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Christa Pike can't move her arms or hands after surviving lethal injections, attorneys say
Convicted Tennessee killer Christa Pike has pneumonia and can't move her arms or hands after surviving two lethal injections, her lawyers said on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry reports.
Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution as former US attorney tapped to lead independent review
Frank Strada resigned as Tennessee's corrections commissioner after Christa Pike's botched lethal injection left her hospitalized on a ventilator.
Police fatally shoot sword-wielding man after woman found trapped in car, officials say
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the fatal shooting of a sword-wielding man by Nashville police outside a sedan where a woman was held.
3 states carry out executions in a single day, first time since 2010
Tennessee and Oklahoma executed inmates within 30 minutes of each other on Thursday, followed by Alabama later in the day.
A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor's career pivot
A Tennessee doctor is practicing reproductive medicine aligned with his Christian faith. Dr. John Gordon’s Knoxville clinic limits how many embryos it creates and does not discard viable embryos, genetically test them or donate them to science.
NAACP files emergency petition to block Tennessee’s newly approved redistricting plan
The NAACP on Thursday filed an emergency petition to block Tennessee’s attempt to remove the only majority Black congressional district in the state, which the organization argues violates th…...
Tennessee and Alabama take steps to redraw House maps in wake of Supreme Court ruling
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.