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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating highly targeted, misleading messages. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis mayor’s race was not the only important election in the city on Thursday, as voters also decided all 13 City Council seats. Incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland won re-election with 62 percent of the votes and though not all incumbents for City Council fared as well as the mayor, most of […]

Early voting ends Sept. 28. This election is only for Memphis residents.

Nobody with the Titans will ever wear Eddie George’s No. 27 nor the No. 9 of the late Steve McNair again.

MacKenzie Bezos, who finalized her divorce from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this year, is pledging to give away half her fortune to charity.

The Boy Scouts of America believed more than 7,800 of its former leaders were involved in sexually abusing children over the course of 72 years, according to newly exposed court testimony — about 2,800 more leaders than previously known publicly.

The world’s billionaires are growing $2.5 billion richer every day, while the poorest half of the global population is seeing its net worth dwindle.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam appointed members to the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Reform Implementation Council on Friday. The council was created to reform the state’s juvenile justice system. “This legislation was a positive first step and there is more work to be done with respect to juvenile justice and criminal justice reform in Tennessee,” […]

(CNN) — There were a lot of things that happened this year in American politics, some of which you may have already completely forgotten about. Here are 110 of them: 1. “Fire and Fury.” 2. People think Oprah should run for president after she gives a speech at the Golden Globes. 3. Trump calls African […]

The carcass of what appears to be a strange sea creature was discovered by a boater on a Georgia beach

“Honestly, they should be looking at the Democrats,” Trump told reporters before departing the White House on a 12-day trip to Asia.