Magnitude 2.7 Earthquake Tennessee

M 2.7 – 6km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee

Time: 2016-05-08 09:09:55 UTC;    Location: 36.114°N 83.782°W;    Depth: 16.1 km

Truck carrying hazardous materials crashes

Catches fire on interstate in Campbell County, Tenn. – Bonnie Abernathy via @WVLTCasey

Devil Worshiper Suspect Killed, Dismembered and Ate Woman in Tennessee: Gregory Hale Arrested

Gregory Scott Hale, 37, admitted to killing, dismembering and eating parts of Lisa Hyder, 36, in Manchester Tennessee in early June 2014. Coffee County Sheriff’s Office

Fire crews monitoring site of explosion in Shelbyville, Tennessee

3 Killed In Medical Helicopter Crash In West Tennessee

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Bus hits tractor-trailer and car after crossing median near I-81 split

A North Carolina-bound church crashed into an SUV and a tractor-trailer after blowing a front tire on I-40 in eastern Tennessee on Oct. 2, 2013, killing at least eight people and injuring 14.(Photo: Paul Efird, The Knoxville News Sentinel, via AP)

SOURCE  –  Eight people died and 14 were injured Wednesday afternoon when a North Carolina church bus crashed into an SUV and a tractor-trailer after it blew a tire and crossed a median on Interstate 40 in eastern Tennessee, according to police and news outlets.

The fatalities included six of the 18 bus passengers, the big-rig driver and one of the three people in the Chevrolet Tahoe, said Tennessee Department of Safety spokeswoman Dalya Qualls. Fourteen people were injured, with four airlifted to area hospitals and eight transported by ambulance.

The crash occurred about 2 p.m. near the Interstate 81 split in Jefferson County, about 30 miles east of Knoxville, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

Heavy Rains Unleash Deadly Midwest Flooding

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ST. LOUIS — Torrential rains continued across the nation’s midsection on Thursday, causing flash flooding that killed a woman and a child, damaged homes and forced multiple water rescues.

Up to 10 inches of rain pounded southern Missouri overnight. A woman died near Jane, Mo., in the far southwestern corner of the state where creek water washed over a highway, sweeping away her car.

“Early this morning it just unleashed,” said Greg Sweeten, emergency management director in McDonald County, Mo.

Community college professor allegedly tells students: support gay rights or else

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A professor at a community college in Tennessee allegedly ordered students in her general psychology class to wear “Rainbow Coalition” ribbons for an entire day to advertise support for the advancement of gay and lesbian political causes.

 

The professor, Linda Brunton, informed her students at Columbia State Community College that opponents of gay marriage are “uneducated bigots” who “attack homosexuals with hate,” reports Fox News Radio.