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A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

Rachel Treisman

June 24, 2024

Freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, 42, entered hospice care in Tennessee earlier this week, the National Press Club announced in a statement.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: George Floyd, protests

NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee abortions after Tennessee’s abortion ban

Nina Cardona

June 24, 2024

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What did Tennessee’s abortion ban actually change? Plus the local news for June 24, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court

For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news

Kristin M. Hall, APandTravis Loller, AP

June 22, 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing the Nashville crayfish from the endangered species list.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: crayfish, environment, wildlife

After prior pushback, Nashville police get funding for a new round of Tasers

Cynthia Abrams

June 22, 2024

Police tasers, and the debates they spur, returned to Nashville’s council chambers this week as members approved a $15 million contract to outfit the city’s police department with new models.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville Metro Council, police funding, Tasers

NashVillager Podcast: Higher ed’s highest decision-makers

Nina Cardona

June 21, 2024

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Who’s running the show at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities? Plus your local newscast for June 21, 2024.

Filed Under: Education, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, HBCU, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University

How Tennessee has been impacted by the fossil fuel byproduct ethylene oxide

Caroline Eggers

June 21, 2024

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Sterilization Services of Tennessee, a simple brick building nestled between a railroad and interstate in Memphis, quietly raised cancer risks in nearby communities for nearly five decades before shutting down this year. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: ethylene oxide, fossil fuels, memphis, Military, pollution, war

How this Nashville LGBTQ choir celebrates 20 years of harmony

Char Daston

June 21, 2024

A 30-member choir rehearses in a fluorescent-lit church room festooned with pride flags.
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When Nashville in Harmony was founded in 2004, many of its members had to be discreet. 20 years later, it is known both locally and nationally.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: lgbtq, nonnarrated storytelling, singing

A ballroom scene has been quietly growing in Nashville. And it’s about to have its coming out party.

jewly hight

June 20, 2024

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The Legendary Iconic House of Ebony has put on several smaller balls in the city in recent years, but the one they’re bringing to the National Museum of African American Music tomorrow night will be their most visible display to date.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ballroom culture, lgbt, lgbtq, music, Pride

NashVillager Podcast: E pluribus lawsuits

Nina Cardona

June 20, 2024

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How are the courts responding as Tennessee’s Attorney General challenges federal rules? Plus your local newscast for June 20, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: courts, Jonathan Skrmetti

Thousands of women on probation or parole in Tennessee need to seek approval to leave the state for abortion care

Paige Pfleger

June 20, 2024

About 4 out of 5 women on probation or parole live in a state where abortion is limited. More than 16,000 women are under supervision in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, probation and parole, Tennessee Department of Correction

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