Tag Archives: tennessee

Nashville police say Riley Strain's death was accidental with 'no foul play-related trauma'

Nashville authorities say Riley Strain’s death was likely “accidental” and not the result of foul play, according to local news. Workers along the Cumberland River in West Nashville found Strain, a 22-year-old University of Missouri senior who went missing on March 8 after going out downtown, in the water on the morning of March 22. The Metro Nashville Police Department …

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Memphis police searching for suspect in 'targeted' Walmart shooting, victim in critical condition

Memphis police are searching for a suspect who allegedly shot a man inside a Walmart on Germantown Parkway on Friday afternoon. Police said in an alert that the suspect fled in a black Mazda SUV. The police department confirmed to Fox News Digital that the suspect is a former employee at the store and the shooting was targeted. The victim …

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Musicians in Tennessee can now sue over AI-created impersonations, governor warns tech can 'destroy' industry

The governor of Tennessee has approved a law that aims to protect musical artists from exploitation or replication by artificial intelligence. Gov. Bill Lee signed into law the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act on Thursday at a honky-tonk bar in Nashville. “There are certainly many things that are positive about what AI does,” Lee said during the …

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Riley Strain found: Nashville police locate body of college student who went missing after night out

Nashville, Tennessee, police said on Friday they found the body of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri senior who went missing on March 8 after going out downtown. Authorities said Strain’s body was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville on Friday morning, about 8 miles from downtown. Police said on X that no foul play-related trauma was observed, …

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Tennessee Senate passes $2B business tax cut in bid to dodge lawsuit

The Tennessee Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $2 billion tax and refund for businesses, a proposal designed to prevent threats of a potential lawsuit even as critics warned the so-called solution was rushed without being properly vetted and shrouded in mystery. Starting last fall, Republican legislative leaders say a law firm representing a large group of businesses contacted the …

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Tennessee backhoe operator rescued 12 hours after dirt pit collapses, ‘completely’ buries him

A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded around 11:20 p.m. to a landslide incident on Keg Springs Road in the Hampshire Community in Lewis County, and found that the face of a chert …

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Tennessee fisherman reels in an alligator as wildlife officials say reptiles are 'expanding their range'

A fisherman in Tennessee has reeled in an alligator that wildlife officials suspect was “being illegally held in captivity and possibly released” into a lake in the eastern part of the state. The unusual catch of the 3- to 4-foot-long reptile in Norris Lake on Monday comes as state wildlife officials say that alligators are “naturally expanding their range into …

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TikTokers find ‘great lead’ in Riley Strain’s Nashville vanishing as city hunts for missing student: friend

Two TikTok users assisting with the search for missing college student Riley Strain found his credit card near the Cumberland River in Nashville while they were livestreaming, according to a spokesperson for the Strain family. TikTok users @nobodyleftbehind13 and @annaclendening were filming their search live from Nashville on TikTok along with a third user who helped organize the stream, @rileylively, …

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Judge orders FBI to hand over trans school shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto

A federal judge in Tennessee has ordered the FBI to hand over the “manifesto” left behind by a transgender killer who gunned down three adults and three children at the Covenant Christian School in Nashville last year before responding officers put an end to the mayhem. Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who police said identified as a trans male and went by …

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