Officially the State of Tennessee, a Southeastern U.S. state with a capital in Nashville.
Homeland Security Investigations has executed a court-authorised search of Representative Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on 12 October as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation. Agents have seized phones, notebooks, a passport and computers; grand jury subpoenas have been issued to some relatives. No charges have been announced.
The Mississippi Attorney General has cleared Sgt. Hunter Foster of criminal wrongdoing in Kohen Wiley’s June 14 shooting in a Senatobia Walmart parking lot. Video released shows the incident and the officer firing as the vehicle moves away. Kohen’s family, represented by Ben Crump, calls for a federal investigation amid ongoing disputes over whether the force was justified.
Democrats have gained ground on voter confidence in elections as concerns about ballot integrity rise among Republicans. AP-NORC data shows Democrats retain higher trust while Republicans grow more confident than four years ago; fear of federal overreach and threats to voting processes shape the landscape ahead of Election Day.
The Mississippi attorney general has ruled the shooting of Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old in Senatobia, justified. Video shows officers pursuing two women for alleged shoplifting before a moving car was fired upon, killing Kohen and injuring another. Families dispute the claim of imminent danger as protests continue.
The president has floated renaming major bodies of water and asked Google Maps to handle the changes; Google reportedly rejects the plan, citing governance across many countries. Earlier talks touched Gulf and Lake Ontario renamings, with mixed uptake and ongoing mapping tensions.
The failed Sept. 30 lethal injection attempt in Tennessee has prompted a state-wide pause on executions as officials review procedures after Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital. A detailed chronology shows IV team doubts and repeated vein searches, raising questions about medical standards in death-chamber protocols.
The US Federal Trade Commission, alongside 20 states, has filed a lawsuit accusing Dollar General of deceptive pricing. The retailer allegedly mislabeled prices on shelves, price tags, and advertisements, overcharging shoppers and failing to fix the issue despite extensive corporate knowledge. The action follows thousands of complaints and centers on stores serving lower-income, rural communities.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit joined by 20 states alleging that Dollar General has repeatedly mislabeled prices and overcharged shoppers, failing to correct the problem despite corporate knowledge. The suit, filed in Tennessee federal court, targets thousands of stores and cites tens of thousands of consumer complaints as evidence of ongoing harm.
Astronomers have released the Lumina model, a large-scale simulation of the universe’s formation in its first two billion years after the Big Bang. The effort uses Frontier supercomputing to map how dark matter and gas shaped the first galaxies, with Webb Observatory data serving as a cross-check. The work aims to test if the laws of physics have the same implications across cosmic time.
Christa Pike has survived an attempted execution in Tennessee after authorities used lethal injections; she remains on death row as an independent review is ordered. She has described ongoing pain and emotional trauma, while prosecutors and Trump? (ignore) Governor Bill Lee says the sentence will stand unless courts change it.
The midterm elections have kept Congress in suspense as forecasts have oriented toward Democratic gains in the House and a tighter Senate race. Early results show key contests in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina shaping control, with recounts possible in Alaska and slow returns expected in several close races.
Jacob Morley, serving a life term for murder, has been recaptured in Missouri following his prison escape from Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee on Oct. 25. He stole a farm truck and left behind firearms; a manhunt drew on road cameras, a helicopter, and a broad regional search involving multiple agencies. Morley is awaiting charges in Missouri and faces federal counts for unlawful flight and possessing firearms.
Democrat Scott Colom maintains a slender lead over Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi as provisional ballots are tallied. About 96% of votes are counted, with thousands of provisional and absentee ballots left to resolve by Nov. 10. The outcome could determine whether Colom becomes the first Black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1875 and shape the future party balance in Congress.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on the state’s death row to life without parole. He has said state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values. The move will prevent any future executions under his authority and requires court review for prisoners with multiple felonies.