Louisiana Legislature opened window for sex abuse survivors to sue, but state's high court shut it
Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisianaโs Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits.
Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81
FILE - Artist Billy Joe Shaver poses backstage following his concert "Billy Joe Shaver presented by WMOT/Roots Radio" at City Winery Nashville in Nashville, Tenn. on April 1, 2017. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs like โHonky Tonk Heroes,โ โI Been to Georgia on a Fast Trainโ and โOld Five and Dimers Like Me,โ has died He was 81. His big break came when Jennings recorded several of Shaver's songs for his 1973 album โHonky Tonk Heroes," which helped popularize the outlaw country genre and turn the maverick country artists into legends. "There werenโt another other way to be/For lovable losers, no account boozers/And honky tonk heroes like me," Shaver wrote in the title track. Shaver wrote songs that were covered by Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, George Jones, Tex Ritter, Tennessee Ernie Ford and John Anderson.
Nashville police officer killed after teen slams car into his
(CNN) - A Tennessee police officer was killed Thursday when his car was "violently struck" on the driver's side by a teen driver who was driving without a license, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. Central Precinct Officer John Anderson, 28, had been with the department for four years and had become a father a little over a year ago. When he reached an intersection, Anderson's police car was hit by the teen's 2016 Ford Fusion, and the officer died at the scene. That officer radioed in the car's location and license plate and noticed the car turn onto the street where the crash occurred. I am definitely not feeling lost as I begin this journey of serving the public by becoming a Metro Nashville police officer," he had written, according to police.
28-Year-Old Cop Dies After Being 'Violently Struck' by Teen Driving Without a License:
A 28-year-old Nashville police officer and new dad died after being "violently struck" in his cruiser by another car, which was being driven by a 17-year-old without a license. The officer began driving behind the Ford and saw it commit a lane violation, the department said in a press release. After the officer turned on his siren, the Ford sped away. That's when the Ford "violently struck" the driver's side of Anderson's cruise, the department said. The teen was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness, felony evading arrest, aggravated assault by recklessness, driving on a suspended license and juvenile curfew violation.