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Shooting, fire at Tennessee home leads to 6 dead including 3 children

Authorities say six people including three children have been found dead in a Tennessee home where police responded to a shooting and arrived to find the residence ablaze

The Independent UK

Man kills wife, daughter and grandchildren in horror murder-suicide a year after she predicted attack

Gary Barnett killed five before setting fire to estranged wife’s home in Marion County, Tennessee, authorities say

The Independent UK

Texas surpasses Tennessee as the state with the most enacted legislation so far this year, with 20 bills signed into law.

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Best things to see on a US road trip from Nashville to New Orleans - with soul, rock and jazz

Paul Henderson goes on a magical musical tour through southern USA, from the country clubs of Nashville to the sultry soul of Mississippi, then onto all that jazz of New Orleans

Daily Mirror

After expulsion and reinstatement, Tennessee Reps. Pearson, Jones advance past Democratic primaries

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle after the two young Black lawmakers were expelled earlier this year for their gun control protest on the House floor, then reinstated by local officials days afterward

The Independent UK

Hamburger Mary’s attorney fights ‘coast to coast’ for drag performers’ freedom

Just four days after a federal judge ruled a Tennessee law restricting drag shows was unconstitutional, attorney Brice Timmons was in an Orlando, Florida, courtroom describing how a new Florida law was causing Hamburger Mary’s to censure its drag shows.

Orlando Sentinel

Republican states arm teachers, fortify buildings in another year of school shootings

As another school year defined by mass shootings ends in America, Republican-led state legislatures passed measures this session to fortify schools, create guidelines for active shooter drills and safety officer responses, and allow teachers to be armed.

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Ten Takeaways From the New-Look 2024 SEC Football Schedule

With newcomers Texas and Oklahoma on the way, the 16-team slate is balanced while restoring old rivalries.

Sports Illustrated

Georgia gets Alabama, Texas on road in 2024

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia football fans will have to wait a while longer to check out College Station, Texas, but Austin, Texas, is on the docket for 2024. So is Oxford, Miss.; Lexington, Ky.; and — get this — Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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2024 NFL draft prospect: South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler

After transferring from Oklahoma, Spencer Rattler had an up and down season that culminated with wins over Tennessee and Clemson.

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Cormac McCarthy obituary

Acclaimed author whose novels, such as The Road and Blood Meridian, told grim, violent tales of life stripped down to the fundamentals of existence in a hostile world

The Guardian - UK

Cormac McCarthy, dark genius of US literature, dies age 89

Cormac McCarthy, whose nihilistic tales of the American frontier and post-apocalyptic worlds led to awards, has died at the age of 89.

The New Daily

5 most underrated Titans heading into 2023

Shaun Calderon lists five Titans he believes are the most underrated going into the 2023 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

UFC heading to Nashville on Aug. 5, Tennessee says commission

The UFC is returning to Tennessee for the first time since 2019.

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Previewing Thursday’s special election primaries to fill vacancies created after state lawmakers were expelled

Welcome to the Monday, June 12, Brew.

The Independent UK

California skate park named for Black motorist fatally beaten in police traffic stop

Officials have dedicated a California skate park in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man prosecutors say was beaten to death last Janaury by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee

Reason

Private Employers May Not Fire Employees for Writing to the Legislature, Tennessee Court Holds

BlueCross BlueShield allegedly fired an employee for "email[ing] Tennessee state legislators with her concerns and grievances regarding vaccine mandates."

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty to helping 2 others accused in the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph

A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery

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Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions

Lawmakers this year kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana

WEKU

Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in trademark dispute with dog toy maker

Jack Daniel's, the famous Tennessee whiskey company, tried to stop production and marketing of a dog toy shaped and decorated like a Jack Daniel's bottle but with the name "Bad Spaniels" on the label.

The Conversation

Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

The drag shows will go on. At least for now.

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4-star WR, Tennessee commit Amari Jefferson names top schools

4-star WR Amari Jefferson names his top six schools including Georgia

The Independent UK

As conservatives target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe

As politicians and activists push for limits on discussions of race, gender and sexuality, some students say the measures targeting aspects of their identity have made them less welcome in American schools — the one place all kids are supposed to feel safe

The Independent UK

Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps

Questions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in Tennessee will be enforced after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional while saying the decision only applied to the state’s most populated county

Salon

No one buys the "protect the kids" lie

The Tennessee drag decision shows even a Trump judge can see through the "protect the kids" lie

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