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At Least 7 Dead After Tornado Rips Through Tennessee County Amid Deadly Storms In South, Midwest | The Daily Wire

April 1, 2023 by www.dailywire.com Leave a Comment

At least 7 people were killed after a tornado swept through McNairy County, Tennessee, on Friday night as powerful storms ravaged parts of the South and Midwest.

The Emergency Management Agency director for McNairy County reported the deaths and said that many more were injured during the storm, according to Action News 5. McNairy County is roughly 85 miles east of Memphis.

“The damage and loss that our community suffered last night was catastrophic,” the Adamsville police department announced in a Saturday statement. “We send our condolences to all of those who were impacted by this event, not just in our community, but across the entire region.”

Independent reporter Nick Sortor said one of the tornadoes in Tennessee blew his Jeep off the road, leaving him with a bloody head injury and a totaled vehicle.

“I truly believed I was going to die at the moment my car was picked up and tossed off the road by this massive tornado in Tennessee,” Sortor tweeted Friday night along with pictures of the aftermath.

I truly believed I was going to die at the moment my car was picked up and tossed off the road by this massive tornado in Tennessee.

I’ll have some videos to post later tonight.

Thanks so much again for all your support. pic.twitter.com/PpVphnjRMd

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 1, 2023

At least 11 other people across five states were killed during the Friday night storms, according to ABC News. Five were killed and dozens were injured in Arkansas. A tornado blew through the state capital, Little Rock, and caused extensive damage, while the town of Wynne was virtually cut in two by the damage, according to Mayor Jennifer Hobbs. Mississippi, Alabama, and Illinois each reported one fatality, while Indiana saw three deaths.

Insane video of massive Tornado on the Ground in Little Rock taken from the 7th floor of Little Rock Baptist hospital.. Video by Kristal Benton from Medical Towers 1 pic.twitter.com/710L3RQj9k

— Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) March 31, 2023

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Over two dozen people were killed in storms that hit Arkansas and Mississippi last week. One tornado, which was around a mile wide and traveled for over 100 miles, devastated the small towns of Rolling Fork, Anguilla, and Silver Creek.

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Judge Blocks Tennessee Law Protecting Children From Viewing Sexually Explicit Performances | The Daily Wire

April 1, 2023 by www.dailywire.com Leave a Comment

A federal judge in Tennessee blocked a law on Friday that was intended to protect children from being exposed to “adult cabaret” performances, including sexually explicit drag shows .

The law was temporarily blocked by U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who issued a temporary injunction against the law and said it was too vague and could be a violation of the First Amendment.

“Does a citizen’s private residence count? How about a camping ground at a national park?” Parker said in his decision. “Ultimately, the Statute’s broad language clashes with the First Amendment’s tight constraints.”

According to a summary of the law, it “creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”

The definition of adult cabaret performance in the law includes “male or female impersonators.”

“I think we would all agree that some of the video we have seen recently of some of these drag shows that were quote-unquote family-friendly were anything but that. And If I had attended one of those with my kids I would have been mortified and I would have wanted someone to be prosecuted for engaging in that kind of entertainment in front of my kids,” Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) told The Daily Wire shortly after announcing he would be introducing a law to protect children from “sexually explicit” performances last year.

The law came before Parker after Friends of George’s, a self-described “LGBTQ theatre company” based in Memphis filed a suit challenging the law. Several upcoming shows by the company include “Drag Rocks” and “The Dragnificent Variety Show: The Gay Ole Opry.”

“The law prohibits a drag performer wearing a crop top and mini skirt from dancing where minors might see it, but does not prohibit a Tennessee Titans cheerleader wearing an identical outfit from performing the exact same dance in front of children,” the group claimed in a complaint.

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Democrat Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told The Associated Press that he does not mind that an injunction was placed on the law.

“There has been much concern and confusion about the law from the community,” he said. “This will allow the court to clarify the scope, application, and constitutionality of the statute. It’s important to understand the scope of this law so that it doesn’t have a harmful effect on constitutionally protected expression.”

In the last year, footage has emerged from around the country, including in Texas, that has appeared to show children present at sexually explicit drag shows, prompting some lawmakers to introduce legislation.

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Journalist caught in deadly twister shows bloodied face after lucky escape

April 1, 2023 by www.newsweek.com Leave a Comment

A storm-chasing journalist reporting on the deadly tornados tearing through parts of the U.S. got a little too close to the story when he was injured as his car was picked up by fierce winds and hurled through the air.

Nick Sortor, who co-hosts The Roundtable Show podcast and has previously appeared as a correspondent on Tucker Carlson ‘s show, shared shocking photos from the scene on Friday with his 103,000 followers on Twitter .

One picture showed blood pouring down his face, while others detailed the damage to his “totaled” Jeep , with broken glass and other debris littering his front seat after the horrifying smash in Tennessee.

“I truly believed I was going to die at the moment my car was picked up and tossed off the road by this massive tornado in Tennessee,” he wrote in the post, below.

The reporter revealed he had tried to send an earlier tweet warning residents of the dangers immediately after the accident, but had been “unable” to post it. It was not clear whether he was unable to do so due to his injuries, his phone being damaged, or poor cell reception during the storm. But he posted a screengrab of that failed message, which contained the shot of his bloodied face and read: “IF YOU’RE IN WESTERN TENNESSEE GET OUT OF THE WAY. TORNADO INBOUND.”

Sharing that screengrab, he wrote: “I truly appreciate everyone’s words of support. It means more than you know. I attempted to post this immediately after the tornado to serve as a dire warning, but I was unable. My Jeep is totaled, but that’s nothing compared to the lives ruined here.”

Newsweek has reached out to Sortor for further information and comment.

Earlier in the day, Sortor, who is usually based in Lexington, Kentucky, had tweeted that he was en route to Arkansas as a mass casualty incident was declared in the state after a massive tornado touched down near Little Rock. Hundreds of people were feared injured when tornados ripped through the region, with videos capturing the size and scale of the twisters yesterday.

Meanwhile, one music fan was killed and 28 others were injured when the roof of a theater collapsed in strong winds in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday evening during a heavy metal concert.

The grim tornado death toll continues to grow across the U.S., with ABC News reporting that 11 people had been confirmed killed, with dozens injured, across 5 states.

The U.S. is hit by more tornadoes than any other country, with 1,200 a year on average .

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Trump-appointed judge deals blow to Republicans’ drag ban

April 1, 2023 by www.newsweek.com Leave a Comment

A judge appointed by former President Donald Trump dealt a blow to Tennessee Republicans ‘ new law that would effectively ban public drag performances just hours before it was set to go into effect.

Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into a law legislation that would ban “adult cabaret entertainment” in public areas that can be viewed by minors, making it the first state to criminalize some drag performances. The law applies to a wide array of performers including “go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainers,” but has made headlines for its emphasis on drag queens.

The law was passed amid conservatives’ nationwide push for restrictions regarding LGBTQ+ rights , specifically for transgender individuals and drag queens. Republicans argue these laws are necessary to protect children. Critics, however, call attention to the lack of data to back up concerns that drag queens pose a threat to children, viewing the legislation as unfairly targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

However, Republicans’ attempt to ban drag performances in Tennessee hit its latest roadblock on Friday, when Judge Thomas Parker temporarily halted the law, just hours before it was set to go into effect on Saturday.

Parker, who serves as a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, ruled against Republicans in a 15-page ruling. He was appointed by Trump, who has voiced support for policies restricting LGBTQ+ rights in the past.

Parker sided with a Memphis-based LGBTQ+ theater organization Friends of George’s that filed a lawsuit challenging the new law last week. The temporary halt will last for at least two weeks, according to The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis daily newspaper.

Parker pointed to his concerns about the law infringing on the United States Constitution.

He wrote that while states are “laboratories of democracy” that can “test laws and policies enacted by The People,” these laws still have “constraints” from the U.S. Constitution, which in the First Amendment prohibits lawmakers from passing bills restricting the freedom of speech.

“The United States Constitution—a law that is supreme even to the Tennessee General Assembly’s acts—has placed some issues beyond the reach of the democratic process,” Parker wrote. “First among them is the freedom of speech.”

Parker continued: “If Tennessee wishes to exercise its police power in restricting speech it considers obscene, it must do so within the constraints and framework of the United States Constitution. The Court finds that, as it stands, the record here suggests that when the legislature passed this Statute, it missed the mark.”

He also raised concerns about the vagueness of the law.

“A law is unconstitutionally vague if individuals of ‘common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application,'” he wrote.

Meanwhile, other Republican-led state legislatures have put forward bills that have been criticized as targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Kentucky has also introduced a bill that would crack down on drag shows . According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), at least 435 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced across the country.

Newsweek reached out to the Tennessee Republican Party for comment via email.

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Tornadoes kill at least 10 across US Midwest and South

April 1, 2023 by economictimes.indiatimes.com Leave a Comment

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Emergency responders across the region counted the dead and surveyed the damage Saturday morning after tornadoes touched down into the night, part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest.

Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 10 people, shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.

Emergency responders across the region counted the dead and surveyed the damage Saturday morning after tornadoes touched down into the night, part of a sprawling storm system that also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest.

The dead included four in the small town of Wynne , Arkansas, Cross County Coroner Eli Long told KAIT-TV. Other deaths were reported in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana and the Little Rock area.

Wynne City Councilmember Lisa Powell Carter said the town about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Memphis, Tennessee, was without power and roads were full of debris.

“I’m in a panic trying to get home, but we can’t get home,” she said Friday night. “Wynne is so demolished. … There’s houses destroyed, trees down on streets.”

The storms also killed three people in Sullivan County, Indiana, Emergency Management Director Jim Pirtle said in an email. Some residents were missing in the county seat of Sullivan, near the Illinois line about 95 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.

At least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock area, authorities said.

In Belvidere, Illinois, the roof of the Apollo Theatre collapsed during a tornado, killing one person and injuring 28, five severely. Calls began coming from the theater, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Chicago, shortly before 8 p.m., police said. The venue’s Facebook page said the bands scheduled to perform were Morbid Angel, Crypta, Skeletal Remains and Revocation.

Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said 260 people were in the venue. Responders also rescued someone from an elevator and had to deal with downed power lines outside the theater.

Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody described the scene after the collapse as “chaos, absolute chaos.”

Gabrielle Lewellyn had just entered the theater when a portion of the ceiling collapsed.

“I was there within a minute before it came down,” she told WTVO-TV. “The winds, when I was walking up to the building, it went like from zero to a thousand within five seconds.”

Some people rushed to lift the collapsed portion of the ceiling and pull people out of the rubble, said Lewellyn, who wasn’t hurt.

“They dragged someone out from the rubble and I sat with him and I held his hand and I was (telling him) ‘It’s going to be OK.’ I didn’t really know much else what to do.”

A tornado also killed a woman and critically injured three other people in Madison County, Alabama, emergency services worker Don Webster told WAFF-TV.

The tornado in Little Rock tore first through neighborhoods in the western part of the Arkansas capital and shredded a small shopping center that included a Kroger grocery store. It then crossed the Arkansas River into North Little Rock and surrounding cities, where widespread damage was reported to homes, businesses and vehicles.

Little Rock resident Niki Scott took cover in the bathroom after her husband called to warn her of a tornado. She could hear glass shattering and emerged to find that her house was one of the few on her street that didn’t have a tree on it.

“It’s just like everyone says. It got really quiet, then it got really loud,” Scott said afterward, as chainsaws roared and sirens blared.

In the evening, officials in Pulaski County announced a confirmed fatality in North Little Rock.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders activated 100 members of the National Guard to help local authorities respond throughout the state.

The unrelenting tornadoes continued touched down in the region into the night.

The police department in Covington, Tennessee, said on Facebook that the west Tennessee city was impassable after power lines and trees fell on roads when the storm passed through Friday evening. Authorities in Tipton County, north of Memphis, said a tornado appeared to have touched down near the middle school in Covington and in other locations in the rural county.

Tipton County Sheriff Shannon Beasley said on Facebook that homes and structures were severely damaged.

Tornadoes also caused sporadic damage in eastern Iowa. One veered just west of Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa . Video from KCRG-TV showed toppled power poles and roofs ripped off an apartment building in the suburb of Coralville and significantly damaged homes in the city of Hills.

Nearly 90,000 customers in Arkansas lost power, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages. Outages were also reported in Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana and Texas.

In Illinois, Ben Wagner, chief radar operator for the Woodford County Emergency Management Agency , said hail broke windows on cars and buildings in the area of Roanoke , northeast of Peoria. More than 109,000 customers had lost power in the state as of Friday night.

There were more confirmed twisters in Iowa, wind-whipped grass fires in Oklahoma, and blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest as the storm system threatened a broad swath of the country home to some 85 million people.

Fire crews battled several blazes near El Dorado, Kansas, and some residents were asked to evacuate, including about 250 elementary school children who were relocated to a high school.

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