Tennessee

News from the state of Tennessee

Southern Baptist Convention faces push from the right

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push to wrest control of the denomination by ultraconservatives...

GM exec: company to announce more battery plants this week

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DETROIT — The president of General Motors says his company plans to announce more U.S. battery factories later this week. ...

Convict sentenced to life without parole in official’s death

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RIPLEY, Tenn. — A convicted felon was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in a deal with prosecutors in the rape and...

Southern Baptists quash expanded sex abuse probe, for now

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee on Monday quashed a push for an independent committee to lead a probe of its...

Tennessee Nissan plant union election set; small unit denied

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal regulators have denied a union's push...

Southern Baptists meet amid controversy over leaked letters

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from...

Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how...

Heavy rains soak parts of Appalachia, northern Mississippi

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Storms with soaking rains drenched a wide swath of Appalachia and northern Mississippi this week, swamping farmland, flooding bridges, stranding people...

Southern Baptist board OKs probe into sex abuse controversy

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee said Friday it is contracting an outside firm to investigate its actions...

Secret recordings show Southern Baptist dispute on sex abuse

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Releases of leaked letters and secret recordings from within the Southern Baptist Convention intensified Thursday as critics sought to show top...