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The flooded area as seen on February 17.

NASA Captures Devastating Tennessee Floods From Space After Winter Storm Drenches Region

Storms that swept across the American southeast caused multiple rivers in the state to overflow, killing nine and forcing the rescue of more than 1,000 people.

Earth Science Isaac Schultz Feb 19

Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

Thousands of children and adults were automatically terminated from Medicaid and disability benefits programs by a computer system that was supposed to make applying for and receiving health coverage easier.

Tech News Todd Feathers Aug 29

Mutant Monsters Are Here, and Only The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee Can Save Us

Horns up for this preview of Dark Horse Comics' new '80s horror comedy title ahead of its July 5 release.

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Jun 2

Dolly Parton’s New Song Is a Climate Anthem

The iconic singer has a long history of taking seemingly "political" positions that say less about her convictions than about our own.

Climate Change Katie Myers, Grist May 22

Supreme Court to Take on Jack Daniel’s Dispute Against Parody Dog Toy Maker

The nation's highest court announced they will hear a trademark case over a dog toy parody of Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle.

Tech News Nikki Main Nov 21

Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Brought by 36 States and Washington, D.C.

The antitrust bloodlust is potent, can you feel it?

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Jul 7

Tornado Kills at Least Eight in Nashville as Severe Weather Spreads in Super Tuesday States

The threat of dangerous weather hangs over the southern United States as voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday. Residents in Nashville awoke to tornado damage after a twister swept through the city early on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting more heavy rain and potentially severe weather from Texas to North Carolina,…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 3

Two Kids Charged Over Tennessee Wildfires That Killed 14

Wildfire spread with remarkable speed around, and eventually into, the towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee beginning two weeks ago. The source of the blaze appears to be arson. The two individuals charged in connection to the fires that killed 14? Two dumb kids. Two juveniles were charged with aggravated arson today, the Washington…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 7

Unprecedented Wildfires Devastate Great Smoky Mountain Resort Towns

Unprecedented wildfires in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains have killed three, forced the evacuation of thousands, and damaged hundreds of structures in the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Residents are bracing for a potential fourth day of fires as the forecast calls for high wind and lightning. High winds and severe drought conditions have created…

Tech News George Dvorsky Nov 30

Restaurant Installs “Intruder Spray” To Tag Burglars With Synthetic DNA

A Subway franchise in Knoxville, Tenn. is the first US business to arm itself with “intruder spray,” which tags would-be robbers with a product called SelectaDNA. According to the manufacturer, the solution contains “a unique DNA code which can be used to uniquely mark and trace both items of property and criminals.” SelectaDNA’s US distributor,…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy May 11

I Wouldn’t Be Here Without the 1982 World’s Fair

On a recent trip home to Knoxville, Tennessee, I had a flashback. Not an acid flashback (I don’t think). We were weaving through the hilly streets of downtown in the shadow of the Sunsphere, a discoball of a monument built for the 1982 World’s Fair, and suddenly I was there in the crowd, staring at…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 18

A map of state-by-state meth incidents in 2012 — what can we take away?

This is a map of “all meth clandestine laboratory incidents including labs, dumpsites, chem/glass/equipment” in the U.S. in 2012, by state. It was created by the DEA and is freely available on the website of the Department of Justice. Here, in no particular order, are some things we can take away from this map: Holy…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 8

Live out your Walking Dead fantasies in this abandoned Tennessee prison

We’re going to have to wait until season three of The Walking Dead TV show to see the zombie-filled prison. But if you’re near Nashville, you can visit the Tennessee State Prison, an abandoned penitentiary. It looks like the zombies got to it first. Even before it fell into decay, this prison suffered plenty of…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 3

Two People Are Dead Because They Unfriended This Man’s Adult Daughter on Facebook

A Tennessee man, Marvin Potter (on the right), is in police custody tonight, charged with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of a couple who had unfriended his 30-year-old daughter on the popular social site. The murderous spat began when Billy Payne Jr. and his girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth, unfriended Potter’s…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola Feb 8

Satanic Christmas light display irks Tennessee motorists

Jackie Blevins of Carter County, Tennessee has a singular dream: to display his automobiles dolled up in pure Satanic majesty at local car shows. But when his customized cars were kicked off the lot, Mr. Blevins protested the way aggrieved folks have been doing for decades — by adorning their homes with blinking Satanic missives:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 6

Tennessee To Be the Proud Owner of 1000 Tons of Radioactive German Waste

As a flooded Nebraska contends with a potential nuclear incident, the tornado-ravaged state of Tennessee will soon have their own radioactive material to contend with — freshly imported from Germany! http://gawker.com/5813448/what-just-happened-at-nebraskas-cooper-nuclear-station AP reports that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved licenses for “1,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Germany” to be brought to…

Tech News Seth Abramovitch Jun 20

As the World Shuts Down Nuclear Power Plants, Alabama Revives an Old One

Alabama’s Tennessee Valley Authority is trying to find an alternative to 18 coal plants which are currently providing power to the Yellowhammer state. They think resurrecting the Bellefonte 1 nuclear power plant that’s lain dormant for 23 years is the answer. Huh. In the wake of Fukushima, most entities have gone sour on nuclear power,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 16

Tennessee Just Made Offensive Online Pictures Illegal

Goatse. Tub Girl. Lemonparty. They’re in the internet pantheon—and sharing them (or anything else that might shock or offend) will now land you in Tennessean jail, thanks to dubious new law of theirs. The war on JPEGs begins. The law prohibits the online distribution of any image that might “frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress”…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 8

Police Robot Burns Down Mobile Home with Gas Grenades

ATTN ALL ROBOTS: You are supposed to help us. Clean our floors. Care for our elderly. Defuse our bombs. Not burn down our houses, as was the case for one Tennessee fugitive, whose mobile home was toasted during a standoff. https://gizmodo.com/roomba-770-it-might-be-time-to-sell-your-vacuum-grand-5805505 Sure, the guy’s a criminal, but it’s a little worrying that a robot meant…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 3

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

Cicadas like to sing. And when thousands of them gather on a six-story wall, the noise they produce is deafening. As with most ostentatious displays, these male cicadas are looking for a mate. When in full singing mode, male cicadas can reach 100 decibels at their loudest. That’s as loud as a chain saw or…

Tech News Kelly May 25

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NASA Captures Devastating Tennessee Floods From Space After Winter Storm Drenches Region

Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

Mutant Monsters Are Here, and Only The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee Can Save Us

Dolly Parton’s New Song Is a Climate Anthem

Supreme Court to Take on Jack Daniel’s Dispute Against Parody Dog Toy Maker

Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Brought by 36 States and Washington, D.C.

Tornado Kills at Least Eight in Nashville as Severe Weather Spreads in Super Tuesday States

Two Kids Charged Over Tennessee Wildfires That Killed 14

Unprecedented Wildfires Devastate Great Smoky Mountain Resort Towns

Restaurant Installs “Intruder Spray” To Tag Burglars With Synthetic DNA

I Wouldn’t Be Here Without the 1982 World’s Fair

A map of state-by-state meth incidents in 2012 — what can we take away?

Live out your Walking Dead fantasies in this abandoned Tennessee prison

Two People Are Dead Because They Unfriended This Man’s Adult Daughter on Facebook

Satanic Christmas light display irks Tennessee motorists

Tennessee To Be the Proud Owner of 1000 Tons of Radioactive German Waste

As the World Shuts Down Nuclear Power Plants, Alabama Revives an Old One

Tennessee Just Made Offensive Online Pictures Illegal

Police Robot Burns Down Mobile Home with Gas Grenades

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

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