FRANKFORT, Ky. — (AP) Kentucky’s attorney general is urging state lawmakers to dismiss an impeachment petition against him, fighting back against allegations by three grand jurors from the Breonna Taylor death investigation who joined in seeking his ouster from office. The petition, signed by a handful of Kentuckians, alleges Attorney General Daniel Cameron breached public trust and failed to comply with his duties in his handling of the Taylor case and then misrepresented the grand jury’s work to the public. An attorney for the three grand jurors signed on their behalf to preserve their anonymity. The Republican attorney general has…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jerry Johnson, who coached men’s basketball at LeMoyne-Owen College for more than four decades, has died at age 102. “It is with a heavy heart that I make this post,” Anderson said in an Instagram post. “A true basketball legend and icon in Memphis Jerry C. Johnson has passed this morning.” Johnson retired from LeMoyne-Owen College after spending 46 years as the men’s basketball coach. Johnson recorded 821 wins during his time as head coach. Johnson was the first Black basketball coach to win a Division III national title. He was the only men’s basketball coach to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Freshman Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty has picked more than a dozen former members of the Trump administration to join his Washington office, including a chief of staff who also worked for former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and former Sen. Bob Corker. Hagerty announced 23 additions to his Senate team Thursday, with John Rader leading the office as chief of staff. Rader most recently served as deputy assistant to the president for strategic initiatives. He also served on the National Security Council under former President Donald Trump and worked alongside Hagerty on Trump’s 2016 transition team.…
That the Zionist movement, established in Europe during the 19th century as a secular response to the persecution of European Jews is frequently ignored. What is also ignored was the search, by the leadership of the Zionist movement, for a European colonial-imperial ally with the aim of establishing a Jewish state somewhere in the world (within the sphere of that colonial empire!). This included overtures toward the major colonial empires of the time such as Britain, Russia, and Turkey. The religious argument for the establishment of Israel is based on a particular interpretation of the Bible. That the Zionist movement,…
NASHVILLE, TN – The coronavirus vaccine roll out has been slow. Pfizer and Moderna, the two companies whose vaccines received emergency approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have not produced enough of it quickly enough. President Joe Biden announced January 26 that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each from Pfizer and Moderna. “This is enough vaccine to vaccinate 300 million Americans by end of summer, early fall,” Biden said. He called the push to increase supply a “wartime effort.” Last month, Pfizer announced that it would deliver only 25 million doses…
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By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. It’s an early sign of Trump’s enduring sway over the party. The nine House prosecutors carried the sole impeachment charge of “incitement of insurrection” across the Capitol, making a solemn and ceremonial march to the Senate along the same halls the rioters…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Legacy Education Foundation (TLEF) secured a $50,000 grant from Meharry Medical College to support the Foundation’s youth mentoring programming in Middle Tennessee for the 2021 calendar year. The programs will have a focus on healthy lifestyle choices within the African-American community. TLEF Board Chair Dennie Marshall is excited to have the financial support that a grant of this magnitude provides. “With Meharry’s generous monetary support we look forward to greater outreach with our mentoring programs.” Marshall continued, “It will allow us to continue our long-standing work with young people and collaborate with other civic groups.” The grant…
WASHINGTON, DC — Generation of Civil Rights Attorneys to Dismantle Racial Injustice and Inequality in the South Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) launched the groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), an innovative educational and training opportunity that will produce the next generation of civil rights attorneys to serve Black communities in the South. As LDF celebrates its 80th anniversary year, the new scholarship and pipeline program builds upon its legacy of fighting for racial justice in America and producing leading advocates against racial injustice. The MMSP demonstrates LDF’s ongoing commitment to the South, where the majority…