Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged by federal prosecutors with transmission of national defense information and conspiracy to transmit national defense information.

Former FBI director James Comey has been charged with disclosing national defence information, adding to the legal troubles facing the longtime adversary of President Donald Trump.

Authorities in Tennessee launched an intense manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a state prison, allegedly stole a work truck and remains on the loose.

Authorities are searching for Jacob Allen Morley, who escaped from a Tennessee prison while serving a life sentence for murder, and have released surveillance images of the escape.

Investigators said video shows Morley stealing a white 2008 Ford F-350 around 1 a.m. Monday.