Hours before the Tennessee shooting that killed five U.S. servicemen, the suspected gunman texted a close friend a link to an Islamic verse that included the line: "Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him."
The U.S. Supreme Court's move on Monday to allow gay marriage to proceed in Alabama is the strongest signal yet that the justices are likely to rule in June that no state can restrict marriage to only heterosexual couples.
Children in Tennessee will have to get used to holding a pencil again next year when new cursive handwriting standards go into effect in schools throughout the state.
A 4-year old boy shot and killed Wilson County Deputy Daniel Fanning's wife Josephine, inside his home on Saturday. The deputy was inside showing his weapons collection to a relative when the officer's wife and nephew entered the room. The child grabbed one of his loaded guns off the bed and fired a single shot, hitting the deputy's 48-year-old wife, Josephine.
