New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy likely added jobs in July, although not enough to lower the nation's high unemployment rate.

The government's point man for the Gulf spill met with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing.

In another sign of confidence in the global economy, FedEx Corp. on Monday raised its earnings outlook for the current quarter and full year.

Three people have been arrested as hundreds of protesters rally against Arizona's new immigration law despite a federal judge's last-minute decision to block the most controversial parts of the measure.

Investigators in Sevierville have seen a dramatic increase recently in a certain type of daylight home burglary.

Campbell County jailers are the subject of an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, officials said Thursday.

Samuel Lamar Glass, 25, and Akeem Deshawn Dubose, 21, who are charged with the murder of an East Knoxville teen in June, now have a trial date next spring.

A teenage boy in Carter County died when a muzzleloading rifle exploded, according to the sheriff.

A North Knoxville bar closed with a temporary injunction last week when employees were arrested on drug charges is now closed permanently.

Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday.