Harsh has cold descended on the nation’s midsection as a polar vortex grips the Rockies and northern Plains.

Denver Jones scored 21 points as No. 1 Auburn held off Vanderbilt 80-68 Tuesday night to avoid the Tigers’ first losing skid of the season.

Miami police seized more than 3500 pairs of stolen designer sunglasses.

Police say two people have been charged in the death of a Fort Campbell soldier who was stabbed nearly 70 times.

The Trump administration has told the Supreme Court that the federal government no longer backs transgender minors and their families in Tennessee who are challenging a state ban on gender-affirming care.

Officials in eastern Tennessee say two people were killed when severe storms with two tornadoes moved through the region.

Zee Spearman scored 18 points, including a basket with 12 seconds left, to lead No. 19 Tennessee to an 80-76 win over No. 5 UConn on Thursday night.

Southern Cal’s second loss of the season has dropped the Trojans to seventh in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

The NCAA has settled the lawsuit with the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia and other states over its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits.

Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.

The chairman of the NHL’s Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group including Candace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and entertainers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

Koby Brea scored 18 points to lead No. 12 Kentucky to a 78-73 victory over No. 8 Tennessee.

Tennessee women's basketball coach Kim Caldwell returned to the sideline a week after giving birth to a son and was greeted with a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 12,000.

Auburn is the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the second consecutive week.

Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No. 6 Tennessee.

Tyler Nickel’s 3-pointer with 1:50 left put Vanderbilt ahead to stay as the Commodores upset a Top 10 team on their home court for a second straight Saturday by beating No. 9 Kentucky 74-69.

Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a Nashville high school cafeteria.

Police say at least two have been students wounded by gunfire Wednesday at a Nashville high school and that the situation has been contained.

The draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars at a weekend auction for dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter.

Jason Edwards scored 18 points as Vanderbilt held off No. 6 Tennessee 76-75 for the Commodores’ second straight win.

The Tennessee Titans hired Kansas City assistant general manager Mike Borgonzi as their general manager.

Local 10 News has obtained exclusive body camera video showing the moments Miami Beach police busted a duo wanted in a $1.7 million dollar jewelry heist out of Nashville, Tennessee.

Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history.

Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues.

Millions of residents across the Southern U.S. woke up to a rare chance to bust out the mittens and snow pants thanks to a cold snap that dumped snow in their backyards.

A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has lumbered eastward into the Deep South and elsewhere.

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck appears to be rethinking his plans for 2025 less than two weeks after announcing he would enter the NFL draft.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes losing at Florida will be good for his team.

Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 to knock off the last unbeaten in Division I basketball.

Tennessee picked up four more first-place votes and remains at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.

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Chaz Lanier scored 29 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee over No. 23 Arkansas 76-52 and tie for the best start to a season in program history.

Tennessee remains at No. 1 after a quiet holiday week in the AP Top 25.

Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press found states with restrictive abortion laws have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children.

Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos.

Will Howard threw two touchdown passes to freshman Jeremiah Smith and Ohio State routed Tennessee 42-17 on Saturday night in a first-round College Football Playoff game, setting up a New Year’s Day rematch with No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl.

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A federal judge granted Diego Pavia’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing the quarterback to play the 2025 season and told the NCAA the organization cannot take any action against Vanderbilt or any other university that Pavia plays a fifth season for next year.

Besides first-round games at on-campus sites, the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff also serves up something now for this postseason: cold-weather northern venues as opposed to bowl games in warm, sunny climates.

The College Football Playoff gets started this week with four games on college campuses.

Tennessee remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week, though Auburn has closed the gap at No. 2.

Chaz Lanier scored 22 points, and No. 1 Tennessee beat struggling Miami 75-62 on Tuesday night at the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden.

Tennessee is the new No. 1 in men's college basketball after a massive shakeup in the AP Top 25.

Tennessee is back in the AP Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on transgender-affirming health care for minors as it heard the most high-profile case of its term on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court has heard arguments in just its second major transgender rights case, a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors.

Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival.

Boise State received the fourth and final bye in this week's College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and the Big 12 on the list of power conferences with a gripe.

Carson Beck threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, leading No. 11 Georgia to a 31-17 win over No. 6 Tennessee that gave a huge boost to the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff hopes.

Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava has been cleared to play when the sixth-ranked Volunteers face No. 11 Georgia in a game with major College Football Playoff ramifications.

Georgia running back Trevor Etienne has been ruled out of the big game against Tennessee with a rib injury.

Coach Josh Heupel said No. 6 Tennessee should have quarterback Nico Iamaleava available on Saturday night when the Vols visit 11th-ranked Georgia.

The Department of Justice says federal agents have arrested a Tennessee man who they say was trying to destroy a Nashville electrical substation.

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A duo sought by police in a nearly $2 million armed robbery of a Tennessee jewelry store were jailed in South Florida over the weekend after being captured at a Miami Beach hotel.

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are acquiring three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans.

Oregon has become the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll.

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun after a traffic accident in Franklin, Tennessee, on Thursday.

Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll following thrilling wins in high-profile games.

Dylan Sampson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.

The Southeastern Conference’s biggest shakeups haven’t come courtesy of newcomers Oklahoma and Texas so far, but from more unlikely culprits.

Tennessee election officials are disputing a judge’s ruling that restored the voting rights of four people who can’t have guns under their specific felony offenses.

Hurricane Helene left a devastating mark on the small Latino community that makes up a disproportionate number of workers at a plastics factory in Erwin, Tennessee.

Vanderbilt’s stunning upset of No. 1 Alabama that led to crazed fans marching the goal posts through the streets of Nashville was just the appetizer.

Malachi Singleton scored on an 11-yard run with 1:17 remaining to lift Arkansas to a 19-14 win over No. 4 Tennessee.

Hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities.

A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop.

Rescuers are scouring the mountains of western North Carolina for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene’s remnants caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast.

Alabama has returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide have held the top spot at some point.

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was large and powerful. Its widespread storm surge devastated some coastal areas in Florida, and its far-reaching heavy rains affected Georgia, South Carolina, and mountainous regions in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Patients and their caregivers were rescued from a Tennessee hospital’s roof after flooding caused by Hurricane Helene drove them from the building’s interior and conditions made rescue efforts difficult.

The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached at least 44.

Tennessee’s announcement of a 10% talent fee on 2025 football season tickets to help pay players could have been considered inevitable in the still-evolving era of name, image and likeness compensation.

Tennessee moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll as the Volunteers continue to surge up the rankings, and No. 25 Boise State returned to the AP Top 25 for the first time in four years.

Just a month ago, the long-awaited Jackson Arnold era was underway at Oklahoma.

The trial in the slaying of rapper Young Dolph is set to begin in Memphis, Tennessee.

Tennessee has announced a price hike for football tickets starting in 2025 with most of the increase going specifically to help pay players.

A police lieutenant has testified that three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they failed to say that they punched and kicked Tyre Nichols on required forms submitted after the January 2023 fatal beating.

Trustees for the Southern Baptists' policy arm affirmed the leadership of their president in the face of criticism from some church members.

A federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.

Many rural hospitals have closed in the last decade in the United States and a recent report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform says about 700 more are at risk of shuttering.

Tennessee has announced a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that preserves the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface.

A panel of judges has struck down a Republican-approved 2023 state law that would cut the Democratic-leaning Nashville’s Metro Council in half.

Former President Donald Trump has laid out his plans to wholeheartedly embrace cryptocurrency if elected for a second term.

For weeks, neo-Nazis have made repeat appearances in Nashville, livestreaming antisemitic antics for shock value.

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept.

Drew Beam was a key cog of Tennessee’s pitching staff on its road to a College World Series title.

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico.

A Nashville judge has ruled that the writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public.

A man from Tennessee was arrested over the weekend after police say he left three dogs in a sweltering car outside of a Florida City motel parking lot.

Joey Logano won the rain-delayed race at Nashville Superspeedway in a NASCAR Cup Series-record fifth overtime Sunday night, stretching his fuel enough to hold off a group of pursuers at the finish line.

The Tennessee attorney general’s office says it turned over its investigation into the failed sale of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction to federal authorities.

Winning the national championship validated what already was obvious.

Christian Moore hit a leadoff homer, Dylan Dreiling went deep for the third time in three games and Tennessee won its first national championship in baseball with a 6-5 victory over Texas A&M in Game 3 of the College World Series finals.

A Tennessee state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist have filed a lawsuit challenging a new statute designed to ban adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.

Tyrrell Hatton won the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville event Sunday holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau for the Englishman’s first victory since January 2021.

Tennessee's Dylan Dreiling hit the go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and Nate Snead turned back a threat by Texas A&M in the bottom of the ninth to force a deciding third game of the College World Series finals with a 4-1 victory.