NASHVILLE (AP) — One thing is sure as the newly expanded Southeastern Conference wraps up its regular season: Two new teams has just meant more chaos in a league that seemingly had settled in formation behind Georgia and Alabama.

2. Veterans face challenges starting small businesses but there are plenty of resources to help - Friday, November 8, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Many veterans who've started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part.

3. Southwest settles proxy fight with hedge fund as Q3 profit shrinks. American loses money - Friday, October 25, 2024

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines reached a settlement with an activist investor by agreeing to overhaul its board, ending — at least for now — a monthslong fight with Elliott Investment Management, which is pressuring the airline to boost profits and the stock price.

4. Harris says Trump 'is a fascist' after his ex-chief of staff says he wanted generals like Hitler's - Friday, October 25, 2024

ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said that she believes that Donald Trump "is a fascist" after his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in office and put personal loyalty above the Constitution.

5. Immigrants help power America's economy. Will the election value or imperil them? - Friday, October 18, 2024

BAKER, Nev. (AP) — Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains.

6. Harris campaign calls plagiarism claims a partisan attack. Expert says it was 'sloppy writing' - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign is dismissing accusations that she and a co-author plagiarized parts of a 2009 book on the U.S. criminal justice system as a desperate attempt by "rightwing operatives" to distract voters.

7. Harris is laying out a new plan to empower Black men as she tries to energize them to vote for her - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing a plan to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm.

8. 2 ex-officers convicted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols get home detention while 1 stays in jail - Friday, October 4, 2024

MEMPHIS (AP) — Two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction of justice in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols will be released from jail ahead of sentencing in January, but a third who was found guilty of more serious civil rights violations will remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday.

9. Helene's death toll reaches 200 as crews try to reach the most remote areas hit by the storm - Friday, October 4, 2024

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene's death toll reached 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still, as searchers made their way toward the hardest to reach places in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the storm washed out roads and knocked out electricity, water and cellular service.

10. Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene - Friday, October 4, 2024

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. But these days she's struggling with the trauma of Hurricane Helene and uncertainty about the future of her business.

11. Health or Wealth? Retiree priorities surprising - Friday, October 4, 2024

Despite the assumed importance of health in retirement, nearly two-thirds of Americans appear to have other priorities. A recent poll of 1,000 retirement-age individuals conducted by 55 Places reveals 64% of Americans don’t consider health the most important factor in their retirement planning.

12. Replace Sevier with Elvis? What a Capitol idea - Friday, October 4, 2024

All in all, I’d say Arkansas just one-upped Tennessee, which is not something that happens very often, unless you’re talking about poverty rates or Walmart headquarters. Which I’m not.

13. Vanderbilt's Stassun included in 2024 MacArthur 'genius grant' fellows - Friday, September 27, 2024

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the "genius grant."

Among the 22 fellows, who will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want, is Keivan G. Stassun, 52, of Nashville, a science educator and astronomer at Vanderbilt University who has championed the recruitment of science students from diverse backgrounds, including neurodiverse students, in addition to his research on star evolution.

14. Trump is pointing to new numbers on migrants with criminal pasts. Here's what they show - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are pointing to newly released immigration enforcement data to bolster their argument that the Biden administration is letting migrants who have committed serious crimes go free in the U.S. But the numbers have been misconstrued without key context.

15. A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats - Friday, September 13, 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation's most competitive House districts.

A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A debilitating stroke had left him unable to drive. He had never run for office. For a time, he couldn't vote because of a felony conviction.

16. Pictures worth a thousand songs - Friday, August 30, 2024

Ed Rode didn’t know what he didn’t know. Fortunately, he was in a room with someone who did. As a newly hired photographer at the Nashville Banner in Fall 1990, Rode found himself being assigned large-scale projects like chronicling the emerging work of the recently opened Saturn manufacturing plant, but also smaller, unique-to-Nashville assignments around the music business.

17. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's suspending his presidential bid, backing Trump - Friday, August 23, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy's supporters.

18. Events - Friday, August 23, 2024

Downtown Connect: Happy Hour. Join Area Advisory Councils Downtown Connect co-hosted with Downtown Partnership. The program will be a networking happy hour. More details will be sent to the email that you use to register for this event. Wednesday, 4:30-6 p.m. Fee: Chamber member, free, Future member, $35. Information and registration

19. Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement - Friday, August 16, 2024

A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed "large-scale theft" in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books.

While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target Anthropic and its Claude chatbot.

20. Bradley names 2 practice group leaders - Friday, August 16, 2024

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has selected Scarlett Singleton Nokes as leader of the firm’s government enforcement and investigations practice group and John P. Rodgers as leader of the firm’s labor & employment practice group. Both are partners in the firm’s Nashville office.

21. Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips - Friday, August 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a rejoinder to Republican Donald Trump's effort to woo restaurant and hotel workers by promising to make their tips tax-free.

22. Thompson Burton welcomes 2 attorneys - Friday, July 12, 2024

Thompson Burton has welcomed Brian T. Boyd as a partner and Johnathan E. Billings as an associate.

Boyd, who will start a tax practice at Thompson Burton, is a business litigation attorney based in the firm’s Franklin office. He earned an L.L.M at Georgetown University Law Center and his J.D. At Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Boyd is a University of Tennessee, Chattanooga graduate with a degree in history.

23. Biden campaign's reset after disastrous debate looks a lot like business as usual - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's reset after his disastrous debate performance is looking more like a return to business as usual.

Even as his campaign works to quell Democratic anxiety and reassure spooked donors, Biden has been putting the focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump as a threat to the nation, and trying to get back to doing the job of president.

24. What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court.

25. News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for 'exploitative' copyright infringement - Friday, June 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft, marking a new front in the news industry's fight against unauthorized use of its content on artificial intelligence platforms.

26. College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field - Friday, June 7, 2024

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series begins this week and only two conferences will be represented on the game's biggest stage for the first time since the event expanded to eight teams in 1950.

27. Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration.

28. Will Biden's new border measures be enough to change voters' minds? - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

But it's unclear whether his efforts will be enough to change the minds of voters who have increasingly voiced alarm over the record influx of migrants on his watch. Polls have found immigration and border security to be a top issue this election year and one that has been seized on by former President Donald Trump and his campaign.

29. Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening only once that number declines to 1,500, according to several people familiar with the discussions.

30. Key Republican calls for 'generational' increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries - Friday, May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a "generational investment" in America's defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China.

31. Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening - Friday, May 24, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly frustrated by the state's book bans and worried that she couldn't make a difference remaining in her job.

32. Manning says he has no desire to go from broadcasting to an NFL executive position - Friday, May 24, 2024

DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning was honored for his community work at a banquet Wednesday night. Ahead of the event, he was asked if he had any desire to run an NFL franchise and he said he'd rather stick to his "Monday Night Football" Manningcast with brother Eli that just won its second Sports Emmy award.

33. If you've tried meditating but can't sit still, here's how – and why – to try again - Friday, May 24, 2024

The first time Marcelle Hutchins sat down to meditate, she put on a guided session, relaxed her shoulders and tried to close her eyes. She lasted two minutes.

"I had a deadline, and I thought, 'I don't know if I can sit still this long,'" said Hutchins, who was working as a radio journalist.

34. Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87 - Friday, May 17, 2024

Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals in the history of Wall Street, has died at the age of 87.

A representative at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, owned by Ivan Boesky's daughter, confirmed his death. No other details where given.

35. US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid - Friday, May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States warned on Thursday that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah, the militants' last major stronghold in Gaza.

36. Stites & Harbison hires business litigator - Friday, April 19, 2024

Bridget A. Stewart is joining the business litigation service group at Stites & Harbison, PLLC.

Stewart’s practice focuses on general business and commercial litigation including product liability, professional liability and creditors’ rights matters.

37. Another month of robust US job growth points to continued economic strength - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates.

38. What you need to know about Social Security - Friday, April 5, 2024

Only about one in eight adults know when they’ll be eligible for full retirement benefits through Social Security, the Nationwide Retirement Institute 2023 Social Security Survey revealed. And compared to 2014, fewer people age 50 and up now know whether they might be eligible for Social Security benefits based on an ex-spouse’s record (they might) or if Social Security might offer benefits for their spouse or children (also yes).

39. Nashville is getting major league baseball - Friday, March 29, 2024

Baseball fans in 30 major league markets are celebrating this week’s start of another baseball season. Nashvillians could be joining them, though it might take a while for the city to have a team of its own.

40. Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.

41. John Kerry reflects on time as top US climate negotiator, 'major breakthrough' in climate talks - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out and U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry knew it.

International climate talks in mid-December were stuck with no agreement to phase out oil, gas and coal, fossil fuels that are the root cause of global warming.

42. How Chinese retailers can offer Americans steep bargains on clothes and why that could change - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a substitute teacher in her mid-20s, Lindsey Puls was delighted to discover the fashion world of Shein more than 10 years ago, lured in by its super-low prices — with tops selling for a few dollars, dresses under $10, and free shipping on orders over $29.

43. Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November.

44. 'What NIL stands for: Now it's legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits - Friday, February 23, 2024

Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic.

45. Walmart rips again in Q4 but as inflation retreats, so does customer spending per trip - Friday, February 16, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart reported another quarter of stellar results, ending the year on a high note as its low prices attract shoppers looking for deals in an economically challenging environment beset by a recent bout of inflation.

46. Trump's threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting his grip on the party - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to "delinquent" members of the group sent shockwaves through Europe over the weekend.

47. How Trump urging Russia to invade 'delinquent' NATO members distorts how the alliance works - Friday, February 9, 2024

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party's nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are "delinquent" in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense.

48. Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Trump - Friday, February 2, 2024

DENVER (AP) — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands.

A law professor at Indiana University, Magliocca emailed with another professor, who was writing a book about overlooked parts of the Constitution's 14th Amendment. He decided he would research the history of two long-neglected sentences in the post-Civil War addition that prohibit those who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from holding office.

49. Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands - Friday, January 26, 2024

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America's dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country's largest maximum-security prison.

50. The Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators - Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it was not clear whether a majority would overturn a precedent that has guided American law for four decades over everything from the safety of food and drugs to environmental protection.

51. Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and US border deal - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene top congressional leaders Wednesday at the White House pressing for his $110 billion national security package at a pivotal time as senators narrow on a landmark immigration deal that could unlock the stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

52. Senators reject Bernie Sanders' effort to curb Israel-Hamas war but the vote signals rising unease - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders forced colleagues to decide whether to investigate human rights abuses in the Israel-Hamas war, a step toward potentially limiting U.S. military aid to Israel as its devastating attacks on Gaza grind past 100 days.

53. Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it was not clear whether a majority would overturn a major 40-year-old decision.

54. ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted works - Friday, January 5, 2024

A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn't be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works.

55. Harvard president's resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism - Friday, December 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — American higher education has long viewed plagiarism as a cardinal sin. Accusations of academic dishonesty have ruined the careers of faculty and undergraduates alike.

The latest target is Harvard President Claudine Gay, who resigned Tuesday. In her case, the outrage came not from her academic peers but her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny.

56. The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges - Friday, December 22, 2023

Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects.

57. Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning - Friday, December 15, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and retailers could save on labor costs.

58. How are Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea affecting global trade? - Friday, December 15, 2023

LONDON (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels have escalated attacks on ships passing through the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war, raising concerns about the impact on the flow of oil, grain and consumer goods through a major global trade artery.

59. Ospreys had safety issues long before they were grounded. A look at the aircraft's history - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short history.

60. What to know about the Hall & Oates legal fight, and the business at stake behind all that music - Friday, December 8, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates and arguing in arbitration that he can't sell his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership without Hall's permission.

61. CVS Health lays out changes to clarify prescription drug pricing that may save some customers money - Friday, December 1, 2023

CVS Health is introducing changes to how its prescription drug pricing model works, and that could lead to some savings for customers starting next year.

The health care giant said Tuesday that it will roll out a new reimbursement model designed to make costs more predictable at the drugstore counter. The company will start offering it next year to some third-party cash discount card administrators.

62. Stites & Harbison adds to real estate, banking - Friday, November 24, 2023

Haley Duncan has joined Stites & Harbison in Nashville as a member of its real estate and banking service group.

Before joining Stites & Harbison, Duncan participated in the firm’s summer associate program in 2022, was a judicial intern for Hon. Judge Irv Maze of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in the summer of 2021 and was a legal research intern for MothersEsquire in 2023.

63. Top Davidson County commercial real estate sales for October 2023 - Friday, November 17, 2023

Top Davidson County commercial real estate sales for October 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

64. The APEC summit is happening this week in San Francisco. What is APEC, anyway? - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for the first time since 2011. Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will gather in San Francisco to talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific region.

65. New rule would make it easier for millions of Americans to unionize, businesses are pushing back - Friday, November 10, 2023

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald's. But it's already facing significant pushback from businesses and some members of Congress.

66. White House will develop an anti-Islamophobia strategy but faces skepticism from Muslim Americans - Friday, October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is preparing to announce that it will develop a national strategy to combat Islamophobia, according to people briefed on the matter, as it faces skepticism from many in the Muslim American community for its staunch support of Israel's military assault on Hamas in Gaza.

67. UAW strikes at GM Spring Hill after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis, Ford - Friday, October 27, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis.

68. New life for long-neglected Hickory Hollow area - Friday, October 27, 2023

Nathan Brown lowers his aerial work platform to ground level and puts aside his paint brush. A broad smile creases the Nashville-based muralist’s face as he reminisces about growing up in Antioch in the early 1990s.

69. GOP's Jordan says he's still running for House gavel, but there's no plan for next action - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to drop out, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues Thursday he was still running to be House speaker but would back a longshot plan to give someone else the gavel for the next several months as he works to shore up support to win the post himself.

70. Belmont med school clears accreditation hurdle - Friday, October 20, 2023

Belmont’s Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine has earned preliminary accreditation from its accrediting body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, allowing the college to begin recruiting students.

71. Biden will stress humanitarian aid, avoiding deeper conflict in Israel but is scrapping Jordan stop - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced major setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday, as Jordan called off the president's planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds.

72. Ravens hope early arrival to London pays off against Titans. Clowney misses practice with illness - Friday, October 13, 2023

ENFIELD, England (AP) — NFL teams that play in London tend to prefer arriving late in the week, believing it maximizes performance on Sunday.

John Harbaugh is not having it.

The Baltimore Ravens did that once before, arriving on a Friday in 2017, and got blown out 44-7 by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

73. Ravens hope early arrival to London pays off against Titans; Clowney misses practice with illness - Friday, October 6, 2023

ENFIELD, England (AP) — NFL teams that play in London tend to prefer arriving late in the week, believing it maximizes performance on Sunday.

John Harbaugh is not having it.

The Baltimore Ravens did that once before, arriving on a Friday in 2017, and got blown out 44-7 by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

74. McCarthy's ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024 - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward becoming speaker of the House.

75. Husch Blackwell adds to real estate practice - Friday, October 6, 2023

Brandi Maiorino has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in its real estate, development & construction industry group. Maiorino is based in the firm’s virtual link office and is resident in Nashville. She is part of the firm’s growing presence in the Nashville area and is the firm’s 10th attorney based in the area.

76. Rep. Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker McCarthy. It won't be easy - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — "How would you be different as speaker, compared to Mr. Boehner?" a reporter asked then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in September 2015 as the California Republican pursued, and eventually gave up, his first attempt at the speakership.

77. Louisiana citrus farmers are seeing a mass influx of salt water that could threaten seedlings - Friday, September 29, 2023

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive.

78. New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise? - Friday, September 22, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — Alyssa Milligan was someone who intuitively knew when another person needed help, encouragement or a kind word. Although she was new to Tennessee, the 23-year old physical therapy student, whose mother called her "Sweet Alyssa," had already made many close connections, especially within the tight-knit cycling community around Nashville — before she was killed this month, struck by a pickup truck while cycling with a friend.

79. John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement - Friday, September 15, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for "systematic theft on a mass scale," the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission.

80. Diversity defines Americana - Friday, September 15, 2023

From its earliest days emerging from an idea at South By Southwest, to its current incarnation as a multiday, multivenue celebration of modern day roots music, the Americana Music Association’s annual conference and music festival brings professionals and fans of multiple genres to Nashville for an immersive experience.

81. McCarthy juggles government shutdown and Biden impeachment inquiry as House returns to messy fall - Friday, September 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a man who stays in motion — enthusiastically greeting tourists at the Capitol, dashing overseas last week to the G7 summit of industrial world leaders, raising funds back home to elect fellow Republicans to the House majority.

82. Inside the renovated White House Situation Room: Cutting-edge tech, mahogany and that new car smell - Friday, September 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Situation Room — a space of great mystique and even greater secrecy — just got a $50 million facelift.

Actually, "room" is a misnomer. It's a 5,500-square-foot (511-square-meter), highly secure complex of conference rooms and offices on the ground floor of the West Wing.

83. Castlerock appoints three new execs - Friday, September 8, 2023

Castlerock Asset Management, an integrated real estate development, ownership, marketing, hospitality management and asset management firm specializing in distinctive hospitality-driven properties, has appointed three industry experts to assume pivotal roles. The new executive leaders will report directly to founder and CEO Seamus Ross.

84. Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte turns 20, beloved by millions and despised by some - Friday, August 25, 2023

The seasonal drink that made pumpkin spice a star is turning 20. And unlike the autumn days it celebrates, there seems to be no chill in customer demand.

Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte goes on sale Thursday in the U.S. and Canada, as it does each year when the nights start getting longer and the fall winds gather. It's the coffee giant's most popular seasonal beverage, with hundreds of millions sold since its launch in 2003. And it has produced a huge — and growing — industry of imitators flecked with cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.

85. Health Care partner joins Frost Brown Todd - Friday, August 25, 2023

Frost Brown Todd is expanding its health care innovation team with the addition of partner Barbara Bennett. Her practice focuses on the intersection of technology and health care, including artificial intelligence. She previously served as a partner of a top 10 global law firm and has more than a decade of in-house legal experience, including as general counsel.

86. Biden names a new White House counsel as he seeks reelection and faces congressional probes - Friday, August 18, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the new White House counsel will be Ed Siskel, a former Obama administration attorney who helped craft the response to the congressional investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

87. Teamsters add their heft to dozens of Amazon delivery drivers picketing around the country - Friday, August 11, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The Teamsters flexed their muscles during contract negotiations with UPS last month, securing pay hikes for drivers and scoring other wins.

But at Amazon, the picture looks much different.

88. How a law associated with mobsters is central to charges against Trump - Friday, August 11, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into Donald Trump after the release of a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.

89. 'Bidenomics' delivered a once-in-generation investment. It shows the pros and cons of policymaking - Friday, August 11, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are so many dots on the maps they blur into blobs — each one reflecting trillions of public and private dollars flowing in the U.S. this past year to build thousands of roads, bridges and manufacturing projects in communities large and small, in states red and blue.

90. After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril - Friday, August 4, 2023

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp's glow. "Another big brown," she said with a sigh.

91. Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question - Friday, August 4, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he'll face time behind bars.

For Trump, who's now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of presidential power — winning is about more than ego, redemption, score-settling or the future of the country.

92. Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious - Friday, August 4, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team is characterizing his indictment in the special counsel's 2020 election interference investigation as an attack on the former president's right to free speech. But the case is not merely about Trump's lies but also about the efforts he took to subvert the election, prosecutors say.

93. Pope Francis urges students in Portugal to fight economic injustice, protect the environment - Friday, August 4, 2023

CASCIAS, Portugal (AP) — From a university campus to a seaside town, Pope Francis challenged young people on Thursday to make the world a more just and inclusive place, as he focused the second day of his Portugal trip on inspiring young people to use their privilege to combat global warming and economic inequalities.

94. Southwood joins Neal & Harwell - Friday, August 4, 2023

John Southwood, CPA, has joined Neal & Harwell, PLC, as director of financial operations.

Southwood most recently served as director of finance and accounting at Waller in Nashville the past 14 years. Before his time at Waller, Southwood served as chief financial officer at Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC, 1996-2009, and then served as controller when the firm merged with the Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP firm based in Birmingham.

95. House shopping taking a backseat to summer travel? - Friday, August 4, 2023

Sales will likely be down for July when monthly sales numbers are released next week by the Greater Nashville Realtors, as showings have skidded to the proverbial halt.

One reason for the lack of showings is that everyone seems to be traveling, and not just to Monteagle or 30A. Economist Elliot Eisenberg, who refers to himself as the “Bowtie Economist” in his daily blog, might have the answer.

96. Back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend - Friday, July 28, 2023

Tennessee’s annual sales tax holiday begins Friday and runs through Sunday, allowing families to save on clothing, school supplies and computers.

Items exempt from sales tax during this period include:

97. RFK Jr. denies making antisemitic comments as congressional Republicans give him a platform - Friday, July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worked to defend himself Thursday against accusations that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing on government censorship despite requests from outside groups to disinvite the Democratic presidential candidate after his recent antisemitic remarks.

98. Quick grants from tech billionaires aim to speed up science research. But not all scientists approve - Friday, July 14, 2023

In March 2020, an experiment in science philanthropy was hatched in the span of a five-minute call.

Patrick Collison, the now 34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and economist Tyler Cowen were chewing over a shared concern: Scientific progress seemed to be slowing down. As the first pandemic lockdowns went into effect, researchers were in a holding pattern, waiting to hear if they could redirect their federal grants to COVID-related work. Collison and Cowen worried that the National Institutes of Health wasn't moving quickly enough, so they launched Fast Grants to get emergency research dollars to virologists, coronavirus experts, and other scientists rapidly.

99. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 2 in Nashville - Friday, July 7, 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims has added Remy Servis and Megan E. Smit in the firm’s Nashville office.

Servis advises clients on debt finance and real estate transactions across a variety of industries. Her practice includes the representation of borrowers and lenders in financing transactions and advising developers, investors and owners in the acquisition, financing, disposition and leasing of real property.

100. Predators come full circle with Andrew Burnette hired as 4th coach - Friday, June 2, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — David Poile built the Nashville Predators from the bottom up as their first general manager for the expansion franchise.

Now the man Poile hired as his first coach here has brought back another original Predator. Incoming general manager Barry Trotz announced the hiring Wednesday of Andrew Brunette, who scored Nashville's first-ever goal, as the fourth head coach in franchise history.