Tennessee
state, United States
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Correction: Hurricane-Helene-FEMA-Threat story
• Oct. 21, 2024, 3:46 PM ET (AP)
Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler charged with DUI, possession of handgun after traffic accident
• Oct. 18, 2024, 12:20 PM ET (AP)
Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
• Oct. 17, 2024, 8:55 PM ET (AP)
Federal money to help states hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton nears $2 billion
• Oct. 16, 2024, 5:17 PM ET (AP)
US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change
• Oct. 15, 2024, 12:15 AM ET (AP)
Tennessee, constituent state of the United States of America. It is located in the upper South of the eastern United States and became the 16th state of the union in 1796. The geography of Tennessee is unique. Its extreme breadth of 432 miles (695 km) stretches from the Appalachian Mountain boundary with North Carolina in the east to the Mississippi River borders with Missouri and Arkansas in the west; its narrow width, only 112 miles (180 km), separates its northern neighbors, Kentucky and Virginia, from Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, to the south. Nashville is the capital and Memphis the largest ...(100 of 5412 words)