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It was a great week to be a sports fan in Memphis
It was a top-notch week for Memphis Sports. Home teams not only won, but had decisive wins. Upsets too. The Grizzlies ran through their four-game stand. They defeated the Portland Trailblazers,...
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Apply now for ACA to get health insurance by Jan. 1
The deadline to apply for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace is fast approaching. If you want coverage that begins on January 1, 2025, you must submit your...
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Coleman finally ousted as Animal Services Director
In a decisive move, Memphis Mayor Paul Young announced the termination of Ty Coleman’s appointment as Director of Memphis Animal Services (MAS), effective immediately. Coleman, who was initially...
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xAI Announces Landmark Expansion of “Colossus” Supercomputer Facility in Memphis
Colossus’ footprint in Memphis is about to get bigger — a LOT bigger. “Colossus” is the name of xAI’s supercomputer facility in Southwest Memphis. And at the Greater Memphis Chamber Annual Chairman’s...
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DOJ: Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people
By ADRIAN SAINZ, JONATHAN MATTISE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to...
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Tigers find game legs in second half, top Louisiana Tech 61-50
Fueled by a 9-0 run, the University of Memphis men’s basketball team pulled away from the Louisiana Tech squad in the second half to pick up a 61-50 win over the visiting Bulldogs. It was the Tigers’...
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WATCH: Department of Justice Press Conference on Memphis Police Department...
After releasing a damning report on Memphis Police Department on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice addressed media Thursday Morning about their findings. Watch the full press conference below ....
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SEE FOR YOURSELF: DOJ’s Report on Memphis Police conduct, discrimination
The U.S. Department of Justice has released a comprehensive and damning report following an investigation into the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and the City of Memphis. This report, conducted under...
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Memphis City Council approves budget amendment, downtown command center
Memphis City Council members agreed to tweak the budget by nearly $4 million to shore up operations across several city divisions to wrap up the Tuesday, Dec. 3, meeting. Members only felt confident to...
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DOJ: Memphis Police Practices “Harm and Demean,” Call for Urgent Reform
Just before Thanksgiving, Memphis city and law enforcement leaders were celebrating progress. Crime rates are down. Police were championing a proposed new command center at Peabody Place and rolling...
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Grizzlies weather Morant ejection, top visiting Kings 115-110
Memphis held onto a 115-110 nailbiter over the Sacramento Kings after losing Ja Morant to his second technical foul past the midway point of the fourth quarter at the FedEx Forum on Thursday, Dec. 5....
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MASE Claims First Class 1A State Title with Thrilling Victory Over South...
The Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering (MASE) made history Friday afternoon, capturing its first Class 1A state championship with a dramatic 36-34 win over South Pittsburg at Finley Stadium in...
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Arkansas St. stuns Memphis 85-72
After surging in the AP polls last week, 16th-ranked University of Memphis was humbled by the visiting Arkansas St. Red Wolves, 85-72, at the FedEx forum on Sunday, Dec. 8. The upset ends a quarter...
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Book Review: Meet the black folks from the mountains of Appalachia in...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, Special to The Tri-State Defender “Affrilachia: Testimonies” by Chris Aluka Berry with Kelly Elaine Navies and Maia A. Surdam c.2024, University of Kentucky Press $50.00 252...
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Tonight: DOJ hosts virtual town hall in wake of bombshell MPD report
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is inviting Memphis residents to participate in a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the findings of its recent investigation into the Memphis Police Department...
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DOJ in-person town hall on MPD issues set for Dec. 18 at Civil Rights Museum
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans for in-person community meetings next week at the National Civil Rights Museum following Monday night’s virtual town hall. The DOJ’s first in-person...
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Nikki Giovanni, Iconic Poet and Voice of the Black Arts Movement, Dies at 81
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Nikki Giovanni, the groundbreaking poet, author, and professor whose work embodied the spirit of the Black Arts Movement...
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The burial site of the people Andrew Jackson enslaved was lost. The Hermitage...
By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865....
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AP recognizes GloRilla as 2024 ‘breakthrough entertainer’
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — GloRilla has gone from choir girl to husky-voiced rap queen, climbing the hip-hop ranks so high that she’s earned a trip to the White...
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Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks over killing of gay University...
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the...
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