- Associated Press
Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child rape convictions
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled Statehouse championed amid concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases. The new Tennessee law, which goes into effect July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of aggravated rape of a child. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a similar bill nearly a year ago.
- United Press International
Watch: Heirloom carving returned to family thanks to social media search
A New York woman was reunited with a precious piece of family artwork thanks to a Facebook post that was shared hundreds of times.
- Associated Press
In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story
Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one. While in college in the late '80s, Hanna signed up for a writers' workshop led by her hero, the postmodern novelist Kathy Acker. “You should start a band.”
