Tennessee

CMT pulls Jason Aldean music video that was filmed at a lynching site

By Maria Sherman, Associated Press

In the video, Aldean performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee -- the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old Black teenager named Henry Choate.

Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program

By Associated Press

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges

By Bruce Schreiner, Dylan Lovan, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

How a 950-mile bike ride is helping Cherokee youth reclaim their history

By Adam Kemp, Gabrielle Hays, Hannah Grabenstein

For the 15th straight year Cherokee youth are retracing the Trail of Tears on bikes in hopes of achieving a deeper understanding of their homeland and the forced removal that took it away.

Memphis students build on long legacy of R&B and soul artists from their community

At the Stax Music Academy in Memphis, students learn the fundamentals of music, building on the long legacy of R&B and soul artists who emerged from their local communities. The NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs produced this story for our arts…

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Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps

By Adrian Sainz, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled that the first-in-the-nation law was "unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad," and encouraged "discriminatory enforcement."…

News Wrap: Biden signs debt limit deal in final days before deadline

In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit and avoid a potentially catastrophic default, three Israeli troops and an Egyptian officer died in an unusual shootout on the Israel-Egypt border, more than 280…

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Federal judge rules Tennessee's anti-drag law 'unconstitutionally vague'

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

A Trump-appointed federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

Republicans use nonviolent state capitol protests to redefine 'insurrection'

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The silencing of a transgender lawmaker in Montana marks the third time in five weeks that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections.

WATCH: Biden thanks Tennessee 3 for 'standing up for our kids'

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Monday welcomed to the Oval Office the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse.