(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…
Still image of Coolio in court in Germany (Reuters) 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…
(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…
Kentucky Red Cross had nine Red Cross disaster workers assisting people at an apartment complex on Brooklawn Dr. (Kentucky Red Cross, Facebook) 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…
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…
(Source: POOL via CNN Newsource)NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports. He entered the plea Tuesday during a brief arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom as prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. The charges stem from a hush money payment to a…
(CNN, WSMV via CNN Newsource) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further…
