KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Former Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree, who led the efforts to bring the 1982 World’s Fair to Knoxville, has died, according to the Knoxville city government. Tyree was elected ...

Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This," written in response to the Gaza humanitarian crisis, won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Veterans flood Democrat’s office with ...

Ruth, the impish narrator of Kate Riley’s debut novel, is born into a little and little-known Anabaptist sect in Michigan. Riley, drawing on her own experience, feels no rush to lay out the group’s ...

Omar El Akkad at the Portland Book Festival. (Henry Cromett / Courtesy of the Portland Book Festival) Portland author Omar El Akkad won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for One Day, Everyone ...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shot back at President Trump after he mocked her for quoting the Constitution and becoming involved in American politics. In an interview Monday on Fox News’s “The Ingraham ...

Omar is an experienced editor and writer who sees life and storytelling as one and the same — there’s always a story to tell. When not behind his keyboard, Omar is living his best life, whether that’s ...

On October 29, the Las Vegas Raiders published their Week 9 injury report and star pass rusher Maxx Crosby didn’t fully participate in practice due to a back injury. As a result, the Silver and Black ...

LSU football will be without one of its key offensive linemen for the foreseeable future. During his weekly radio show on Thursday, Oct. 23 at TJ Ribs in Baton Rouge, LSU coach Brian Kelly confirmed ...

Demi Lovato enlisted some celebrity friends to help her unveil the track list for her new album, It’s Not That Deep. On Friday, the pop star shared a carousel of photos from Mistr’s National Day of ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...