On a trip already marked by misstep, Mitt Romney has an Olympic history that could prove problematic: His stewardship of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City was not without controversy.

Peyton Manning says it's going to take him a while to settle into his new digs in Denver after spending 14 years in Indianapolis.

Authorities in southeastern Kentucky say a woman accused of trading her infant son for a pickup truck has been arrested in Florida and is being returned to Kentucky to face charges.

Volunteers can reach new heights at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A yearlong celebration begins Saturday marking the 175th anniversary of the Diocese of Nashville.

Despite a remarkably rainy July in the Nashville area, a lingering drought grips most of Tennessee and is expected to deepen across much of the state.

A federal judge has allowed more time for the construction of a mosque southeast of Nashville.

States that expand their Medicaid programs under President Barack Obama's health care law may end up saving thousands of lives, a medical journal report released Wednesday indicates.

A paparazzo photographer faces criminal charges in connection with a high-speed chase of Justin Bieber earlier this month, marking the first use of a new state law.

As reports emerged of a suspicious package sent to a university the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting once attended, the first memorial service was held for a victim of the massacre.

The Smoky Mountain resort town of Gatlinburg, Tenn., has completed a project that clogged traffic on the main street leading into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A campaign promoting healthy eating will get its official start Thursday at the Tennessee 4-H All-Star Conference at the University of Tennessee.

About 400 scientists and undergraduate students are expected in Knoxville for the annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology.

A Rutherford County sheriff's deputy and two people he was driving to a safe place after methamphetamine exposure have been decontaminated.

North Carolina's only casino has hundreds of jobs to fill and is looking for table game dealers, bartenders, housekeepers and others.

A Claiborne County court could decide the fate of a 19-year-old special needs woman left in a Caryville bar on Wednesday.

Prospective University of Tennessee Football season ticket holders will get a chance on Wednesday to see how those seats will look.

It's an audiotape the New York Police Department hoped you would never hear.

A monthlong HIV blocker that women could use for protection without their partners knowing? Major new research is beginning in Africa to see whether a special kind of vaginal ring just might work.

A 25-year-old woman who duped the state of Oregon into giving her a $2.1 million tax refund pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

Nearly all of Greenland's massive ice sheet suddenly started melting a bit this month, a freak event that surprised scientists.

The making of a new "Lone Ranger" Disney movie have reawakened feelings about a character that has drawn much criticism over the years.

George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with money. Arrogant. And yet he was one of the most enjoyable, beloved characters in television history.

The Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board is now accepting applications for State and National Archival Partnership grants.

The Maury Regional Airport in Tennessee is being upgraded for the first time in five years.