As book bans soar to their highest levels in decades, a countertrend is emerging: Lawmakers in several Democratic-leaning states are now pursuing bans on book bans.
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The musical feast of “Ring of Fire” at the Barter Theatre rolls like a music revue of Cash tunes, hardly any performed as a mimic of The Man in Black.
Those who protect and defend our country should be lauded but, as you'll see in "The Wives," we can't forget the other half of this sacrifice.
Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee. According to the statute, which became effective Friday, parents and other teachers will be barred from knowing who is armed at their schools.…
An American Airlines flight attendant has been indicted after authorities say he tried to secretly video record a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom. A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Police say he also had…
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The delay is another setback for the FDA, which predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years.
Officials say sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man who sped toward them in a vehicle as they were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood on Friday in Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says deputies were serving the high-risk drug warrant at about 3:30 p.m. when a man who was waiting in a vehicle drove toward a SWAT team at high speed in the Orange Mound neighborhood. Bonner says deputies opened fire, killing the driver. No deputies were hurt. Bonner says four people have been detained for questioning, and charges are expected. During a search, deputies found several firearms with high-capacity magazines and a handgun equipped with a Glock switch.
The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday.
President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall. Biden's comment Friday is the most definitive he's been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent. The comments came during an interview with the radio host Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show. So far, Biden’s reelection campaign had declined to commit to participating in the debates, a hallmark of every general election presidential campaign since 1976. Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Biden's actual willingness.
Donald Trump’s defense team tried to poke holes in potentially crucial testimony for prosecutors as the first criminal trial of a former American president wrapped up its first week.
A judge has ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin ricin. Forty-two-year-old Russell Vane Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces of ricin along with lab equipment and castor beans, from which ricin is derived, in a laundry room in his home. Vane came to authorities’ attention after a Virginia-based militia, the Kekoas, severed its ties with Vane because they were alarmed by what they considered his loose talk about homemade explosives.
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In recognition of National Preservation Month in May, the Historic Preservation Award Committees in Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee will hold a joint award ceremony on May 16.
Parent Devlyn D’Alfonzo disagreed with the change, saying winter break includes all residents, while Christmas break leaves out the many other religious holidays that occur in winter.
Katherine Applegate wrote “Wishtree” about a nonbinary tree. Floyd County schools planned, but later scrapped, a mass reading of the book after students had already begun reading it.
The problem is not limited to Chesterfield County, Lt. Edward Pierpont said; it is tied to a broader commercial human trafficking ring along the East Coast.
Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, the 46-year-old scion of the family that launched Richmond's largest law firm and ex-wife of a prominent federal judge, has agreed to a plea deal.
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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.
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.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Legacy Parks Foundation has received a $10 million endowment and is proposing to build a playground at Steele Creek Park.