Benjamin Carpenter, 31, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was convicted on Oct. 19 of attempting to provide material support to ISIS. A federal jury learned in court that Carpenter ran Ahlut-Tawhid Publications, a glorified fan club for ISIS dedicated to supporting the terrorist organization's internationa.
A House push is under way to lower the handgun-carry age to 18 in Tennessee following a legal agreement by the state attorney general, one in which critics say he acquiesced to a California gun-rights group instead of defending state law.