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An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, a county sheriff said, as first responders said secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site. The blast occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems, according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office. …
Read More »Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from Tennessee jail, will rejoin family in Maryland to await trial
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Salvadoran national’s case became a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda after he was mistakenly deported in March. Facing a court order, the Trump …
Read More »3 Tennessee family members killed by falling tree as area deluged with flash flooding
A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, where submerged roads also led to dramatic rescues of people trapped in their cars, authorities said. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision effectively protects from legal challenges the many efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. …
Read More »‘Help us find them’: Vigils, prayers for 6 workers swept away by Helene as Tennessee investigates company
With shaking hands, Daniel Delgado kissed a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, before lighting a candle in a supermarket parking lot in Erwin, Tenn. Family members hugged pictures printed on poster board, some collapsing into them in tears as search helicopters flew overhead in the direction of the hills. …
Read More »Stay or go? Why families of trans kids face an uncertain future in Tennessee – National
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Parents of transgender children in Tennessee worry they may have to move their families out of the state because of a recently passed ban on gender-affirming care for minors and policies that target transgender people. “Do we stay here?” asked the mother of a transgender child in …
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