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CORDOVA, Tenn. — Do you remember “Chauncys Chance?” It’s a story about a good Samaritan who helped a young teenager raise hundreds of thousands of dollars through GoFundMe. WHBQ shared Chauncy Black’s story in 2016. Over the weekend, deputies said, that same teen was arrested for a shooting that killed a man in Cordova, Tennessee. We found out a home is owned by Black’s trust fund and it’s where the money from the GoFundMe was placed years ago. Deputies said Black and his brother, Timothy Black, were firing shots at people inside a car but shot their neighbor instead. “I...

Candidates for public office in Ohio can lie and get away with it under a recent federal court ruling that struck down a state law banning false statements in campaigns, an attorney says. Attorney Donald Brey, who has represented Republicans in cases before the Ohio Elections Commission, told The Columbus Dispatch his clients mostly tell the truth, but can legally lie as long as they don’t defame anyone.In past elections, the commission ruled on false-advertising complaints. That changed when the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals a few weeks ago upheld the 2014 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy...

A federal judge says he will strike down Ohio's voter-approved ban on gay marriage, meaning the state must recognize marriages of gay couples who legally wed elsewhere. Judge Timothy Black made the statement Friday following final arguments in a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the marriage ban. He says he'll issue the ruling April 14 prohibiting Ohio officials from enforcing the ban, which he says violates constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Black's ruling will not mean Ohio has to allow couples to marry in the state. Attorneys for the state had argued that it's Ohio's sole...