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Surf dude who saved the world from global cyber attack: Self-taught web geek, 22, is hailed a hero for foiling attack that used stolen NSA spy weapon and wreaked havoc in 99 countries Kim Jong-Un fires ANOTHER ballistic missile 400 miles towards Japan - after months threatening Trump with nuclear war and days after a new president took office in South Korea 'I deliberately tried to miscarry my baby': Sex slave made pregnant by her ISIS captors reveals her agony after leaving the child behind in her bid for freedom Tennessee teacher, 50, bought a $1,500 kayak and planned to 'paddle from San Diego to Mexico with the 15-year-old student he kidnapped' What's on Donald's mind now? Trump accidentally tweets the word 'We' and quickly deletes it - after a week of 'plunging the White House into chaos with his Comey tweets' Trump wants to nominate new FBI director before the end of next week as ... (more)
'Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic': Bullish Trump sends a message to James Comey and his detractors during his first commencement address as president Fashion designer Carolina Herrera's nephew is 'taken hostage and killed by a gang in Venezuela despite his family paying his ransom' 'He's out of control': Former FBI official and White House staffers react to Trump's tweets in real time Hunt the hackers: Gang behind 'unprecedented' attack using 'atom bomb of malware' which has now spread to 130,000 systems are targeted by global task force Anonymous British blogger becomes accidental hero by putting brakes on global cyber attack for just $10 as 'atom bomb of malware' cripples hits more than 100 countries 'I deliberately tried to miscarry my baby': Sex slave made pregnant by her ISIS captors reveals her agony after leaving the child behind in her bid for freedom ... (more)
In this Feb. 18, 2017 file photo, officials look over the scene at Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass, Calif., where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain. A state $5 billion annual plan raises fuel taxes and vehicle fees to pay for repairs to state and local roads, while also providing money for public transit and biking and walking trails.
Ann Coulter did not turn up Thursday in Berkeley where hundreds gathered raucously but peacefully in her absence and lamented what they called the latest blow to free speech in the home of America's free speech... Ann Coulter did not turn up Thursday in Berkeley where hundreds gathered raucously but peacefully in her absence and lamented what they called the latest blow to free speech in the home of America's free speech movement. A young man has been arrested in the death of an 86-year-old California woman who was sexually assaulted and beaten during a morning walk.
The proposed "Tennessee Infants Protection Act" cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 7-2 vote, and is expected to head to the Senate floor as early as next week. If passed, the measure won't prohibit abortion before 20 weeks, but it will introduce a swath of legal entanglements for women who need an abortion after 20 weeks, and for the physicians who provide them.
UT ELECTROACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The description of the University of Tennessee Electroacoustic Ensemble is deceptively simple: The group "performs contemporary improvisational music that incorporates electronics alongside acoustic instruments," if you stop digging at the "About" section of the ensemble's Facebook page.
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump's surprise strikes on Syria, his allies and adversaries have searched for some broader meaning in his decision.
Karl Dean is running for governor of Tennessee in an uphill bid to become the first Democrat elected statewide in the Volunteer State since 2006. Casting himself as a pro-business moderate focused on education and jobs, the former Nashville mayor said he made the call after consultation with family, deciding he had "a reason and purpose" to run and determining there's a path for him to win in a state where Republicans have dominated in recent years.
An unvarnished celebrity outsider who pledged to represent the forgotten laborer took on an intellectual member of the Washington establishment looking to extend a political dynasty in the White House. Andrew Jackson's triumph in 1828 over President John Quincy Adams bears striking similarities to Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton last year, and some of those most eager to point that out are in the Trump White House.
An unvarnished celebrity outsider who pledged to represent the forgotten laborer took on an intellectual member of the Washington establishment looking to extend a political dynasty in the White House. Andrew Jackson's triumph in 1828 over President John Quincy Adams bears striking similarities to Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton last year, and some of those most eager to point that out are in the Trump White House.
Senator Bob Corker, a Republican of Tennessee, deserves credit for saying in public this evening to The New York Times what most prominent Republicans have known and many have said over the past two years. Namely: that Donald Trump is irrational, ill-informed, impulsive, unfit for command, and increasingly a danger to the country and the world.
In the days leading to his inauguration, Donald J. Trump almost certainly has not paused to consider the presidency of James K. Polk, who occupied the White House from 1845 to 1849. But there is an element of the 11th president in the 45th president, especially in the Tennessean's remark that "I intend to be myself president of the U.S." For no one doubts that Mr. Trump intends to be himself as president of the United States.
State House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh is seriously considering joining the race to succeed term-limited Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in 2018. The Ripley Democrat told reporters this week that he would have appeal for voters from both urban and rural areas of the state.
Obamacare's Tennessee inroads tenuous under Trump Tennessee, even without Medicaid expansion, saw a 4 percent decrease in uninsured people from 2010. Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://tnne.ws/2idFAkw Chris Kane had insurance through Community Health Alliance before it went defunct then moved to Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee, now will have to go to Humana.
Formerly conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald have been transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation nine weeks after being separated. Formerly conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald have been transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation nine weeks after being separated.
Donald Trump's hunt for a secretary of state is veering into dramatic terrain, with the president-elect summoning Mitt Romney back for a second look as a top aide leads a public pressure campaign against the pick. Trump has a follow-up meeting Tuesday with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who has become a symbol of the internal divisions agitating the transition team.
Donald Trump's hunt for a secretary of state is veering into dramatic terrain, with the president-elect summoning Mitt Romney back for a second look as a top aide leads a public pressure campaign against the pick. Trump has a follow-up meeting Tuesday with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who has become a symbol of the internal divisions agitating the transition team.
But like it or not, President Barack Obama has become an unofficial ambassador of sorts for President-Elect ... Mr. Andreas, right, meeting with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a Kremlin reception in Moscow in 1988.
Washington insiders say the city is just now recovering from the shock of election night. The Trump transition team is described as a continuation of the campaign-a little chaotic, seat of the pants, at times, and the President-elect is making all the calls.