rep. John Sullivan fell to a tea party backed opponent in Oklahoma while Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated another candidate backed by the insurgent group.
Posted: 5:52 AM The Knoxville campus of the University of Phoenix is hosting a military hiring and job event.
Posted: 5:45 AM ple cofounder Steve Wozniak says the U.S. piracy case against Kim Dotcom is "hokey" and a threat to Internet innovation.
Posted: 5:43 AM Here's what you need to know about the new postseason format put together by the commissioners of the 11 major college football conferences and Notre Dame's athletic director.
Posted: 5:41 AM Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, killing seven employees, kidnapping others and demolishing buildings, officials said.
Updated: 5:23 AM Wednesday is National HIV Testing Day, a nationwide event to promote free HIV testing, and health workers in Knox County will bring it to the Knoxville area.
Posted: 4:58 AM The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee has received a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program.
Posted: 4:22 AM Tennessee court officials report state attorneys are doing more free legal work this year.
Posted: 4:18 AM Organizers say that this year's Elvis Week, the annual party celebrating the life of late rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley in Memphis, will be the largest since the event began 30 years ago.
Posted: 6:51 AM Facebook has changed your email address. At least that's how many felt after a quiet but vast change in the way the company displays users' contact information.
Posted: 5:44 AM After raking Florida's Gulf coast with high winds and heavy rain Monday, Tropical Storm Debby promised to bring more of the same in the coming days as it continued to hover in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted: 5:38 AM The depiction of Jerry Sandusky on a well-known mural across the street from the Penn State campus has been replaced by an image of a poet and activist draped with a blue ribbon.
Posted: 5:35 AM The election of an Islamist president in Egypt is turning longstanding U.S. policy in the Mideast inside out.
Posted: 5:32 AM Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools could lose access to federal student aid.
Updated: 5:20 AM Several dozen people have held a profanity laced rally to protest a Massachusetts town's bylaw allowing police to hand out $20 tickets for public swearing.
Posted: 5:17 AM Corporations and labor unions have been emboldened this election season to spend unlimited sums of cash. The Supreme Court is telling them to go full speed ahead.
Updated: 5:15 AM Arizona's police chiefs and county sheriffs hoped a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would settle their long-running debate on what role, if any, they should play in immigration enforcement.
Posted: 5:08 AM Tourism officials are launching a self-guided driving trail that connects farmland and small towns in nine West Tennessee counties.
