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Country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, helped create a free grocery in Nashville to offer dignity to low-income people when shopping for food.

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift its person of the year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team to publicly acknowledge meeting with Shohei Ohtani when manager Dave Roberts disclosed what he said was a two-to-three hour get-together at Dodger Stadium a few days ago.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Ozzie Smith have agreed to manage or coach in a May 25 tribute to he Negro Leagues All-Star Game at the Hall of Fame’s Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York.

Big-name free agents appear in no hurry to strike deals at the winter meetings, biding time until Shohei Ohtani potentially breaks the record for richest contract set 4 1/2 years ago by Mike Trout.

The playoff beard had been shaved off well before fresh-faced Ryan Blaney arrived in Nashville to celebrate his first NASCAR championship.

Corey Perry says he has begun working with mental health and substance abuse experts to discuss his struggles with alcohol after the Chicago Blackhawks terminated his contract for engaging “in conduct that is unacceptable” and against team policies.

Ryan Blaney already has his eyes on another prize.

It’s her, hi — Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist.

The Chicago Blackhawks say veteran Corey Perry engaged in unacceptable conduct and took a step toward terminating his contract.

Country singer Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” tops Apple Music’s global song chart in 2023.

The U.S. Men's National soccer team will play a friendly at the home of San Antonio FC.

Lainey Wilson took home five trophies including entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.

Nashville Police Chief John Drake says he’s “disturbed” over the unauthorized release of writings from the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at The Covenant School in March.

Seattle Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky is expected to miss six to eight weeks after being injured in the team's game Saturday against the New York Rangers.

In July, country music star Craig Morgan re-enlisted in the Army Reserves at age 59.

The net worth of the typical U.S. household grew at the fastest pace in more than three decades from 2020 through 2022, while relatively low interest rates at that time made it easier for households to pay their debts.

Maren Morris has filed for divorce from her husband Ryan Hurd, citing the prominent country music couple’s “irreconcilable differences” after five years of marriage.

Carson Beck threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as top-ranked Georgia shook off both an early kickoff and losing star tight end Brock Bowers to a left foot injury before halftime in beating Vanderbilt 37-20 Saturday.

Keith Urban and Kix Brooks of powerhouse duo Brooks & Dunn will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 53rd anniversary gala held at Nashville’s Music City Center.

Detroit desperately hopes to snap its seven-year playoff drought and becomes part of an NHL trend.

Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones has filed a federal lawsuit challenging his expulsion and House rules restricting lawmakers’ floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day.

Railroad unions are calling for a review following the death of a worker who was pinned between two cars over the weekend by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio.

New Columbus Blue Jackets coach Mike Babcock says he did nothing wrong in asking players to show him photos off their phone.

A doctor is turning to creating artificial intelligence to record and analyze ear drum videos.

Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge.

Republican lawmakers had voted to silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during a House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.

Signs have returned to the Tennessee Capitol complex after a judge agreed to temporarily block a new rule advanced by House Republicans that had largely banned them.

Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Legislature will soon return to the state Capitol months after a deadly school shooting.

Country music icon Luke Combs will be in San Antonio next May as part of his upcoming Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour.

Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections.

Taylor Swift tops the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards nominations.

A new class of meme stocks has sprung up during the stock market’s surprise recent rally, raising concerns about investors’ willingness to take on bigger risks amid a still uncertain economy.

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have reclaimed their legislative seats after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being accused of violating the privacy of its transgender clinic patients by turning their records over to Tennsessee’s attorney general.

Families connected to a Nashville school that experienced a fatal shooting earlier this year have created nonprofits to not only promote school safety and mental health resources, but also to form an action fund to push legislative policy changes.

Country music star Jason Aldean has released a controversial music video for his latest single, “Try That In A Small Town."

Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest challenge his Georgia Bulldogs face while trying to add a third straight national football championship.

Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have raised more than $2 million combined after Republican lawmakers abruptly expelled the Democrats this spring for their gun control protest on the House floor.

Nashville music executive Jerry Bradley, who signed Alabama and Ronnie Milsap and helped brand the outlaws style of country music during a 40-year career, has died.

A severe complication from weight-loss surgery done years ago is the reason for Lisa Marie Presley's death in January at age 54.

Ticketmaster abruptly postponed ticket sales for six of Taylor Swift's upcoming shows in France on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court's ruling that had prohibited Tennessee from enacting a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

The Chicago Blackhawks acquired their latest generational talent along with a big dose of speed in one of the NHL’s largest draft hauls.

Tennessee State announced it will become the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey.

The NHL and NHLPA are launching a new Player Inclusion Coalition aimed at diversifying hockey and making it more welcoming.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Tennessee-born transgender plaintiffs who want to change the sex designations on their birth certificates.

A lockdown on a Tennessee’s legislative office building in Nashville has been lifted.

Tennessee’s top legal chief says that Vanderbilt University Medical Center turning over medical records for transgender patients is part of a “run-of-the-mill fraud investigation.”.

Ryman plans to continue to operate the San Antonio resort under the JW Marriott brand.

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

Conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and commissions across the United States over the past couple years are now pressing agendas that include election distrust, skepticism of government and a desire to have religion play a greater role in public decision-making.

DeFord Bailey was known as both the “Harmonica Wizard” and a Grand Ole Opry pioneer.

Closing arguments are expected to begin Tuesday at the second rape trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson.

Roan Forest Elementary School Music Teacher Matthew Trevino is one of just 30 music teachers across the country to receive the award.

Pop star Taylor Swift had a surprise announcement for fans in Nashville during her Eras tour when she revealed she'll be releasing a re-recorded version of her 2010 record “Speak Now.”.

Organizers of Pride festivals and parades in conservative states are under increasing pressure to censor their events or ban drag performances.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says a special lawmaking session dedicated to possible changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting last month would likely have to take place after July 4.

The Oakland Athletics are packing their bags for Las Vegas, a long-expected move that will affect far more baseball fans than in those two cities.

Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in gun protests will visit the White House on Monday.

In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are sending to Republican Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that further protects gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits.

The recently reinstated Rep. Justin Jones carried an infant-sized casket into Tennessee’s Capitol as protesters calling for gun safety legislation outside the Capitol were blocked from bringing caskets inside.

While almost every sector of higher education has fewer students registering for classes, many trade programs are booming.

The NHL playoffs are going on without Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the first time since their rookie year in 2006.

Country artist HARDY leads the Academy of Country Music Awards nominees with seven including song of the year for “Wait in the Truck,” featuring Lainey Wilson.

Commissioners in Memphis have voted to reinstate the second of two Black Democrats kicked out of the Republican-led Tennessee House.

Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats.

Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures.

Vice President Kamala Harris has made a last-minute trip to Tennessee to support two Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by the Republican-controlled state House for their role in a protest following a deadly school shooting in Nashville.

Tennessee Republicans expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature last week for their role in a protest calling for more gun control.

Mike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian who was among the six people killed in last week’s attack at a Nashville elementary school, is being remembered for his loving nature, his culinary skills and his faith.

San Antonio’s Dawson Wayne advanced to the showstoppers round.

As students across Nashville were walking out of class to protest gun violence following a school shooting last week, police released new information into the investigation.

It’s Palm Sunday.

A new gun law has already prevented some potentially dangerous people from owning guns.

As Tom Czyz squeezed off round after round into a series of glass panes, representatives from both public school districts and private schools watched intently, with their phones out recording.

Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister.

Funeral services are set for the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack on what should have been a normal day of school.

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years.

Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have quickly emerged.

Hundreds of people have gathered at a candlelight vigil to mourn the three children and three adults slain in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Public outrage is swift following mass shootings such as the one that killed six people at a Nashville elementary school.

Around the U.S., private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans.

Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan McDonagh and his teammates took the ice on Tuesday night in Boston while thinking about the tragedy back home.

Most accredited private schools must have emergency plans in place, which include training and having direct communication lines with local law enforcement and emergency responders.

The head of the Christian elementary school in Nashville who was killed in a shooting there on Monday was described by friends as someone who would run toward danger and a rare female leader within a male-led religious culture.

Here’s some of what we know and don’t know about the deadly shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville.

Fifteen mass shootings at U.S. schools since 1999’s massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado have killed a total of 175 victims.

A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children about Kenya, where she works as a pediatric surgeon, when she drove out of the parking lot looking for a Starbucks.

Uvalde community members, including families of victims, reacted to news of yet another school shooting. Many demanding change and action.

Tennessee has long championed its musical and creative communities, but some musicians and artists feel threatened by its new laws targeting trans youth and drag performances.

Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country.

Alabama is No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the season Houston is No. 2 and Big Ten champion Purdue was third.

March Madness isn’t just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets.

Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 for its second Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in three seasons.

An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting attack that killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee.

Joe Edwards, who chronicled Tennessee news for more than 40 years as a newsman for The Associated Press and helped “Rocky Top” become a state song, has died.

Tennessee State University is hoping to make history after their marching band was nominated for a Grammy in the roots gospel category.

Tennessee officials have conceded two of the people most responsible for overseeing the state's lethal injection drugs testified incorrectly under oath that they were testing the chemicals for bacterial contamination.

Singer Elle King's rock music has always been banjo-based so her decision to release a country album just made sense.