July 13, 2026
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Between the Lakes Blues returns Saturday
The Between the Lake Blues Festival will take place Saturday, May 30, from noon to 6 p.m. at Rose Center, 442 W. Second North St., Morristown. Admission is $15, and children 12 and younger will be admitted free.
Matthew Perry’s assistant gets more than 3 years in prison for central role in his ketamine death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the 'Friends' star's descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison.
Celebrating Graduates
Relive Hamblen County’s graduation ceremonies with our online photo galleries
Q&A: Anna Gomez is the sole Democrat on the FCC. She has a warning for big media companies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anna Gomez wakes up every morning and checks her phone to see if President Donald Trump has fired her yet.
Wall Street rises toward records as US stocks catch up to the world’s gains from the day before
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is rising Tuesday as it catches up with others around the world that climbed the day before, when President Donald Trump said negotiations were 'proceeding nicely' with Iran on ending their war.
Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
Oil giant BP ousts new chairman over ‘conduct’ and shares slide
BP has ousted its chairman over what it called serious concerns related to 'important governance standards, oversight and conduct.'
America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices
Just a few years ago, America's public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: 'The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child's hands.'