A House bill ordering North Carolina sheriffs and jailers to comply with federal immigration requests to hold an inmate suspected of being in the country illegally passed the state Senate. The Thursday vote was along party lines. The immigration bill now returns to the state House to approve…
An emotional support alligator named Wally — whose viral fame skyrocketed when it was denied entrance to a Philadelphia Phillies game last year — has gone missing, and his owner suspects foul play.
Federal, state and local authorities raided the duplex where she was living. The news was heralded as a "big drug bust." The prosecutor just dropped the case.
President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that "order must prevail" as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.
Gamers’ appetites for immersive sports video games have not changed much since the heyday of EA Sports' college football. Society, however, has. Video-game developer EA Sports is breaking back into the college football world 11 years after lawsuits over using players’ likeness without compen…
Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the parties have struck a new licensing agreement.
Michael Blowen can step outside his house anytime and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago. The farm is dedicated to providing dignity and comfort to retired racehorses. Blowen's favorite resident is 30-year-old Silv…
Michael Blowen can step outside his house anytime and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago. The farm is dedicated to providing dignity and comfort to retired racehorses. Blowen's favorite resident is 30-year-old Silver Charm. The oldest living Derby winner resides at the 240-acre farm outside Georgetown, Kentucky. Visitors to the farm can take a guided, 90-minute walking tour while getting up-close looks at some of the farm’s most famous residents, including Silver Charm and I’ll Have Another, the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner. Old Friends has about 250 thoroughbreds in its care at its farms in Kentucky and New York. The Kentucky Derby is Saturday.
Universal Music Group and TikTok have a new licensing deal. The deal will bring back music from artists like Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and Drake to the social media platform
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US Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday as Democrats hammer the issue ahead of November's presidential election. "Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state by state, on reproductive freedom. And understa…
Arrest warrants must be served to alleged criminals if society is going to function. But there is no guarantee of safety for police officers knocking on their doors. The grim risks came into stark relief Monday when four law enforcement officers were killed while serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tragedy underscores the limits of the best-trained police officers and the unpredictability of the people being served. Thor Eells is executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association. He says police can be 100% correct in everything they do. But they only control half the situation. Suspects are responsible for the rest.
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Guit-steel guitar in hand, Junior Brown headlines Song of the Mountains on Saturday, May 4. See him and opening act Rick Monroe & the Hitmen at The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia.
Theatre Bristol’s taut presentation of Shakespeare’s venerable comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” stages on Saturday, May 11, for shows at noon and 5:30 p.m. at Paramount Bristol in Bristol, Tennessee.
Federal, state and local authorities raided the duplex where she was living. The news was heralded as a "big drug bust." The prosecutor just dropped the case.
“Waffle House changed my life… I was going to be a lawyer and then I walked out of the LSAT to go get breakfast. I never looked back,” it read.
In coordination with agencies across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, Virginia detectives were able to identify several people involved in a multi-million dollar auto theft ring.
The victims told police that after the suspect asked them questions about their Hispanic heritage and their legal status in the country, the suspect opened fire as they ran away.
Content by Barter Theatre. Experience the powerful musical “Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash” on the Gilliam Stage this spring.
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The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Mayor Levar Stoney said in an interview: "It would have been a grueling, negative race, and that is not what you want to ensure we elect a Democrat as governor."
A total of 457 acres of riverfront mountains in Russell County have been added to Clinch River State Park, which will provide new public access to the river for outdoor recreation.
BRISTOL, Va. – Only one person spoke Tuesday during a series of three public hearings related to the city’s proposed 2024-25 operating budget – a plan that will see real estate taxes remain the same and the trash rate decrease.
About a week after legislators brushed off his amendments to bills ensuring the right to contraception and requiring insurance coverage, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he’s still thinking about what do.
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