Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 8, 2022 MEMPHIS (AP) — The Memphis City Council approved a resolution Tuesday urging that law enforcement and the district attorney in Tennessee’s most populous county refrain from investigating and prosecuting doctors who perform abortions. Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial candidate and council member JB Smiley… Continue reading Memphis council resolution addresses abortion prosecutions
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Parents’ Choice Tennessee sues WCS leadership over Wit & Wisdom curriculum
Parents’ Choice Tennessee, a Franklin-based self-identified parents’ rights group, is suing Williamson County Schools leadership over the district’s Wit & Wisdom curriculum, claiming it teaches Critical Race Theory (CRT) in violation of state law and Common Core values. Patricia J. Lucente, founder of Parents’ Choice, and her husband, James, are plaintiffs in the suit filed… Continue reading Parents’ Choice Tennessee sues WCS leadership over Wit & Wisdom curriculum
Jan. 6 rioter blames his participation on Trump, false claims of election fraud: Day 7 recap
WASHINGTON – The Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol attack focused its seventh hearing Tuesday on how former President Donald Trump summoned protesters to Washington and directed a mob he allegedly knew was armed to the U.S. Capitol. Here’s what happened at Tuesday’s hearing: GOP lawmakers met with Trump about overturning election: Several Republican members of Congress met… Continue reading Jan. 6 rioter blames his participation on Trump, false claims of election fraud: Day 7 recap
Southern Baptist seminary announces mandatory abuse response course
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced it will require all students to enroll in a sexual abuse prevention and response course starting this fall. Southeastern, located in Wake Forrest, North Carolina, is the first of six seminaries affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention to implement this program at a moment the convention is trying to respond to a… Continue reading Southern Baptist seminary announces mandatory abuse response course
Tennessee prisoner charged with running drug ring behind bars linked to Mexican cartels
The attack was brutal, and it was caught on video. Federal agents say Tennessee drug traffickers linked to a Mexican cartel kidnapped a 22-year-old woman, drove her around Nashville and then digitally recorded it as they chopped off her left hand with a hatchet. A man spotted her sprawled on the ground Nov. 3, 2019, near… Continue reading Tennessee prisoner charged with running drug ring behind bars linked to Mexican cartels
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords
VOL. 46 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 8, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican whom Biden served with in the Senate, and gun-control advocate Gabby Giffords.… Continue reading Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords
Smithfield Foods settles pork price-fixing lawsuit for $42M
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 26 | Friday, July 1, 2022 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Smithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring to inflate pork prices, which will likely only add to concerns about how the lack of competition… Continue reading Smithfield Foods settles pork price-fixing lawsuit for $42M
Judges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims
VOL. 46 | NO. 26 | Friday, July 1, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack. Ahead of a trial for a Michigan man charged in the riot, one prospective juror… Continue reading Judges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims
Abortion medication goes underground in Tennessee
Rachel IacovoneWPLN News Images of coat hangers have been used by protesters upset over the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But abortion rights activists say “self-managed abortions” are much safer today because of medications that can induce an abortion. At a rally in Nashville, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of… Continue reading Abortion medication goes underground in Tennessee
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords
VOL. 46 | NO. 26 | Friday, July 1, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate. Biden… Continue reading Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords