PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A prominent Bill Cosby accuser has filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lili Bernard’s lawsuit comes just before the state’s two-year window to file older sexual assault claims expires. Bernard tells The Associated Press she was prompted in part by Cosby’s recent release from prison. The…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers have struck a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers, killing at least 32 people and wounding at least 68. The attack on the Fatimiya mosque came a week after a bombing claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate killed 46 people at a Shiite mosque in northern…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has posted another month of positive revenue numbers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Department of Finance and Administration says September tax revenues were $1.9 billion, or $321.5 million more than September 2020 and $378.1 million more than budget estimates. Finance Commissioner Butch Eley says the revenues benefited from back-to-school shopping, continued…
Weather Update: Friday, October 15 — Good Morning West Tennessee. We have a wet start to the morning so far. Showers and storms have been focused on a boundary extending from about Paducah towards Memphis. The boundary will continue to slowly shift east and likely take most of the current showers and storms with it. Behind the disturbance air will…
MIDDLETON, Tenn. — A family who lost a loved one is hoping others don’t go through the issues they faced. “He was tough. He’s a fighter. He’d overcome death, I can’t tell you how many times. He’d always come back, and he was always good again and never did stop smiling,” said Josh Wyman, Hardeman County Sheriff’s Deputy Dale Wyman’s…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Big decisions were made at a local school board meeting. At the Jackson-Madison County School Board meeting Thursday evening, students and teachers got rewarded and recognized for their excellence. Leaders approved the hazard mitigation plan resolution, which is to help get grants to assist with hazards. Leaders also approved differentiated pay plan, where schools and teachers can…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law known as Senate Bill 8 in place as the Justice Department tries halting the law. The Biden administration is suing Texas over the restrictions that ban abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Bill Clinton says the former president is in a hospital in California being treated for a non-COVID-related infection. Spokesman Angel Ureña says Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening. Ureña says Clinton “is on the mend, in good spirits and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Henderson Road bridge has been reopened once again. The bridge over Interstate 40 was reconstructed to make room for five extra miles on the interstate. Nichole Lawrence, with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, says this reconstruction is part of a much bigger project. It included the reconstruction of the Campbell Street bridge, and will continue with…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Students at the University of Memphis Lambuth Campus participated in a real-life scenario simulation. Nursing students at Lambuth participated in a virtual poverty simulation. Students are put in groups of four, and all of the groups represented different families and scenarios. Some are single parents, others disabled. The groups had a stressful task by providing basic necessities…
