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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Six people are facing charges after police say 13-year-old was driving a stolen car in Whitehaven Sunday morning. Police say officers received a call about suspicious a white Kia sedan circling the Walmart parking lot on Elvis Presley around 10 a.m. Officers investigated the unoccupied vehicle and noticed it had no license […]

Update: Memphis Police originally announced that 20-year-old Tadarius Atkins had been charged in connection with this shooting. Police now say the warrant for Atkins has been recalled. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three teens are looking at charges after allegedly being involved in a shooting that left an elderly man fighting for his life earlier this month. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 19-year-old Ripley, Tennessee man has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder after one person was killed and three people, including the alleged gunman, were injured Tuesday in a shooting and apparent burglary. It happened in an outbuilding that was being used as housing at 151 Spivey Street in Ripley, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent President Joe Biden the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists. The Democratic-led chamber approved the election-year legislation on a mostly party-line 234-193 vote, capping a […]

The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings. After years futile Democratic efforts to curb firearms, 15 Republicans joined with them as […]

(The Hill) – Senate negotiators unveiled an 80-page bill Tuesday evening responding to the mass shootings at the Topps supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., and the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, capping weeks of intense negotiations.  

Senate negotiators on Tuesday afternoon said they have finalized a bipartisan gun safety bill to take firearms away from dangerous people and provide billions of dollars in new mental health funding.  

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A Memphis family is left searching for answers after their loved one was shot and killed, and the person they believe is the prime suspect is still on the streets. Johnnetta Hughes lives in fear. Her 21-year-old son was shot and killed last November and she worries the killer, who still hasn’t been arrested […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican senators were at odds Thursday over how to keep firearms from dangerous people as bargainers struggled to finalize details of a gun violence compromise in time for their self-imposed deadline of holding votes in Congress next week. Lawmakers said they remained divided over how to define abusive dating partners […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support Tuesday for his chamber’s emerging bipartisan gun agreement, boosting momentum for modest but notable election-year action by Congress on an issue that’s deadlocked lawmakers for three decades. The Kentucky Republican said he hoped an outline of the accord, released Sunday by 10 Democrats and […]