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Country Artists Mickey Guyton, Kane Brown and Jimmie Allen Make History at 2021 ACM Awards

Sunday night hosted the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Shanelle Genai

4/19/21 12:30PM

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Nashville Police Were Warned Last Year That Suicide Bomber Was Building Explosives in His RV, But Didn’t Search It

There’s been a curiously quiet reaction to the Christmas Day RV bombing that took place in downtown Nashville last…

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RV Explodes in Nashville in Apparent Intentional Christmas Day Attack, Police Say They May Have Found Human Remains on the Scene

This year is determined to bring the dramatic and unexpected until the very last minute. Case in point: a…

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Black Man Exonerated and Released From Nashville Prison After Serving 15 Years for a Murder He Didn't Commit

After spending 15 years in a Nashville, Tenn., prison, a Black man was exonerated of a brutal murder after a judge…

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Ex-NYPD Officer Ordered to Pay $1 Million to Black Tennessee Woman Whose Home He Broke Into Before Hurling Racial Slurs

Does anyone remember Michael J. Reynolds, the former officer with the New York Police Department who flew to…

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D.L. Hughley Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Collapsing On Stage in Nashville

Comedian D.L. Hughley has COVID-19. He was diagnosed with coronavirus after being tested at a hospital in Nashville…

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Oprah Discusses Partnership With NashvilleNurtures to Provide Food Relief for 10,000 Families

On Tuesday, members of the press participated in a Zoom roundtable conference with journalist, mogul and…

J'na Jefferson

5/20/20 4:30PM

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Nashville Police 'Dismissive' After NAACP President Reports Finding Bullseye in His Front Yard

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery as well as the effort to re-open states despite COVID-19 ravaging black communities has…

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We're Just Not Built for This (and It's Fine to Admit That)

When faced with a life-altering and potentially life-ending crisis—a cancer diagnosis, for instance, or a terrorist…

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Racist Cop Who Kicked in Black Woman's Door Is Still a Cop: But Why Though?

You may remember reports of New York City police officer Michael J. Reynolds landing in Nashville, Tenn. in July…

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Nashville Police Officer Resigns After Video Surfaces of Him Brutally Slamming Black Woman Against a Car

A Nashville police officer who is under investigation for using excessive force during a traffic stop has submitted…

Jay Connor

8/01/19 5:30PM

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Greedy Developers Try to Bully 94-Year-Old Black Woman Out of Her Property in Nashville

We are seeing it more and more in cities across the country: Greedy developers infringing on the lives of black and…

Monique Judge

5/31/19 9:00AM

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Tennessee Church Shooter Sentenced to Life Without Parole

It took a Tennessee jury less than two hours of deliberation to sentence Emanuel Kidega Samson for his fatal role in…

Jay Connor

5/29/19 2:00PM

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Why They Kneel: Stopped, Shot and Killed in Nashville and Houston

To examine the injustice and inequality that prompted some NFL players to protest during the national anthem, each…

Michael Harriot

11/26/18 7:30PM

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'Tired of Talking': Nashville Community Demands Police Chief's Resignation After Cop Shoots Black Man in Back

Pastor Harris is referring to 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick, who was fatally shot in the back after running from…

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Accused Waffle House Killer’s $2 Million Bail Revoked; Police Investigate Father Who May Have Given Back Confiscated AR-15

Updated Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 3 p.m. EDT: A $2 million bond set for accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking…

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Nude Gunman Kills 4 at Waffle House in Tennessee; Still on the Run: Police

Police in Tennessee say they are on the hunt for a man named Travis Reinking in the killing of four people at a…

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Watch: Freed After 20 Years in Prison, but Now the Government Wants to Send Him Back

Matthew Charles was released in 2016 after being incarcerated for more than 20 years. But now the Justice Department…

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‘They’ve Chose a Real Good Color’: Owner of Defaced Confederate Eyesore Will Keep the Pink

To call it the ugliest Confederate statue in America seems a bit redundant, but the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest…

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Tenn. Teacher Suspended After Video Posted to Social Media Shows Hijab Being Removed From Student’s Head

Another day, another video leaked of ridiculous behavior in a school. This time, video circulating across the…

Breanna Edwards

11/13/17 8:48AM

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