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Waffle House founders Joe Rogers (center) and Tom Forkner (right) greet longtime customer John Webb as they stop for a meal at a Waffle House restaurant in Norcross, Ga., in 2005.

Waffle House Founders Die Less Than 2 Months Apart

Joe Rogers Sr. and Thomas Forkner Sr. co-founded the Waffle House in an Atlanta suburb in 1955. A statement released by the company says Forkner died on Wednesday at age 98. Rogers died March 3 at 97.

A worker cleans a sign outside the Fox television studios, where a poster of Bill O'Reilly has been removed, in New York.
(Richard Drew/AP)

Week In The News: Bill O’Reilly Out, Georgia Runoff, Turkish Vote

A wrong-way Armada and tough talk on North Korea. Georgia runoff. Bill O’Reilly’s future. Turkey’s more powerful president. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The White House released ethics waivers for ex-lobbyists and numerous others who have joined the government. The White House granted 14 waivers, including one for Kellyanne Conway.

White House Discloses Ethics Waivers For Presidential Aides

The White House released a list of people who received exemptions under the ethics rules. The list includes chief of staff Reince Priebus, counselor Kellyanne Conway and chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Pollsters say Tennesseans are updating their beliefs about health care as they watch the debate in Washington, D.C.

Tennesseans Are Changing Their Minds About Health Care, Poll Finds

Tennesseans surprised pollsters this week. For the first time since Vanderbilt launched its regular polling, health care tied with the economy as the...

Nikki Haley Visits Israel, Talks Down U.N.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is on a three-day visit to Israel, promising her hosts that the U.S. will protect Israel from what she called "anti-Israel bias" at the U.N.

Mayor Taps First Woman and Memphis Outsider to Lead Police Department

The next top cop of Memphis would, pending confirmation by the City Council in May, be both the first woman to occupy the position and also a rare…

Clint Satterfield is the superintendent of schools in Trousdale County. He says 60% of his teachers have been vaccinated, but he had hoped to entice even more to get their shot by offering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is still under a safety review.

In Tennessee, The Vaccination Slowdown Has Begun

Southern states are seeing a pretty sharp drop off in the pace of COVID vaccinations — and the slowness can’t be blamed on supply. In Tennessee, the vaccination numbers on

Jena Scurry, a Minneapolis 911 dispatcher, was the first witness to testify Monday in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Minneapolis 911 Dispatcher Testifies: 'Something Was Wrong'

"My instincts were telling me that something was wrong," said Jena Scurry, who had a view of the interior of the squad car from which George Floyd was dragged. "It was an extended period of time."

Natasha Trethewey served as U.S. poet laureate in 2012 and 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection <em>Native Guard.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Poet Natasha Trethewey; Mike Birbiglia And Jen Stein

Trethewey revisits her mother's murder in a new memoir. Kevin Whitehead reviews a newly unearthed album from drummer Art Blakey. Comic Mike Birbiglia and poet Jen Stein share parenting truths.

Biden Takes TN in Democratic Primaries, and More

With more than 40 percent of the vote, former Vice President Joe Biden came out on top in Tennessee’s primary Tuesday night.Damage from early morning…

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