In a win for Tennessee’s Republican-led legislature, a federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by an LGBTQ group that challenged a state law restricting drag shows considered “harmful to minors.” Friends of George’s, a Memphis-based theater that does “drag-centric performances,” sued over the law last year, claiming it would hurt its business because it has no age restrictions.  The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on...

The president of Panama says the ongoing migrant crisis in the Western Hemisphere is a “United States problem,” adding deportation flights that are partly funded by the U.S. are only voluntary. “This is a United States problem that we are managing,” newly-elected President Jose Raul Mulino said Thursday. “People don’t want to live here in Panama. They want to go to the United States.” Panama is a key...

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear former President Trump’s case to have District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified on Dec. 5 — a month after the 2024 presidential election.  The Georgia court will hear the appeal by Trump and his co-defendants to have embattled Willis disqualified from the case due to an alleged “improper” affair with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Last month, lawyers for Trump filed the...