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A federal commission tasked by Congress with renaming military bases named after Confederate leaders on Tuesday announced recommendations for new titles.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The name of Ku Klux Klan member Clifford Davis will be removed from the Federal Courthouse in Downtown Memphis.  Clifford Davis was a judge in the 1920s and a congressman in the 1940s. He was also a segregationist and member of the Ku Klux Klan. The Federal Courthouse in Memphis was named […]

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager over accusations he had flirted with a white woman in a country store. “Change has […]

Last month, Trump became the first major candidate to announce a run for the presidency in 2024. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently surfaced yearbook photo of him wearing women’s clothing in high school to drag show performances currently under attack in Tennessee and other GOP-led states. Lee told reporters this week that he plans to sign legislation that would severely […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further […]

Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Romans and Greeks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Commissioner said she wants legal action after years of harassment from white supremacists. For almost four years, Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer says she’s been harassed by George Johnson of Mississippi. He is believed to be a member of a group called Confederate 901. Johnson was accused of threatening […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s main airlines announced domestic and international flight cancellations and schedule changes for Wednesday due to labor unions for air traffic controllers and civil aviation workers participating in a nationwide general strike that day. The 24-hour strike called by the country’s private and public sector unions is expected to shut down […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government said Saturday that it has decided to temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to soothe the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. Ruling party leader Jarosław […]

The ousted legislator was reappointed to his former seat just days after he was officially expelled for breaking decorum rules on the House floor March 30.