After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.

AP journalist Jonathan Mattise explains what made the execution of Byron Black in Tennessee different from other lethal injection executions. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall)

Tennessee has resumed state executions but Byron Black, a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next Tuesday, has a list of potential complications.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026.

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced a bid for Tennessee governor on Wednesday, pledging to make the state "America's conservative leader for this generation and the next."

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced she's running for governor in this ad that features no fewer than seven images and mentions of President Trump in 98 seconds. "We'll deliver a world-class education for our children by empowering parents,

Nashville, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given a lethal injection Tuesday in Tennessee, where authorities had refused to deactivate his implanted defibrillator despite claims it might cause unnecessary,

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.