Natasha Senjanovic

The University of Tennessee has not admitted guilt, but it has agreed to pay eight former students nearly $2.5 million to settle a sexual assault lawsuit for incidents spanning two decades. One advocate for sexual assault victims says this is a “hands down victory.”

Thousands of Tennesseans – and the state government – will be reimbursed by Volkswagen. The money is meant to resolve a scandal in which the automaker programmed diesel cars to cheat emissions tests. 

Two former Vanderbilt football players have now been convicted — for a second time — in the gang rape of an unconscious woman: Cory Batey last month and Brandon Vandenburg over the weekend. But there are two more co-defendants who have yet to stand trial.

The lead prosecutor in the retrial of another Vanderbilt University football player expressed satisfaction with Saturday’s verdict. For the second time, Brandon Vandenburg was found guilty of raping an unconscious woman in his dorm room. 

Sen. Bob Corker is urging Donald Trump to "pivot" into a more inclusive general election candidate, but he didn’t say what he might do if the presumptive Republican presidential nominee doesn’t change his ways. 

Belmont University has received its biggest-ever donation.

Belmont President Bob Fisher announced Wednesday morning that the Ayers Foundation is donating $15 million to the school.