NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A date with history awaited the Nashville Predators on Monday night. They kept it, in spite of being badly outshot by the Anaheim Ducks. Colton Sissons’ third goal of the game at 14:00 of the third period broke a tie and led Nashville to a 6-3 win…
Read MoreDay: May 22, 2017
At Least 19 Dead, 50 Injured After ‘Possible Terrorist Attack’ at Ariana Grande Concert in England
At least 19 people were killed and 50 injured Monday night in an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that police are treating as a possible terrorist attack. The explosion happened near an entrance to the 21,000-seat arena just minutes after Grande’s concert ended and the singer…
Read MoreAlabama Baptist Leaders Raise Concerns About LGBT Group At Samford University
The missions board of the Alabama Baptist Convention has formed a committee to work with Samford University in the wake of the faculty voting to give official recognition to an LGBT student group. Samford is a Southern Baptist school in suburban Birmingham. Final approval of the LGBT group is up…
Read MoreJustice for Jocques Coalition Angry With Nashville City Officials Over Officer Shooting
The Justice for Jocques Coalition held a town hall meeting Saturday at which they slammed Nashville city officials for what they perceive as injustice in the case of a white police officer who fatally shot an armed black man. Officer Josh Lippert was found to be acting in self-defense in…
Read MoreTim Tebow Slams 3rd Home Run of the Season
Tim Tebow broke out of a 1 for 18 slump on Sunday, hitting his third home run and a double in a game the Class A Columbia Fireflies he plays for lost 6 to 3 to the West Virginia Power. Tebow improved his batting average to .230, significantly better than…
Read MoreActivist Lawyers Admit Nashville Has an Illegal Immigration Problem
On April 7, 2017, Nashville activist pro-illegal immigration lawyers Elliot Ozment, J. Gerard Stranch, IV, Tricia Herzfeld and Anthony Orlandi, sued Metro Nashville, Davidson County and Sheriff Daron Hall, on behalf of Saudi national Abdullah Abriq, who overstayed his student visa, and “hundred and likely thousands of immigrants” subject to…
Read MoreNashville Predators Can Clinch First NHL Stanley Cup Finals Appearance With Win Over Ducks Tonight
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It has turned into a battle of attrition in the Western Conference Finals. One more loss and the Anaheim Ducks will have until September to rest. One more win and the Nashville Predators clinch their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. Saturday night’s 3-1 defeat to…
Read MorePresident Trump Urges Muslim Leaders to Cut Off Islamic Terrorism at the Root in Their Own Countries
President Trump called on Muslim leaders Sunday to begin stamping out radial Islamic terrorism within their own countries, giving a blunt assessment to the poisonous ideology within their religion and offering a path forward to peace. In a historic speech to leaders from 50 Muslim countries, Mr. Trump described the…
Read MoreDozens of Students Walk Out on Vice President Pence at Notre Dame Graduation
More than 100 graduating students at the University of Notre Dame walked out Sunday as Vice President Mike Pence began his address at their commencement ceremony. Pence was chosen to give the commencement address at the nation’s most prominent Catholic university – even though the school ordinarily invites newly inaugurated…
Read MoreCommentary: Donald Trump Hits All Right Notes in Address to Arab Leaders
The president of the United States did America proud in addressing Islamic leaders from 50 countries Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was truly a historic occasion. Not in my lifetime do I remember an American president simultaneously addressing so many leaders from predominantly Muslim nations in an extraordinary meeting…
Read MoreMcCain, Rubio Blast Trump for Not Confronting Saudi Arabia on Human Rights
Two leading Republican senators on Sunday said President Trump is making a mistake by failing to more forcefully confront Saudi Arabia over the country’s treatment of women and other human rights issues in the Middle Eastern nation. Mr. Trump’s highly anticipated address in Saudi Arabia on Sunday will focus heavily…
Read MoreMore Than 100 Conservative Leaders Urge Mark Green to Resume Campaign for Governor of Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tennessee–More than one hundred conservative leaders from across Tennessee are urging State Senator Mark Green (R-Clarksville) to resume his campaign for the Tennessee Republican Gubernatorial nomination in 2018. Green was considered the conservative front runner for the nomination, though he had not officially announced, when President Trump nominated…
Read MoreConstitution Series: Judicial Review
This is the eighth of twenty-five weekly articles in The Tennessee Star’s Constitution Series. Students in grades 8 through 12 can sign up here to participate in The Tennessee Star’s Constitution Bee, which will be held on September 23. The Separation of Powers and Federalism are two foundational…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Monday, May 22
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing May 22, Monday Acts 4:31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank…
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