A Tennessee Red Cross official says a new company app allows users to have expert lifesaving advice in the palm of their hand.

Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper is warning consumers about the risks of "geotagging."

Franklin and White counties have joined Tennessee's retiree recruitment program.

A car exploded outside a southern Iraqi marketplace on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 28 in the latest deadly attack in the nation's spiraling cycle of violence.

Independence Day will once again begin with 37th Annual Gatlinburg Fourth of July Midnight Parade Tuesday night in Gatlinburg.

Scientists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new particle whose characteristics match those of the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle in physics.

For nearly 15 years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's financial portfolio has included an offshore company that remained invisible to voters as his political star rose.

Overdose deaths from powerful painkillers have been surging at an alarming rate in the U.S., but here's a sliver of good news: The number blamed on methadone appears to have peaked.

Americans will soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test.

Having sired hundreds of offspring, Diego has been central to bringing the Espanola Island type of tortoise back from near extinction, rangers at Galapagos National Park say.

In the aftermath of violent storms, residents and elected officials are demanding to know why it's taking so long to restring power lines and why they're not more resilient.

A JetBlue Airways pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about religion and terrorists has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

The company that operates the chain of children's pizza restaurants is retiring the giant rodent's outdated image — and the man who voiced its character for nearly two decades.

A Southern California couple have passed the halfway mark in their quest to visit Disneyland every day this year.

Sheriff's deputies say a western Pennsylvania county jail inmate wearing an orange-and-white striped uniform tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment.

A man from East Providence has claimed more than $180,000 in lottery winnings, a day after his son won $1,000 in a different game.

Knoxville is hosting the American Youth Soccer Tournament this week. It's expected to bring in over 9,000 people and 9 million dollars.

A viral Youtube video is proving that the heat can cause more than just sweat in some parts of the country.

Physicists say they have all but proven that the "God particle" exists.

Michigan hopes to keep drunks off the road with the help from a special message in men's bathrooms featuring an attention-getting woman's voice.

A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to finally solve one of America's most enduring mysteries: What exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart?

Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, a Turkish newspaper reported Tuesday.

Iraqi authorities say at least 25 people have been killed and scores wounded by a vegetable truck that exploded in a market in in a Shiite city south of Baghdad.

TDOT will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes from noon Tuesday through 6 a.m. Friday to accommodate heavy traffic on the July 4 holiday.

Officials at Middle Tennessee State University are calling their new student union "a trendy place for students and others to gather."