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Fox News

A federal court of appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought last year by an LGBTQ group over a law that restricts drag shows deemed "harmful to minors."

Lawsuit over Tennessee law that puts limits on drag shows dismissed by federal court in win for Republicans

Rowan County, KY

A conservative legal group has filed a brief on behalf of a former Kentucky county clerk that it says could lead to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the right of same-sex couples to marry. Kim Davis, then the Rowan County clerk, made national headlines in 2015 for refusing to issue...

Kim Davis’ legal counsel moves to make her appeal a springboard for overturning marriage rights

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Nine years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, attorneys for a former Kentucky county clerk who went to jail for failing to issue licenses said their client’s case should lead to the landmark decision being overturned.
                “The time has come for a course correction,” lawyers from Liberty Counsel wrote in a 73-page brief filed this week before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of their client, former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis.
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Davis wants to overturn same-sex marriage as she continues appealing her case

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Shine My Crown

In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has potentially opened the door to numerous legal challenges against longstanding regulations, according to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The court, in a 6-3 decision, allowed North Dakota truck stop Corner Post to sue the Federal Reserve over a 2011 rule on credit...

Worried Ketanji Brown Jackson Fears A ‘Tsunami of Lawsuits’ Following Supreme Court Ruling

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Salon

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court's right-wing majority on Friday ruled that cities can enforce laws against sleeping on sidewalks and other public property even when homeless people have nowhere else to go, the Los Angeles Times reported. The conservative justices disagreed with a lower court's ruling that such...

"Stay awake or be arrested": Sotomayor slams Supreme Court for criminalizing homelessness

West Virginia State

Idaho State

West Virginia and Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether states can lawfully enforce bans on transgender students competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

West Virginia and Idaho ask Supreme Court to decide whether states can enforce anti-transgender sports bans

Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

Pontotoc County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Police in Pontotoc made an arrest recently that led to the discover of multiple IED's according to a press release from the Pontotoc County Sheriff. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Department reports that on Tuesday July 2nd, 2024 Jason Lambert 40 of Tupelo, Ms. was arrested and charged by the CID and charged withDomestic Violence-Aggravated Assault and Felony Malicious Mischief.

Man arrested on domestic violence charges found to have multiple Molotov cocktails

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is facing backlash for her Second Amendment views after her armed security detail shot a would-be armed carjacker outside her home.

Sotomayor faces backlash for gun rights views after bodyguards shoot would-be carjacker: 'Incredibly ironic'

Shenandoah, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL – The following is a collection of police incidents reported by local law enforcement...
The post Police Log, 7/10/2024 first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Police Log, 7/10/2024

Oregon State

Saint Augustine, FL

Lisa S. Gerard

Brittany Tavar, 45, disappeared from her home in St. Augustine, Florida, on July 6, 2010. She was part of a large family scattered on the other side of the country. Brittany's friends in the area described her as generous and caring. Not only was she regarded as a kind person, she was known to help others in need.

Florida Woman Befriends Homeless Man in 2010; Both Tragically Vanish

Jackson, MS

Byram, MS

Written with A.I. assistance. According to the Byram Police Department, in a coordinated effort involving multiple law enforcement agencies, 19-year-old Martravious Jamye Douglas of Canton was apprehended at Spring Lake Apartments in Byram yesterday evening. Douglas, wanted by the Jackson Police Department in connection to two separate murder cases, was located in building 6 of the apartment complex.

Suspect in Two Murders Apprehended in Byram Apartment

Prosecutors overstepped in charging January 6 rioters with obstruction for trying to prevent certification of the 2020 presidential election, the US Supreme Court said Friday, throwing hundreds of cases into doubt. The matter was brought to the court through an appeal by former police officer Joseph Fischer, a supporter of former president Donald Trump who entered the Capitol in Washington with hundreds of others on January 6, 2021.

US Supreme Court rules in favor of January 6 rioters

Pennsylvania State

A federal judge on Tuesday denied a Pennsylvania tree care company’s bid to stay and preliminarily enjoin the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts because the plaintiffs failed to show that the ban would cause irreparable harm. Judge Kelley Hodge of the U.S. District...

Courts split on FTC’s noncompete ban after Pennsylvania judge’s decision

Iowa State

USA TODAY

A judge is lifting the injunction that has blocked the law since last year, after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in June the law is constitutional.

Iowa judge lifts injunction blocking state's 6-week abortion ban

NewsNation

The Supreme Court may be on its summer recess, but its docket is still plenty busy.  After a decision season that saw landmark case after landmark case that will define history, emergency appeals from the Biden administration and Republican state attorneys general have made the justices’ summer jam-packed.  For starters, a ruling is expected anytime […]

Supreme Court docket jam-packed despite summer recess

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against a Tennessee law banning drag performances, overturning a lower court’s decision to block the law. The federal appeals court has ruled that Friends of George’s, a Memphis-based LGBTQ+ theater company, did not have the legal right to sue over the Tennessee law limiting drag performances.

Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Ban Backed by Court of Law in Groundbreaking Case

Athens, GA

Now Habersham

A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Teen arrested for kidnapping and molestation after Athens hit-and-runs

WHAS11

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Former Kentucky clerk who opposed gay marriage appeals ruling over attorney fees

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Former Kentucky clerk who opposed gay marriage appeals ruling over attorney fees

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