Category: Attorney

Nashville police withhold Covenant shooter’s writings amid lawsuits seeking release

In the month since the deadly Covenant School shooting, two lawsuits have been filed against the Metro Nashville Police Department in an effort to hasten the release of the writings and materials left by the shooter. A third challenge, filed as an administrative appeal, was made against the Federal Bureau of Investigation challenging its denial… Continue reading Nashville police withhold Covenant shooter’s writings amid lawsuits seeking release

Tyre Nichols death ruled homicide, autopsy ‘highly consistent’ with attorney’s own report

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We the American electorate are being scared stupid by the political class

We know the majority of us don’t want either Biden or Trump, but somehow we’re pushed toward a showdown at the political retirement home as if it were an inevitability. Cameron Smith  |  Columnist { // query dom only after user click if (!vdContainer) { vdContainer = document.getElementById(‘videoDetailsContainer’); vdShow = document.getElementById(‘vdt_show’), vdHide = document.getElementById(‘vdt_hide’); }… Continue reading We the American electorate are being scared stupid by the political class

Texas pastor Jared Wellman poised to fill top SBC staff role, continuing shift in power

A Texas pastor who has quickly risen in the ranks of the Southern Baptist Convention is poised to take the reins of one of its most influential positions. Members of the SBC Executive Committee will meet on Monday to vote on appointing Jared Wellman as its next president and CEO. Executive committee leaders announced the… Continue reading Texas pastor Jared Wellman poised to fill top SBC staff role, continuing shift in power

What passed during the 2023 Tennessee lawmaking session

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 18 | Friday, April 28, 2023 NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse quickly adjourned last week after attracting national attention for the high-profile expulsion of two now-reinstated Democratic members, the refusal to address gun control following a fatal school shooting, and the resignation of a GOP member found… Continue reading What passed during the 2023 Tennessee lawmaking session

Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall

VOL. 47 | NO. 18 | Friday, April 28, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up by about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset large increases in the other three services, according to a Pentagon report released Thursday. The small overall uptick… Continue reading Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall

Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as ‘Trump’s army’

VOL. 47 | NO. 17 | Friday, April 21, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready for “all-out war,” leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group viewed themselves as foot soldiers fighting for Donald Trump as the former president clung to power after the 2020 election, a prosecutor said Monday at the close of a historic… Continue reading Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as ‘Trump’s army’

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

VOL. 47 | NO. 17 | Friday, April 21, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News on Monday ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and influence GOP politics. Fox said that the network… Continue reading Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

Judge dismissive of Trump’s reasons to skip NY rape trial

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 17 | Friday, April 21, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers won’t be allowed to tell jurors next week that he’d like to testify at a rape trial but might decide against it because he wants to spare New York City from logistical burdens… Continue reading Judge dismissive of Trump’s reasons to skip NY rape trial