VOL. 46 | NO. 6 | Friday, February 11, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker’s therapist. The football legend and current Republican Senate candidate in Georgia was “volatile,” armed and scaring his estranged wife at the suburban Dallas home they… Continue reading Police records complicate Herschel Walker’s recovery story
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‘This has broken me’: Travis Reinking sentenced to four life sentences in Waffle House shooting
Travis Reinking, convicted in the 2018 Waffle House mass shooting, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a Nashville jury decided Saturday. Reinking was found guilty Friday of multiple first-degree murder charges and four felony murder charges, which will combine for the sentence. The jury sentenced him to life in prison without the… Continue reading ‘This has broken me’: Travis Reinking sentenced to four life sentences in Waffle House shooting
Williamson County Schools committee removes book from elementary curriculum
A Williamson County Schools committee has removed one book from the district’s elementary school English language arts curriculum and restricted seven others. A report distributed to school board members this week and posted publicly online Tuesday shares the long-awaited outcome of a review of 31 texts called into question by the Williamson County chapter of Moms for… Continue reading Williamson County Schools committee removes book from elementary curriculum
Rutherford County Juvenile Court Judge Donna Scott Davenport announces retirement plans
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Biden nominates 3 for Fed board, including first Black woman
VOL. 46 | NO. 2 | Friday, January 14, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced the nominations of three people for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, including Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Fed and Treasury official, for the top regulatory slot and Lisa Cook, who would be the first Black… Continue reading Biden nominates 3 for Fed board, including first Black woman
Double-fault: Visa revoked again, Djokovic faces deportation
VOL. 46 | NO. 2 | Friday, January 14, 2022 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time, the latest twist in the ongoing saga over whether the No. 1-ranked tennis player will be allowed to compete in the Australian Open despite being… Continue reading Double-fault: Visa revoked again, Djokovic faces deportation
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Supreme Court blocks part of NY eviction moratorium
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 33 | Friday, August 13, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked part of New York’s moratorium on evictions, put into effect because of the coronavirus pandemic, less than a month before it was supposed to expire anyway. The legal issue is distinct from those… Continue reading Supreme Court blocks part of NY eviction moratorium
Supreme Court justice won’t block college vaccine mandate
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 33 | Friday, August 13, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Barrett’s action came in response to an emergency request from eight students, and… Continue reading Supreme Court justice won’t block college vaccine mandate
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 33 | Friday, August 13, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday refused landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she ruled that the freeze is illegal. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said her “hands are tied” by an appellate… Continue reading Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place