TENNESSEE

Friday would have been his 81st birthday.

Exxon Mobil closes a Tennessee terminal, while operators shut down two pipelines feeding a Phillips 66 refinery in Illinois.

Communities in the U.S. South and Midwest are turning to online fundraising sites to help rebuild in the wake of the severe weather this Christmas season.

The unseasonal storms spawned over a dozen tornadoes of varying intensity affecting holiday celebrations, with emergency services scrambling to minimize damage.

A grand jury decided Tuesday not to indict police Officer Connor Schilling in the shooting death of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart.

The former Republican senator was 73.

In a major energy deal Monday, Duke Energy Co. will acquire one million new customers with its acquisition of Piedmont Natural gas for $4.9 billion.

Nashville police were still looking for two suspects in the shooting as of Saturday morning.

A police officer was shot and killed Sunday in Memphis at a moment of increased tension over gun control in the U.S.

Tennessee state law may prohibit the city from establishing a minimum-wage level above the federal standard.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden appears at odds with the FBI's stance on the suspect who fatally shot five military personnel in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month.

A high school freshman in Tennessee was upset that students wore Confederate flag shirts and flew the flag from their trucks.

Police are working to confirm more details about the suspect 29-year-old Vincente David Montano, who is said to be homeless.

The officer was shot multiple times by the occupant of a vehicle he had stopped. He is the third police officer slain in the line of duty in Memphis in the last four years.

In Tennessee, acute cases of Hepatitis C have more than tripled in the past seven years.

The Pentagon has asked armed civilians, who have taken to guarding military recruitment centers around the U.S. in the wake of the Chattanooga shootings, to stand down.

The FBI believes gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez acted alone in the attacks on two military sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

"It’s unfair and disgusting that they aren’t protected," New Hampshire resident Brian Blackden said.

A prominent U.S. general has said that in some circumstances it may be appropriate to arm military recruiters.

Andrew Hallinan, who owns a gun store in Florida, said he would would not "arm and train someone who believes the Quran."

"Allowing our National Guard members to carry weapons while on duty gives them the tools they need to serve and protect our citizens."