SUMMARY: A man and woman were arrested after driving through the crime scene of a fatal motorcycle crash on I-240 in Memphis that killed firefighter Gary White. Marcia Davis, 46, faces multiple charges including DUI, abuse of a corpse, reckless endangerment, and resisting detention. Fabian Sanchez, 33, was charged with DUI, open container, and tampering with barricades. Passenger Cierra Pearson, 23, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting detention after interfering with officers. Davis drove through the active crash scene, nearly hitting officers, and was found intoxicated. Davis and Sanchez face bond conditions including an interlock device. Pearson is out on bond.

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SUMMARY: In Holly Springs, Mississippi, two 10-year-olds set fire to three school buses behind HW Buyer School just after the 4th of July. The flames quickly spread due to the close proximity of the buses, destroying all three. Fortunately, no one was injured. The children were arrested but later released to their parents. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The incident raised community concerns about youth crime and supervision. The minors are scheduled for a hearing in youth court soon, where charges will be determined. Authorities continue to look into how the children obtained materials to start the fires.

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by Jennifer Shutt, Tennessee Lookout
July 8, 2025

WASHINGTON — The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.

Republicans included language in their “big, beautiful bill” that would block Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for the next year, a move that would effectively prevent enrollees in the state-federal health program for lower income people from visiting any of its clinics for routine health care.

The ban began when President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Friday.

Congress already bars federal funding from going to abortion services with limited exceptions.

Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit over the change in federal law Monday in U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and quickly requested the temporary restraining order, which was issued later that day.

The suit alleges Planned Parenthood was singled out “in order to punish them for lawful activity, namely advocating for and providing legal abortion access wholly outside the Medicaid program and without using any federal funds.”

The filing also says more than 1 million Medicaid enrollees go to Planned Parenthood in a given year and that the organization received more than one-third of its total aggregate revenue from Medicaid reimbursement during fiscal year 2023. 

District Court Judge Indira Talwani’s brief two-page temporary restraining order called on the Trump administration to file a status update later this week. And she set an in-person hearing later this month to hear from Planned Parenthood and the Trump administration.

Talwani was nominated to the bench by former President Barack Obama.

The Trump administration has yet to file any documents in the case and the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment from States Newsroom about the judge’s temporary restraining order. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon that the Department of Justice plans to challenge the temporary restraining order.

“Absolutely, yes. We’re on it,” Bondi said.  

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah — the three groups that filed the lawsuit — wrote in a statement they were “grateful that the court acted swiftly to block this unconstitutional law attacking Planned Parenthood providers and patients.

“Already, in states across the country, providers and health center staff have been forced to turn away patients who use Medicaid to get basic sexual and reproductive health care because President Trump and his backers in Congress passed a law to block them from going to Planned Parenthood. There are no other providers who can fill the gap if the ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood is allowed to stand. The fight is just beginning, and we look forward to our day in court.”

Last updated 11:53 a.m., Jul. 8, 2025

Tennessee Lookout is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Tennessee Lookout maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Holly McCall for questions: info@tennesseelookout.com.

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Note: The following A.I. based commentary is not part of the original article, reproduced above, but is offered in the hopes that it will promote greater media literacy and critical thinking, by making any potential bias more visible to the reader –Staff Editor.

Political Bias Rating: Center-Left

This article presents facts about the legal challenge to the Medicaid funding restriction on Planned Parenthood while clearly highlighting the impact on patients and quoting Planned Parenthood’s perspective extensively. The language used, such as emphasizing the blocking of “basic sexual and reproductive health care” and calling the law “unconstitutional,” reflects a sympathetic tone toward Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights. It also mentions the judge’s Obama nomination and frames the Trump administration’s actions as punitive. The overall framing and source selection suggest a center-left leaning stance, supportive of abortion rights and critical of the recent legislative move.