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A high-altitude balloon is detected over the Western United States, prompting the deployment of fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to U.S. officials.
2024-02-23

The National Weather Service concludes the EF3 tornado that went through Davidson, Wilson, and Smith counties in Tennessee was confirmed on the ground for 60.13 miles, becoming the second longest path a tornado has taken in Tennessee.
2020-03-6

The state of Tennessee declares a state of emergency over the outbreak.
2020-03-3

United States Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter indicates a more robust role ahead for the United States military in bolstering indigenous forces countering ISIS and in response to Russia’s increasing role in Middle East conflicts.
2015-10-26

An 83-year-old nun and two others are found guilty of breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex nuclear facility in Tennessee.
2013-05-8

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that the crisis may soon become "uncontrollable". The Commander of the United States Pacific Command Samuel J. Locklear describes the situation as a threat to the U.S. but states that North Korean missiles will not be destroyed, unless a serious threat.
2013-04-9

Benjamin Pierce Bishop, a civil defense contractor who works in intelligence, was charged with giving U.S. national security secrets his Chinese girlfriend.
2013-03-19

AIG, the insurance giant that has recently paid the U.S. treasury back funds it received on "too big to fail" grounds in 2008, says that it may join a lawsuit against the U.S. for the supposedly harsh nature of the bailout terms.
2013-01-8

Rising flood waters from the Mississippi River force evacuations around Memphis, Tennessee, as near-record flooding along the river occurs from Canada and the Dakotas down to the Gulf of Mexico.
2011-05-5

A U.S. soldier receives 90 days hard labour and must testify in the FOB Ramrod kill team case for keeping war souvenir photos, beating a platoon member and smoking hashish while involved with the FOB Ramrod kill team during the War in Afghanistan.
2011-01-6