TN Progressive

• A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
• The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
• Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
• What Trae Said! (RoaneViews)
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• Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
• Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
• My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
• July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
• Chef steals food to serve at restaurant? (BlountViews)
• Blount County, TDOT make road deal for gun mfg ignoring town of Louisville,TN, (BlountViews)
• Winter at the Big Rocks (Whitescreek Journal)

TN Politics

• U.S. House GOP mandates Medicaid work requirements in giant bill slashing spending (TN Lookout)
• Trump’s massive deportation database puts students at risk, advocates warn (TN Lookout)
• UT system loses $37.7M in federal grants; Institute of Agriculture is hardest hit (TN Lookout)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency continues traffic stops, arrests in Nashville (TN Lookout)
• Trump again tries to defund NPR and PBS, sparking a new congressional battle (TN Lookout)
• Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to end humanitarian protections for migrants from 4 nations (TN Lookout)

Knox TN Today

• More old Fork schools (Knox TN Today)
• Motoring back in time through Dixie Lee Junction (Knox TN Today)
• HEADLINES 5/13: Hostage release to plan for homeless veterans (Knox TN Today)
• Rosens find son + Real Good Kitchen scores 100 + Joan and Victor at Bistro + + (Knox TN Today)
• UT Arboretum Nature Book Trail features new book about bugs (Knox TN Today)
• Susan Johnson finds answers w/ ‘bankers hours’ (Knox TN Today)
• Nikki Anderson finds her career at a cookware party (Knox TN Today)
• It’s a bit of quiz (Knox TN Today)
• Gas up & go to Dollywood (Knox TN Today)
• FirstBank is official bank of Knoxville Smokies (Knox TN Today)
• December football outlook: No playoff, maybe Pop Tarts (Knox TN Today)
• THP makes ‘Major’ promotion: It’s now Major Stacey Heatherly (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• Trial of Knoxville man accused of killing his former boss underway (WATE)
• KPD: West High School teacher indicted on multiple aggravated statutory rape charges (WBIR)
• Trooper describes rescue of injured hiker stuck in the Smoky Mountains (WATE)
• East TN students search for answers in 40-year-old Campbell County cold case (WATE)
• Knox County offices in West Knoxville to relocate to larger facility (WATE)
• Two Sevier County schools honored for 100% voter registration (WATE)
• Applications for Tennessee's new school voucher program to open on May 15 (WATE)
• Knox Co. Mayor announces project to build 'tiny home village' for homeless veterans (WBIR)
• 'Sweet, brave girl' | Surviving dog from suspected animal cruelty case in Knoxville finds her forever home (WBIR)
• Blount County students receive grants, scholarships to pursue careers in construction (WBIR)
• Victim's widow, bar patron sue The Pint House after deadly 2024 shooting (WBIR)
• Dolly Parton's water park vision flowed into reality with 'Splash Country' (WBIR)

News Sentinel

State News

• Dominant Doyle delivering a season to remember with the Vols - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• School bus safety weighs on Hamilton County drivers, schools - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Urban Story Ventures buys Hixson shopping center - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Proposal withdrawn for Tunnel Boulevard development in Eastdale - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• US cuts tariffs on small parcels from Chinese firms like Shein and Temu - BBC (Business)
• Chinese Stocks Slide as Trade Truce Seen Dashing Stimulus Hopes - Bloomberg.com (Business)
• XRP price stalls as SEC Chair Paul Atkins vows to end ad hoc enforcement - FXStreet (Business)
• The way you use ChatGPT can show your age, Sam Altman says - Business Insider (Business)
• Morning Bid: With a hiatus in the trade war, it is back to the grind - Reuters (Business)
• Baltimore City Fire on the scene of major multi-story warehouse fire in West Baltimore - WMAR 2 News Baltimore (US News)
• Trump’s gifted Qatari 747 would be a security problem, officials say - The Washington Post (US News)
• Trump just brought a group of white South Africans to the US as refugees. What are they escaping? - AP News (US News)
• How Trump managed to get his much-needed China trade victory - CNN (US News)
• Josh Hawley warns against Medicaid cuts and says Republicans are in ‘identity crisis’ - The Guardian (US News)
• House GOP reveals Trump’s tax breaks for tips, overtime and car loans, but costs run high - AP News (US News)
• California Gov. Newsom tells cities to ban homeless encampments - Axios (US News)
• Feds order ground stop at Newark as meltdown continues at NJ airport - Gothamist (Business)
• Trump's executive order to lower drug prices may not do much of that - Axios (US News)
• Ticketmaster proudly announces it will follow the law and show prices up-front - Engadget (Business)