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Pastor at St Edward junior school in Nashville says JK Rowling’s use of ‘actual spells’ risks conjuring evil spirits
A private Catholic school in Nashville has removed the Harry Potter books from its library, saying they include “actual curses and spells, which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits”.
Local paper the Tennessean reported that the pastor at St Edward Catholic school, which teaches children of pre-kindergarten age through to 8th grade, had emailed parents about JK Rowling’s series to tell them that he had been in contact with “several” exorcists who had recommended removing the books from the library.
Josh Bratchley spent more than 24 hours in a cave in Tennessee before he was rescued by expert divers
A British diver who helped save a junior football team from a cave in Thailand has himself been rescued from a flooded tunnel in the US after more than a day underground.
Josh Bratchley failed to return to the surface with the rest of a party after they emerged from a cave in Jackson County, Tennessee, at around 3pm on Tuesday.
Tennessee's contentious, open U.S. Senate contest has run up a tab that tops $51 million so far, more than half of it spent by outside groups that are clogging TV airwaves with attack ads. Federal campaign finance disclosures filed this week show that Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen's campaign has spent $11.7 million since the race began, while outside groups have spent about $13 million to help him.
Former Tennessee Governor and now Democrat Senate candidate Phil Bredesen has moved into damage control mode on the heels of the recent Project Veritas undercover sting video . In the video release by Project Veritas shows campaign staffers admitting that Bredesen's statements about supporting Kavanaugh are just phony talking points.
At center, debate moderator Mark Hyman shows 1st Congressional District candidates, Democratic challenger Marty Olsen, left, and Republican incumbent Phil Roe, right, the timer screens at the back of the Monarch Auditorium inside the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Incumbent Republican 1st District U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, of Johnson City, takes the podium at a debate in Bristol Thursday.
Washington, Oct 9 : US President Donald Trump has told reporters that he likes Taylor Swifts music "about 25 per cent less now" that she endorsed a Democrat in a Senate race in Tennessee. Swift on Sunday showed her political stripes in a post on Instagram in which she said she would be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate, reports variety.com.
During the first U.S. Senate debate between Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Democrat Gov. Phil Bredesen, I was encouraged to hear Marsha push back against single payer health care. Single payer, also known as "Medicare for All," is the brainchild of liberal socialists like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and self-proclaimed socialist Democrat congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York.
After the singer uploaded a now-viral on Sunday, October 7, in which she clarified her politics and said she would not be voting for Republican Tennessee Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn in the midterm elections, Huckabee responded with a tweet dismissing the impact of her statement. "So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won't impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote," he wrote on Monday morning.
Music superstar Taylor Swift announced Sunday she's voting for Tennessee's Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen, breaking her long-standing refusal to discuss anything politics.
Taylor Swift broke her usual political silence on Sunday to endorse two democrats and speak on the importance of equal rights. The alt-right is calling Taylor Swift a traitor, attacking her appearance, and calling for violence after she endorsed two Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate .
But until now, the star hasn't said much about politics. That changed Sunday night, when Swift posted a lengthy Instagram message about her hometown Tennessee Senate race, denouncing Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn.
Democratic candidate and former Gov. Phil Bredesen speaks at the 2018 Tennessee U.S. Senate Debate against Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn at Cumberland University Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Lebanon, Tenn.
There are plenty of reasons to be grateful that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election. But one of the biggest is almost certainly on First Street, NE in Washington, D.C. At least one justice working inside that Supreme Court would be different.
Trump unleashes four-letter rant at Mitch McConnell over Brett Kavanaugh delay and said Republican leader should have FORCED a vote on Friday even if Jeff Flake and the moderates had voted him down Trump to hold five rallies in eight days as he fires up the base in bid to force Republican senators to confirm Kavanaugh at end of this week First 'social network of brains' lets three players solve a Tetris-style puzzle by staring at different lights to transmit silent instructions into each other's minds Cardi B 'will hand herself in to the police and face court' over claims she ordered a brutal assault against two barmaids at a New York strip club 'There was ten feet of blood': Kayaker who helped rescue teen attacked by an 11-foot shark while diving for lobster describes the horrific wounds to his shoulder and back Yo-yo dieting more than DOUBLES your risk of an early death and 'makes you ... (more)
In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn speaks at the 2018 Tennessee U.S. Senate Debate against Democratic candidate and former Gov. Phil Bredesen at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn.
A popular former Tennessee Democratic governor positioned himself as a centrist in a race that will help determine control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, while his Republican rival strove to paint him as a mere follower of Washington Democrats. FILE PHOTO: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen sits in the new Volkswagen Passat during the press day for the North American International Auto show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 10, 2011.
State Democrats have appealed a decision by Chancellor Jeff Atherton to dismiss their lawsuit seeking to keep Republican Robin Smith off the ballot. The party says the GOP should not be able to field a candidate in the House District 26 contest on grounds that former Rep. Gerald McCormick's late withdrawal was invalid.
The Greene County Democratic Party is urging 1st District Congressional candidates to debate in Greeneville - a central location in a district that stretches over a large swath of northeast Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Dr. Phil Roe, of Johnson City, and Democratic candidate Dr. Marty Olsen, of Johnson City, are vying to represent the 1st Congressional District, which encompasses 12 counties, from Sevierville and Sneedville in the west to Mountain City in the eastern most corner of the state.
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander today said that Tennessee is set to receive $30.8 million to combat the opioid crisis. "Our communities are on the front lines of fighting the opioid crisis," Alexander said.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says Democratic former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is "trying to pull a fast one" on voters by promising to be moderate if he's elected to the Senate.