In lonely, divided times, author Carlos Whittaker has a key message: 'Start walking with people' again
Carlos Whittaker of Nashville is author of a new book, "How to Human," which aims to bring people together again. Fox News Digital asked him three key questions — and features a book excerpt, too.
foxnews.com2 Tenn. officials fired after lethal injection errors noted
The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its longtime top attorney and another employee following a scathing independent report on failures within the state's lethal injection system. Debbie Inglis, deputy commissioner and general counsel, and Kelly Young, the inspector general, received notices of “expiration of your executive service appointment” on Dec. 27, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests. The firings came a day before the Republican governor publicly released the report, whose findings cited widespread failures to conduct required testing on the injection drugs under Tennessee's own rules, among other issues identified.
news.yahoo.comBuffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to attend wild-card playoff game two weeks after collapse
Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest during a game at Cincinnati two weeks ago, plans to attend Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, a person with direct knowledge of the player’s schedule told The Associated Press.
chicagotribune.comPower failures amplify calls for utility to rethink gas
A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority's recent decision to double down on fossil fuels. TVA experienced its highest ever winter peak-power demand on Dec. 23 as an arctic blast brought blinding blizzards, freezing rain and frigid cold from Maine to Seattle. The Tennessee Valley Authority said in an email that a combination of high winds and freezing temperatures caused its coal-burning Cumberland Fossil Plant to go offline at one point when critical instrumentation froze up.
news.yahoo.comReport: 'Human error' helped spur wrong ballots in Nashville
Tennessee's elections coordinator has determined that Nashville election officials erroneously updated voter lists for last month’s election and failed to follow steps to ensure the final version was accurate through computer mapping programming.
Texans beat skidding Titans 19-14. Now Jaguars vs. Titans will decide AFC South title.
In a game delayed an hour because of rolling power blackouts in Nashville, the Texans snapped a nine-game skid by beating the sliding Tennessee Titans 19-14 Saturday -- sending the Jaguars to the top of the AFC South.
Tennesseans misunderstand abortion law, want exceptions
Most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state's sweeping abortion ban, but they largely don't know the specifics of what's in the law as it stands today, according to new Vanderbilt University polling. The disconnect comes in a state that votes consistently for Republicans and has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Three out of four people polled think that abortion should be legal if the pregnancy results from rape or incest, an exception that doesn't exist in current law.
news.yahoo.comTitans owner saw no need to wait to fire general manager
Amy Adams Strunk's evaluation of Jon Robinson's performance as the Titans' general manager never stopped, and the Tennessee controlling owner said Friday she saw no reason to wait once she decided her franchise needed a change. “At the end of the day, I’ve got to make hard decisions," Strunk told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. Strunk fired Robinson on Tuesday despite the general manager never posting worse than a 9-7 record and going 69-47 with six straight winning seasons.
news.yahoo.comTennessee roads plan mulls toll lanes, electric car fee hike
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering allowing express toll lanes on highways and tripling a fee for electric car owners as he targets his first big push after winning reelection — paying for tens of billions of dollars in roadway projects. The Republican is adamant about what he won't do: Raise the gas tax; add fully tolled roads; or issue debt in lieu of the state's pay-as-you-go road funding method. Lee says the timing is crucial to pivot quickly to roads.
news.yahoo.comTitans coach calls arrest 'devastating,' knows pain caused
Tennessee offensive coordinator Todd Downing said Wednesday he can't think of anything he's faced in his career “much tougher” than what he's dealing with right now, and the issue is all of his own doing. Downing is busy trying to prep for Sunday's game with Cincinnati (6-4) in a rematch of the divisional playoff game the Titans lost in January as the AFC's No. 1 seed while waiting to deal with the consequences of being arrested Nov. 18 for speeding and driving under the influence hours after a big win in Green Bay. “It’s devastating that my actions or anything that I’m involved with could ever bring negative attention to or bring distractions to this organization, to the ownership Miss Amy (Adams Strunk) and to the front office and obviously coach (Mike) Vrabel," Downing said.
news.yahoo.comTitans' timing for 1st Thursday night game couldn't be worse
The Tennessee Titans face their first Thursday night game this season at the worst moment possible. Yes, the Titans (6-3) are coming off a 17-10 win over Denver, their sixth in seven games. Then Tennessee lost three more to injuries during the game.
news.yahoo.comRiver City Beats with the Sean McCarthy Band
Hailing from Fernandina Beach, Florida, Sean McCarthy – Nashville recording artist, songwriter, acoustic guitarist and lead vocalist fronts southern coastal group Sean McCarthy Band. The band’s music is a rich blend of Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Trop Rock and Americana (or Trop-i-cana as Sean calls it.) Rounding out the band is pedal steel player Olin “Hotshot” Carter, lead guitarist Marcus Carter, bass player Ernie Ealum and percussionist Daniel Daly.
Tennessee high court reverses Judd death investigation order
Tennessee’s high court on Thursday vacated a ruling that required police to publicly release their investigation of country singer Naomi Judd’s death. The state Supreme Court did not rule on whether the records can be released, but sent the case back to the lower court for another hearing. Judd's family filed a petition in Williamson County Chancery Court in August, saying the police records contain video and audio interviews with relatives in the immediate aftermath of Judd’s death.
news.yahoo.comWH COVID-19 response team says updated vaccine should provide protection for a year
In response to a question from Yahoo News Senior White House Correspondent Alexander Nazaryan about how vaccines will keep up with potentially changing COVID-19 variants, White House COVID-19 response team members Dr. Ashish Jha and Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the updated vaccine to target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants should provide protection for most Americans for a year.
news.yahoo.comNaomi Judd autopsy confirms country singer's cause of death
An autopsy report in the death of country singer Naomi Judd that was obtained Friday by The Associated Press confirmed what family members have already said about how she died. Judd, 76, killed herself with a gun on April 30 at her home in Tennessee. “She was treated for PTSD and bipolar disorder, to which millions of Americans can relate.”
news.yahoo.comTitans linebacker Dupree pleads guilty in drugstore assault
Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Bud Dupree pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an altercation in a Nashville drugstore. Dupree was sentenced to 6 months of supervised probation, according to the judgement filed Monday. Police said Dupree grabbed a Walgreens employee and the man's phone after the employee had argued with some shoppers on the evening of Jan. 2.
news.yahoo.comSouthern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in the wake of its multiple problems related to clergy sex abuse. The SBC's Executive Committee has received a subpoena, but no individuals have been subpoenaed at this point, according to the committee's lawyers. “This is an ongoing investigation and we are not commenting on our discussions with DOJ,” they said.
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