Investigators in Tennessee say a fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis was intentionally set. The Memphis Fire Department said Wednesday that the fire a…
The North Carolina House’s state budget proposal makes plain differences on taxes, salaries and job cuts between Republicans who control both General Assembly chambers. The House gave preliminary approval Wednesday to its plan to spend $32.6 billion in the year beginning July 1 and $33.3 bil…
Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. The approval in the Texas House on Wednesday puts the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The changes would not expand a…
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The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The department announced the steps Wednesday. Minneapolis in January approved a consent decree …
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The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The department announced the steps Wednesday. Minneapolis in January approved a consent decree with the federal government in the final days of the Biden administration to overhaul its training and use-of-force policies under court supervision. The agreement required approval from a federal court. But the Trump administration told the court it doesn't intend to proceed. The administration also announced it's retracting the findings of Justice Department investigations into six other police departments that the Biden administration had accused of civil rights violations.
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The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of high profile police killings. The department also announced it would retract findings in six other recent pattern or practice investigations at police departments around the country as part of move to phase out the use of the federal oversight mechanism on local police departments at President Donald Trump’s behest. Here's more information on what consent decrees are and how they work.
Roger Penske has fired team president Tim Cindric, IndyCar managing director Ron Ruzewski and IndyCar general manager Kyle Moyer in the wake of an Indianapolis 500 cheating scandal. Penske said in a statement Wednesday that “nothing is more important than the integrity of our sport and our race teams.” Two-time defending Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden and teammate Will Power were found to have an illegally modified part on their cars ahead of Sunday’s final round of qualifications for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The sentencing hearing for Megan Boswell, the Sullivan County woman convicted of killing her child, is being rescheduled.
City officials will host an open house Wednesday to provide information about ongoing remediation efforts at the city's landfill.
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GOP committees proposed cuts that would shift the cost of food assistance to states, make it harder for people to get health care through Medicaid and cost them more to buy health insurance.
The 1.5-mile section of U.S. Route 58 damaged by flooding from Hurricane Helene is expected to reopen next week.
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The sentencing hearing for Megan Boswell, the Sullivan County woman convicted of killing her child, is being rescheduled.
Dewey G. Johnson, 67, of Abingdon, Virginia, was arrested this week following an investigation by the Washington County Virginia Sheriff's Office.
On Tuesday, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol joined local law enforcement agencies from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia at a press event in Johnson City to kick off the “100 Days of Summer Heat” campaign.
Dexter S. Montgomery, 35, of Bristol, Tennessee, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, according to a statement from the Bristol Tennessee Police Department.
Work is continuing on downtown infrastructure improvements along State Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to city officials.
The Sullivan County Commission is considering a resolution that would allow the county to partner with the city of Bristol, Tennessee, to purchase a medical clinic for the expansion of regional health department services.
The Bristol Virginia City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to the $95.29 million general fund operating budget and related spending plans for fiscal 2025-26.
The Sullivan County Commission may vote Thursday on a resolution that would authorize the county to obtain a state grant to repair and potentially replace the Nellie Pratt Swinging Bridge in Bluff City.
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