May 27 Tennessee to halt sharing COVID-19 patient data By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Tennessee will soon stop providing the names and addresses of COVID-19 patients with first responders after initially arguing doing so would protect those on the front line. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 5:03 Sen. Alexander: Increased virus testing ‘the only thing that will work’ to solve crisis Sen. Lamar Alexander chairs the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which held a hearing Tuesday about the Trump administration’s handling of coronavirus. Alexander himself is in quarantine after a possible exposure, and he joins Judy Woodruff from his… Continue watching
Apr 02 Back-to-back disasters: tornado and virus push Tennesseans to the limit By Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press The lives of thousands of Tennesseans have been upended by back-to-back disasters. Putnam County residents still reeling from the deadly twisters of March 3 now have to confront life in the age of coronavirus. Continue reading
Mar 10 Nashville artists help out on stage and off after tornadoes By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Nashville musicians banded together both in their community, but also on stage during a benefit concert Monday night called “To Nashville, With Love” featuring a dozen artists playing to raise money for relief efforts. Continue reading
Mar 04 Cellphone alerts helped Tennessee couple escape to basement By Teresa M. Walker, Associated Press A grim search continued Wednesday for survivors of deadly tornadoes in Tennessee, where 24 people were killed and 21 others remain missing. Some survivors credit the alerts that blared from their cellphones for saving their lives. Continue reading
Mar 03 Biden wins Tennessee primary By Gretchen Frazee Former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the Tennessee primary. Continue reading
Mar 03 Tornadoes kill at least 25, shred dozens of buildings around Nashville By Travis Loller, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press The twisters that struck in the hours after midnight shredded more than 140 buildings and buried people in piles of rubble and wrecked basements. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 4:17 News Wrap: Syria’s Assad vows to continue retaking territory, despite Turkish opposition In our news wrap Monday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is congratulating his forces for major gains in the country’s last rebel strongholds. The Russian-backed blitz has recaptured Aleppo and much of Idlib province -- and driven nearly 900,000 people to… Continue watching
Jan 24 Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Tennessee has become the latest to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs. Continue reading
Jan 14 Anti-LGBT adoption bill heads to Tennessee governor By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press The governor declined to comment Tuesday on whether he would sign the bill, saying he had not read it yet. Continue reading