Jonathan Matisse

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. The order comes after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men.

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Tennessee man charged with killing the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home’s yard.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026. The second-term senator's announcement Wednesday sets up a primary clash with U.S. Rep. John Rose. Blackburn is a two-time statewide elected official and ally of President Donald Trump. She says she is running to ensure Tennessee is America's conservative leader.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A December special election in Tennessee will take place to fill an opening left by Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green’s retirement. State officials announced on Thursday an Oct. 7 primary election and a Dec. 2 general election in the district that has reliably favored the GOP in recent elections but includes a chunk of Democratic-voting Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced four nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board, which for months has lacked a quorum because Trump fired some of former President Joe Biden’s picks.

A female student was killed and another student was wounded Wednesday in shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria, police said.