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What we know about the victims of the Nashville school shooting

Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney were the nine-year-old children killed

The Independent UK

After school shooting, Tenn. gun laws likely to remain lax

A federal judge quietly cleared the way to drop the minimum age to 18 for Tennesseans to carry handguns in public without a permit the same day Nashville residents were reeling from a fatal grade school shooting that left six dead, including three children

The Independent UK

Lauren Daigle postpones concert to host vigil after Nashville school shooting

Christian singer Lauren Daigle postponed an album preview concert she had set in Nashville, Tennessee, for Monday to instead host a communitywide prayer vigil hours after a private elementary school in the city became the latest site of a fatal mass shooting.

Los Angeles Times

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Republicans accused of hypocrisy over gun safety after Nashville shooting – as it happened

School shooting that left three children and three adults dead brought condolences from conservatives who oppose gun control

The Guardian - US

Tenn. gov slammed for shooting "prayers"

"If thoughts and prayers worked to stop gun violence, there wouldn't have been a shooting at a Christian school"

Salon

Nashville school shooter was ex-student

The suspect, Audrey Hale, planned the attack, drawing a map of "how this was all going to take place," police say

Salon

Tennessee governor who signed permitless gun carry comes under fire after Nashville school shooting

Suspect carried two assault-style rifles and a handgun, according to police

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Nashville sues over Tennessee law halving metro council size

Nashville officials have filed a legal challenge over a new Tennessee law that will cut the Democratic-leaning city’s metro council in half

The Independent UK

Tenn. Lt. Gov. McNally apologizes after repeatedly commenting on racy Instagram posts

While supporting some of the state's most restrictive LGBTQ laws, Tenn. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally admitted to regularly commenting on nearly naked online photos of a gay man with heart and fire emojis.

WEKU

Leslie Jones slams Tennessee's anti-gay marriage bill: 'We really going back huh?!'

Tennessee just keeps the anti-gay laws coming, and Leslie Jones has had enough.

Los Angeles Times

Anti-drag Tennessee Republican leaves heart and flame emojis on gay performer’s Instagram

‘You can turn a rainy day into rainbows and sunshine,’ Randy McNally wrote in one of many comments he left on the Instagram page of Franklyn McClur

The Independent UK

RuPaul speaks out against anti-drag laws emerging in US

The Drag Race star has slammed laws banning drag shows issued by Republicans

Evening Standard

Photo of Gov. Bill Lee in drag featured in full-page ad in Tennessee newspaper

A full-page ad with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee dressed in drag ran in one of the state’s largest newspapers Tuesday, just days after the Republican politician signed into law a bill targeting drag performances — the first of its kind in the nation.

Tribune News Service

Tennessee drag ban: Why has the state banned drag performers and what does the law say?

The new law came amid attacks by Republicans on the rights of transgender and LGBTQ Americans across the country.

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The Independent UK

Florida lab to test 550 Tennessee rape kits with $1.5M grant

Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Paid express lanes grow more popular in once-reluctant South

Southern states are more frequently turning to pay-to-use express lanes as a way to address highway congestion without raising taxes

Salon

The truth about GOP hypocrisy

Laws banning drag and abortion were always meant to be selectively enforced against those the Christian right hates

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Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows

Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill banning drag performances the same afternoon he signed a ban on youth gender-affirming care. Advocates say some are asking whether staying in the state is worth it.

The Independent UK

Tennessee becomes first state in the nation with law restricting drag performances

Gov Bill Lee signed the bill on Thursday. It is expected to take effect later this year

The Independent UK

Why are drag shows being targeted by the state of Tennessee and other republicans?

Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children

The Independent UK

As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?

Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Fox News: ‘They are captive to the audience they created’

Late-night hosts discuss the revelations from the defamation lawsuit against Fox News, the ‘low confidence’ Covid lab leak theory and the start of CPAC

Tribune News Service

Author of Texas anti-drag bill says video of him wearing dress was ‘a joke back in school’

AUSTIN, Texas — A North Texas lawmaker who authored a bill to restrict drag shows wore a dress for a school project as a teenager, according to a video that surfaced on social media this week.

Salon

Anti-drag Bill Lee caught in drag photo

Lee called attempts to conflate the image with assailed drag shows in red states "ridiculous"

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