A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed at least four people and wounded at least three others at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville, Tennessee, authorities say.

Elvis Presley, American icon and King of rock 'n' roll who transformed popular culture and sold over a billion records, is idolised as ever on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death.

An 11-year-old boy in the US state of Tennessee is held on suspicion of shooting dead an eight-year-old neighbour in a row over a puppy.

A man brandishing an axe and pepper spray has been killed by police after attacking people in a cinema in suburban Nashville, Tennessee.

US federal investigators say a gunman who killed four marines in a shooting spree in Tennessee had no known links to international terrorism.

Grammy-award winning rapper Nelly was arrested on felony drug charges on Saturday after a Tennessee state trooper stopped the vehicle he was traveling in and found illegal drugs.