VOL. 45 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 23, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — At first glance, Herschel Walker has a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia. He was a football hero at the University of Georgia before his long NFL career. He’s a business owner whose chicken products are distributed across… Continue reading As Herschel Walker eyes Senate run, a turbulent past emerges
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Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
VOL. 45 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 23, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 6:58AM As a $26 billion settlement over the toll of opioids looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a cautionary tale of runaway government spending and missed opportunities for saving more lives. Mere fractions… Continue reading Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
Huge settlement with four major drug companies draws near for Tennessee and other states
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American father, son get Japan prison terms for ex-Nissan exec Carlos Ghosn’s escape
Yuri Kageyama | Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan. Michael Taylor was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, while his son Peter was sentenced to one… Continue reading American father, son get Japan prison terms for ex-Nissan exec Carlos Ghosn’s escape
4 businesses announce relocation to McEwen Northside
McEwen Northside has announced four additional businesses will relocate their corporate offices to the 45-acre mixed-use development in the heart of Cool Springs. Design and Engineering, Inc., Censis Technologies, Renew Co. and Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, will join a growing list of tenants at McEwen Northside and its Block B building, anchored by Mitsubishi. The addition of this group of… Continue reading 4 businesses announce relocation to McEwen Northside
‘Protect our teachers’: Critical race theory, curriculum finds support from Nashville parents, board
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Firm hacked to spread ransomware had previous security flaws
VOL. 45 | NO. 28 | Friday, July 9, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 9:40AM For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity — at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July for a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world and escalated U.S.-Russia diplomatic tensions. But it turns… Continue reading Firm hacked to spread ransomware had previous security flaws
Britney Spears feels ‘relieved’ by team resignations
Britney Spears feels “relieved” following recent resignations from members of her team. The 39-year-old pop star is in a “hopeful” frame of mind after her co-conservators Bessemer Trust, manager Larry Rudolph and court-appointed lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III resigned from their roles just weeks after she spoke up in court to brand the conservatorship she’s… Continue reading Britney Spears feels ‘relieved’ by team resignations
New ‘Good Fight’ Star Charmaine Bingwa Says Carmen’s ‘Not Afraid to Bend the Rules’
True, Delroy Lindo and Cush Jumbo both departed from The Good Fight and will pursue other TV projects, including the latter’s Amazon series The Beast Must Die. But the Paramount+ legal dramedy didn’t rest and luckily snared two more top stars to play new characters for its fifth season. Mandy Patinkin joined the cast as Judge Hal… Continue reading New ‘Good Fight’ Star Charmaine Bingwa Says Carmen’s ‘Not Afraid to Bend the Rules’
Ladies seminary evolves into Greenwood Farms
Second of a two-part series The land where Greenwood Seminary for Young Ladies was located, a few miles south of Lebanon on Sparta Pike, remained in the Lawrence-Lindsley family for seven generations although it was passed to the distaff side for a second time after Lawrence and Julia’s daughter, Catherine, aka Kate, married Edgar Waters.… Continue reading Ladies seminary evolves into Greenwood Farms