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Manhunt on for Tenn. Murder Suspect: 'We All Trusted Him'

Authorities are searching for Austin Robert Drummond, 29

(Newser) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the US Marshals Service are offering a reward of up to $15,000 as they search for a suspect they believe may have killed four family members in Tennessee and abandoned an infant also connected to the family on a stranger's lawn, reports...

Inmate's Path to Execution Is Unusually Complicated
Inmate Loses a Battle in
Complicated Execution Fight
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Jul 31, 2025 2:27 PM CDT

Inmate Loses a Battle in Complicated Execution Fight

There's a legal dispute in Tennessee over Byron Black's defibrillator and his intellectual ability

(Newser) - As of now, a 68-year-old death row inmate is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, but the case of Byron Black is unusually complicated one and could take more twists and turns before then. The main issue involving Black, who murdered his girlfriend and her two young daughters in 1988,...

Cheer Squad's TikTok Skit Leads to Probation

This continues a trend of children arrested over social media posts, particularly in Tennessee

(Newser) - Sixteen middle school cheerleaders in rural East Tennessee found themselves in legal trouble after filming a 45-second TikTok reenactment of a school shooting while waiting for practice to start. The clip, posted online in September, featured the girls pretending to be shot and killed, with one issuing a mock...

3 Men Who Went Fishing Near Memphis Found Dead

'Once you get into that water, you cannot get out of the Mississippi. It will take you'

(Newser) - Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Search and rescue teams with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and other Memphis-area agencies began looking for the men Tuesday evening after...

Mass Shooting Kills a Rising Football Star

Ole Miss' Corey Adams, 18, was considered one of the top defensive linemen recruits

(Newser) - A freshman football player at the University of Mississippi, considered one of the top defensive linemen recruits in the country, has died in a shooting in Tennessee. Corey Adams, 18, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in Cordova, just outside Memphis, following a shooting...

TSA to Offer 'Tokens of Gratitude' to Service Members

Special lanes to ease travel to debut for military, families with young kids

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is introducing changes aimed at easing airport security lines for families and military personnel. Speaking at Tennessee's Nashville International Airport on Thursday, Noem announced the launch of "Families on the Fly," a new program that sets up dedicated TSA security lanes...

New Tennessee Law Suspends Licenses of Teen Bullies
Teen Bullies in Tennessee
Should Get Used to Walking
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Jul 6, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Teen Bullies in Tennessee Should Get Used to Walking

New law suspends their driver's licenses for up to a year

(Newser) - Teen bullies in Tennessee are losing their driving privileges. Under a new state law, minors found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying by a juvenile court will lose their driver's licenses—or their ability to get a license—for up to a year. First-time offenders can apply for a tightly...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Describes Hellish El Salvador Prison

He says prison officials threatened to throw him in a cell with people who would 'tear' him apart

(Newser) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had mistakenly deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday, per the AP . He said he was kicked and hit so often after arrival...

States Are Making It Easier to Get Ivermectin

More than a dozen have or are proposing bills to make antiparasitic drug available over the counter

(Newser) - With Robert F. Kennedy at the helm of the nation's health agencies, alternative therapies are finding their way more often into the spotlight, including one familiar from the pandemic: ivermectin. Republican lawmakers in multiple states are now pushing bills that would allow for the antiparasitic to be sold over...

Zebra's Week on the Run Comes to an End

Runaway pet safely captured in Tennessee

(Newser) - A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured Sunday, authorities said, per the AP . Ed the Zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana...

Tennessee Executes Man 3 Years After Surprise Reprieve

Oscar Smith, 75, killed his estranged wife and her teenage sons in 1989

(Newser) - Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her teenage sons. Smith was convicted in 1990 of fatally stabbing and shooting Judith Smith and her sons, Jason and Chad, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home, the...

Memphis Officers Acquitted in Death of Tyre Nichols

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith face prison time on federal convictions

(Newser) - Three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday of all state charges related to the death of Tyre Nichols, whose 2023 beating by officers led to nationwide protests and renewed debate about police use of force. After deliberating for more than eight hours over two days, a jury found...

He Taunted Cops Online to Come Find Him. They Did

Tennessee's Devon Bart has been arrested over domestic assault warrant after online dare

(Newser) - When a Tennessee man brazenly taunted law enforcement on social media to come find him, he might not have anticipated that they'd take the challenge seriously—resulting in an arrest that proves the reach of both digital footprints and the law. Fox News reports that 25-year-old Devon Bart...

Large Areas Prepare for More Flooding

Forecaster warns of 'dangerous atmospheric setup'

(Newser) - Parts of the South and Midwest, still reeling from violent storms, tornadoes, and flooding that have killed more than a dozen people, are facing new flooding and tornado warnings that forecasters said could last for days. Severe thunderstorms have swept through a swath of the country with a population of...

He May Be One of America's 'Most Prolific Serial Rapists'

Ronan Farrow investigates how Sean Williams stayed free for so long in Johnson City, Tennessee

(Newser) - A man named Sean Williams is currently serving a long prison sentence in Tennessee for the production of child pornography, but the 53-year-old's legal troubles might increase in a big way. "The number of allegations against Williams may make him one of the most prolific serial rapists in...

'Once-in-a-Generation' Weather Wallops Midwest, South

At least one dead amid tornadoes, violent weather

(Newser) - At least one person was killed Wednesday as violent storms hit the Midwest and South, and potentially deadly flash flooding could still come. Dozens of warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms were issued in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri (where the fatality was reported), and Mississippi , the AP reports. The storms...

Fatal Storms Leave Trees Down, Thousands Powerless

3 children die in van in Michigan, while winds flip 84-year-old's buggy in Indiana

(Newser) - A tree fell on a van in Michigan, killing three children, during a fierce weekend storm that swept the region and contributed to the death of an 84-year-old man in an Amish buggy in Indiana, authorities said Monday. Meanwhile, more potentially dangerous weather rolled across parts of the Southeastern US,...

State Bill Sets Life Sequence: Education, Marriage, Children

Tennessee opponents see decisions as personal choices

(Newser) - Tennessee's public schools could soon be required to teach that the keys to a successful life include following a proper sequence of events: high school, job or higher education, marriage, and then children. It's a proposal advancing in the state's Republican-dominant Legislature and similar to others moving...

Cops: Dog Shot Man in Bed With Girlfriend

Not an Onion headline, but a true story out of Tennessee; the man wasn't critically injured

(Newser) - Are pit bulls trigger happy? One Tennessee man may be inclined to say so, after his dog shot him as he lounged in bed (the man, not the dog). WREG reports that the Memphis Police Department responded to an accidental-injury call before dawn on Monday, where Jerald Kirkwood informed them...

Trump's Pardon Frees Ex-Lawmaker From Prison Camp

Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty in a campaign finance conspiracy trial

(Newser) - Released two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance conspiracy conviction, a former Tennessee legislator thanked God and President Trump and ripped the Biden administration. "God used Donald Trump to save me," Brian Kelsey told CNBC . "His election saved me from the Biden" Department...

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