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More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas. The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday 107.5 million people will be […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Chet Holmgren shined in his summer league debut, scoring 13 of his 23 points in the first quarter to help the Oklahoma City Thunder build an early 20-point lead en route to a 98-77 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. The No. 2 pick in the draft also […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich says no charges will be filed against officers involved in three separate fatal shooting incidents of fleeing felons that happened in 2021. The DA’s office said the decisions were based on facts, evidence, and statements in comprehensive reports by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crime […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Drivers curious about electric automobiles can take a spin in Ford’s latest offerings at the Memphis International Auto Show this weekend at the Renasant Convention Center. That includes the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck that will soon be made in West Tennessee. Last year, Ford announced plans to build $5.6 billion […]

UPDATE 6:00 p.m.: MLGW says they might have to reissue their system-wide “rolling blackouts” as early as 6 p.m. per TVA. This means that all local power companies are required to drop between 5 and 10 percent of their total electrical load, which is needed to avoid major outages. Service to an area may be […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Problems with rape kit evidence testing keep haunting Memphis. A city long plagued by a heavy backlog of untested sexual assault kits was shaken by Cleotha Henderson’s arrest in the killing of Eliza Fletcher after she was abducted during a morning jog last month. So when authorities said his DNA was […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi took cover as tornado sirens blared late Tuesday, and forecasters warned of the threat of strong twisters capable of tracking long distances on the ground as a severe weather outbreak erupted in the Deep South. There were no immediate reports of severe damage […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was a busy holiday weekend for the Memphis Police Department as almost a dozen people became victims of gun violence over the weekend. A shooting at a Whitehaven McDonald’s was the first one reported on Saturday evening around 6 p.m. Two men were taken to the hospital after being shot. One […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson brought down a giant. Pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, the undersized, underdog Knights stunned top-seeded Purdue 63-58 on Friday night, becoming the second No. 16 seed to win a game in March Madness. The shortest of the 363 Division I teams in the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police say a child and an adult were seriously injured in an accident on interstate 40 Thursday morning. Police say the crash happened at I-40 east, west of Danny Thomas, at around 9 a.m. Both the child and adult went to the hospital in critical condition. Eastbound and westbound lanes of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon who was released from prison after giving key trial testimony about the slaying of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo plans to plead guilty to weapons charges filed shortly after he was granted his freedom, court documents show. A federal judge set a Nov. 22 hearing for Jason Autry, […]