The release of a graphic video clip showing five police officers in early January beating to death an African-American man in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee, has prompted widespread protests in several major cities across the country.

A shooting inside an apartment building has left three young men dead and four others injured in the city of Nashville in the US state of Tennessee.

Devastating floods after record rainfall in the southern US state of Tennessee have left at least 21 people dead and at least 20 more missing.

Tennessee floods left at least 10 people dead on Saturday and 40 others were missing after the area received about 20-25% of its typical annual rainfall in a single morning.

One person is confirmed dead, while six others presumably perished, after a small jet carrying seven people crashed into a Tennessee lake.

District Attorney Charme Allen says Officer Jonathon Clabough was justified and acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Anthony Thompson Jr. at Austin-Magnet High School on April 12.

Tennessee governor asks Trump for emergency aid after the Christmas Day bomb blast in Nashville.