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A Tennessee couple found transporting millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine was killed in Texas on Thursday during a traffic stop shootout with law enforcement, authorities said. Edward and Elizabeth Stevenson were first identified through undercover buys of illegal drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The undercover work allowed investigators to get a search warrant for the Stevensons’ …

Authorities in Tennessee confirmed that five people were arrested over the weekend on multiple charges in connection to an attempted murder that occurred in August 2023, that left the victim with a skull fracture during an attack with a baseball bat and skillet. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office announced that the charges against the five suspects stem from an investigation …

Abargestruck the Fort Madison Bridge in Iowa on Thursday and later sank in the Mississippi River. The incident occurred shortly after 1 p.m., prompting the closure of the near 100-year-old swing gate bridge, but it was reopened around 4:15 p.m., officials said. There were no injuries reported. The U.S. Coast Guard tells Fox News Digital that there were 15 barges …

Police responding to a domestic disturbance early Friday in Memphis fatally shot an armed suspect and an injured man at the scene was hospitalized, authorities said. Officers heard an active disturbance when they arrived around 3 a.m. and found the wounded man, Memphis Police said in a statement on social media. An armed suspect charged at police and one officer …

Wedding planning is a journey full of important but creative decisions. Each choice you make for your big day can saddle you with expenses or be a quick bill you pay on the spot. Today, more brides are saving money by making their own unique wedding display items. One DIY wedding trend on the rise is growing wedding flowers and …

The historic cicada invasion is upon us! Noisy flying insects known as cicadas have begun emerging from the ground and have been spotted buzzing around North Carolina and South Carolina before they will eventually appear across 15 other states. The one to two-inch-longbugs are rising from the soil and growing wings before they then start a frantic mating frenzy lasting …

Tennessee lawmakers have sent a “blended sentencing” bill to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk that will crack down on lenient punishments for the worst of the worst juvenile offenders by handing them adult punishments after they age out of the juvenile system. Under current law, the juvenile justice system loses jurisdiction over a young offender after his or her 19th birthday. …

A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC entered into a consent judgment, in which the company agrees to …

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) sent a letter to the United Nations in response to the Biden administration’s sweeping changes to Title IX. The brief requested that male participation in female sports be treated as an act of violence against women. The letter was first obtained by the Washington Examiner. Title IX is a civil rights law that …

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on Thursday introduced a resolution to recognize Oct. 10 as “American Girls in Sports Day” amid the Biden administration’s Title IX revisions, according to a press release exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. Tennessee is among the six states that have sued the Department of Education due to the overhaul of Title IX of the …