A Dallas salon owner who had defied her state's shutdown orders walked out of jail Thursday after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amended his executive order on coronavirus restrictions.Shelley Luther was sentenced to seven days behind bars Tuesday for disobeying state coronavirus orders, doing business well ahead of even the aggressive reopening plans in Texas.Salon owner…
Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who was arrested earlier this week for violating a stay-at-home order by reopening her business, was released from jail on Thursday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott modified his COVID-19 executive orders earlier in the day, effectively setting Luther free. Luther was serving a seven-day jail sentence — but only served about two…
Nicole Cobler and Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman Published 11:51 a.m. ET May 7, 2020 | Updated 5:49 p.m. ET May 7, 2020CLOSE A hair salon owner in Texas was ordered to spend a week in jail after she continued to operate her business despite restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. (May 6)…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…