Tennessee

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.
A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Tennessee prison chief resigns after second failed execution this year

Witness Catherine Sweeney with WPLN recounts the planned execution of Christa Pike at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, US, September 30, 2026. Pike had not been declared dead when the witnesses were asked to leave the room they were witnessing in.

Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution


3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact seized in Memphis, Tennessee

A potentially 3,000-year-old canopic jar was found as it was being smuggled through the city.

 An ancient Imsety canopic jar lid seized by US Customs and Border Protection.

Six people wounded in shooting outside of Tennessee hospital

Six people were wounded in the early morning outside of a hospital near Memphis, Tennessee.

Police tape.

Tennessee court dismisses lawsuit on adoption law religious bias

The Rutan-Rams charged that an adoption agency had told them it went against the agency’s values to place the child in a non-Christian home.

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Kiddush Hashem: Sanctifying God's name in the South - opinion

I was filled with immense pride as a fellow Jew brought unbridled joy to a rowdy redneck crowd that might never before have seen a Jewish performer up close.

 ANDY STATMAN performs at the Grand Ole Opry.

Nine dead in three mass shootings across United States

A surveillance video from the shooting showed people on a crowded street running in panic in the closing moments of the 22-second clip, presumably after gun shots were fired.

 Police tape is pictured at a crime scene after a deadly mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 5, 2022.

Morgan Ortagus slams Tennessee politician for antisemitic comments

State Sen. Frank Niceley was already under fire for saying in a speech last week that the homeless should emulate Adolf Hitler.

Morgan Ortagus

Lawmaker who referenced Hitler says Trump supports Ortagus because she's Jewish

"Senator Niceley should be ashamed of his repeated antisemitic rhetoric," said Ortagus.

 U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus attends a press briefing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019.

TN senator uses Hitler as example of homeless person who 'made history'

The state senator made the comments during a debate on a bill to combat homeless camps.

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Get ready, American cuisine: The Israelis are coming!

Israeli cuisine expands its footprint on the American food scene.

 Galit Grutman

'Maus' banning wasn't antisemitic - Art Spiegelman

In January, a Tennessee school board banned Art Spiegelman's Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'.

 Two books of the graphic novel "Maus" by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are pictured in this illustration, in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 27, 2022.