(CNN via CNN Newsource) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats. The comments by former Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson follow their ouster by the Republican-led Legislature for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is making a last-minute trip to Tennessee on Friday, hours after the Republican-controlled House expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the Legislature in retaliation for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin….
(CNN, WTVF, WMC)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House has expelled two of three Democratic members for their roles in a demonstration in favor of gun control following the Nashville school shooting. The chamber’s split votes to oust Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones on Thursday while narrowly sparing Rep. Gloria Johnson also have drawn accusations of racism. Pearson and…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year. The agency on Thursday also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a “significant condition.” Investigators also determined Coolio’s…
(CNN, WSMV via CNN Newsource) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House on Thursday expelled the first of three Democratic members who were at risk of being thrown out of the Legislature for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control after the Nashville school shooting. The vote Thursday to oust Rep. Justin Jones was an extraordinary move the…
(CNN via CNN Newsource) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote on whether to expel three Democratic members for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting. The vote expected Thursday on whether to oust Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson would be an extraordinary move; the chamber…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service said Thursday it was surveying damage from three EF-1 tornadoes that touched down in Kentucky. According to preliminary information, tornadoes hit the Pleasure Ridge Park and Newburg sections of Louisville on Wednesday evening, meteorologist Brian Neudorff said. A separate tornado with maximum winds of 110 mph touched down in the Brandonburg area…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In the years it takes Kentucky bourbon to mature in new oak barrels, producers face two certainties: They lose a portion of the aging whiskey to evaporation and pay a tax on the containers. Now they’re going to get relief from one of them. Kentucky’s legislature voted to completely phase out the property tax on the…
(Brandon Clement / LSM via LEX 18) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say a tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri has caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people. Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says the tornado moved through a rural area of Bollinger County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of St. Louis, between…
(LEX 18) SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky high school football player who suffered a head injury during a scrimmage last week has died. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association said Monday in a statement on Facebook that it joined family, friends and teammates in mourning the loss of Pulaski County High School varsity football player Andrew Dodson. The teen’s…
