NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

In a 70-page ruling handed down late Friday night, US District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” He also added that the statute encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.”

“There is no question that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. But there is a difference between material that is ‘obscene’ in the

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Community Legal Aid is offering a series of free clinics to offer legal help to the public.

The programs are taught by attorneys and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

The following clinics are available online:

• Eviction prevention clinic: Tuesdays at 4 pm – Learn about renters’ rights and options if facing an eviction. Visit www.communitylegalaid.org/eviction for details.
• Foreclosure prevention classes: Learn about the foreclosure process and strategies that can help homeowners save their homes. Offered on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 5 pm Visit www.communitylegalaid.org/foreclosure for details.

Law enforcement on Volusia County’s beaches is officially in the hands of Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1595 on Thursday, which says that only sheriffs have the authority to maintain law enforcement operations in unincorporated areas of a county (such as the beaches).

Major shift in law enforcement

For years Volusia County government’s Beach Safety division officers have provided law enforcement services on Volusia County’s coast, but now their law enforcement capacity has ended.

In a Thursday night Facebook post, the sheriff’s office wrote that deputies and Beach Safety officers have already been working together closely

ALBANY, NY — The use of the red flag law in New York has surged over the past year to allow judges to confiscate weapons from people they deem dangerous.

The rise in cases, according to prosecutors and elected officials, has helped quell gun violence in New York after an alarming spike during the Covid-19 pandemic.

With an expanded law and more attention to it, the growth in cases has been extraordinary after it was barely used when it was first passed in 2019. In 2021, there were 538 extreme risk protection orders issued. A year later, the number soared

INDIANAPOLIS – Terry Badger III would’ve loved the Indianapolis Indians’ next homestand, six games against the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, because he loved the Indians, he loved the Cubs, he loved baseball. Playing it, watching it, talking about it, you name it. He was 13. It’s baseball. You get it.

Terry had been to Victory Field before, you know. His Pee Wee league in Covington – a few miles on this side of the Illinois border – named its teams after the Triple-A International League. Terry played on the Mud Hens when he was 4, so when the Mud Hens traveled

The jury started deliberations Friday afternoon in the trial against Letecia Stauch, who is accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, more than three years ago.

After five weeks of trial the attorneys in the case gave their closing arguments, where the key focus for both the prosecution and the defense was the sanity of Stauch. Following the end of rebuttal 12 jurors were sent to begin deliberations, and after four hours of deliberation the jury was sent home for the day at around 5 pm Deliberations will resume on Monday morning.

Prosecutors Dave Young and Michael Allen spoke

ATLANTA — The father of a deceased University of Georgia football player is seeking $2 million in what may become the first civil action involving a fatal car crash that rocked the school’s champion football program.

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In a legal notice sent to the university this month, offensive lineman Devin Willock’s father disputes much of the university’s version of events that preceded the Jan. 15 crash. Lawyers for Dave Willock, of New Milford, N.J., instead blame the crash on a lack of oversight by football team officials of employees including recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, who also died in the crash

A last-minute $787.5m (£634m) deal allowed Fox News to avoid a lengthy and potentially embarrassing defamation trial with US voting machine company Dominion.

In its $1.6bn lawsuit, Dominion alleged that Fox had damaged its business by spreading false claims that its machines had helped rig the 2020 election in Joe Biden’s favour.

While Fox swiftly declared the settlement a victory, the media empire was also forced to admit that “certain claims” it made about Dominion were false, potentially putting it