Tennessee seems an unlikely birthplace for American jihad. Yet long before the five U.S. service members were murdered this past week in Chattanooga, before the Boston Marathon bombers, the Fort Hood shooting or the rise of the Islamic State, it…
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Nashville Zoo Gets $10 Million from City
Mayor Karl Dean and the Metro Council gave the Nashville Zoo $10 million to support major new developments, zoo officials said Thursday. However, the city’s investment is contingent on the zoo’s ability to match the funds dollar for dollar with…
Read MoreTiny Suburb Resists Big City Push Towards Historical Cleansing
While other areas of the state and country are focused on the removal of flags, statues and other depictions of the Confederacy, the controversy hasn’t been much of an issue locally. The graves of 206 soldiers buried in Confederate Circle…
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