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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis City Council says if state lawmakers don’t take action to reduce gun violence then they’ll take matters into their hands, drafting their own laws. Just days after the lockdown on Highland Street and the shooting inside Fox 13, the Memphis City Council is pushing to consider gun control legislation even […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that hill. The Cleveland-based institution announced Wednesday the artists and groups entering […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As Governor Lee plans a special session to address mass shootings and ways to stop them, the Memphis City Council discussed Tuesday introducing ordinances aimed at getting guns off the streets. Gun reform in the state is a hot-button issue, but city council members believe they need to control guns to control […]

Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that hill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops have been diagnosed with blood cancer has found no current risk factors that could explain it, the Air Force says. The service has been investigating the issue since reports surfaced in January of at least nine missileers who […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis clarified the department’s plans to enforce a late-night curfew for juveniles downtown as she spoke to city council members Tuesday. By this summer, MPD hopes to be using the Greenlaw Community Center in the Uptown area as a safe space, where children can be held until they’re […]

Democratic senators are getting antsy over the lack of progress on legislation to avoid a national default and want House Democrats to begin working on a plan to force Republicans to vote on a bill to raise the debt limit.   Democratic senators want to avoid a summer standoff on extending the nation’s borrowing authority, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City and county leaders are hosting a crime summit to help the community find solutions after another night of violence across Memphis. Mass shootings in Hickory Hill and in Whitehaven are leaving some in the community almost feeling numb. No matter where you live, it almost seems shootings like these are hitting too […]

A tropical storm watch has been issued for much of Florida’s west coast with Nicole set to hit the state as a possible tropical storm or Category 1 hurricane later this week.

Kroger is contracting with former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a lobbying push to win approval of its proposed merger with Albertsons, the company said in a press release.  Boehner, who works for law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, will “provide strategic counsel” to Kroger executives and won’t register to lobby.  Squire Patton Boggs’ […]

Senators on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to block the District of Columbia’s updated criminal code from becoming law, marking the first time in more than three decades that a D.C.-passed bill has been nixed by Congress and the White House.  The Senate advanced the resolution, 81-14, with 33 Democrats voting alongside every Republican and Independent Sen. […]