LEXINGTON, Tenn. — Bikers revved their engines for a good cause. The Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Lexington hosted their 16th Annual Bike Fest. Over 60 motorcycles were entered in the ride. The bikers rode a 70 mile poker run, and received a poker card from three different stops. The money raised goes to helping a…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jacksonians are traveling the world today. Around the world in one day, Jacksonians got a taste of each culture Saturday at the International Food and Art Festival. Attendees were able to try foods from different countries, and even make music. A parade of cultures represented each country that attended the festival, and there were over 15 countries…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer says Saturday that New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. His hospitalization is just days since he was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case. Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin says he was notified that his client was admitted to a hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. DeGuerin says…
DETROIT (AP) – A second person has been killed by an exploding air bag inflator made by a Tennessee company that has been under investigation by a federal agency for more than six years without any resolution. On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted recall documents filed by General Motors that revealed the second death. An air bag…
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a woman was raped by a stranger on a commuter train in the presence of other riders who a police official says “should have done something.” Upper Darby police were called to the 69th Street terminal late Wednesday after the assault. A police official says a transit employee…
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil has broken ribs during a fall off the stage at a concert in Tennessee. In video footage from the performance Friday, Neil can be seen clapping at the edge of the stage with his guitar strapped around him before his fall. Neil’s guitarist later told the crowd at the Monsters…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department says it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement Friday that the Defense Department is also working with the State Department to help surviving family members…
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Texas say three constable deputies were shot in an ambush outside of a bar in Houston. One is dead and two others wounded. Officials said at a news conference that the constable deputies were working an extra shift at the bar early Saturday when they responded to a suspected robbery outside. Preliminary information indicates that…
LONDON (AP) – The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people have got tested and treated as resources have been diverted to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization says in its yearly report on TB that 1.5 million people worldwide died of the bacterial…
NEW YORK (AP) — Judges around the country are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted…
