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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s going to be a “Beautiful Day” for the band U2 and four other artists when they receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors in December. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Thursday that the Irish rock band along with actor George Clooney, singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis and Shelby County leaders are begging members of the community to join them in their efforts to stop gun violence and are planning events that will give them the tools to do it. Fresh off a deadly few days in Memphis — where police say at least four people have been […]

This week’s new releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as “Black Woodstock”. And Amazon has “The Tomorrow War,” with Chris Pratt starring as a soldier sent into the future to the year 2052 to fight off an alien invasion.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Another violent weekend in Memphis leaves two children shot and a community still desperate for help, as its youngest members are put in harm’s way. The children are expected to survive their injuries, but suspects are still at-large in both shootings. Community members want to know, when is enough enough? Two shootings […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-carpet and behind-the-scenes updates on the 2023 Grammy Awards from The Associated Press. Live updates — any times Pacific — are brought to you by AP journalists at the show in Los Angeles and around the country. ___ OUTRO The show closed a little past 8:50 p.m., […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Community leaders say it’s time to step up, stand up and commit to doing things differently as they look ahead to a Unity Walk Against Violence this weekend. Anti-gun violence advocate Stevie Moore, who has dedicated his time over the years to the Stop the Killing Campaign in Memphis, helped organize Saturday’s […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The casket carrying Kelby Shorty, a 7-year-old victim of gun violence, was pulled by a horse and carriage through the streets of North Memphis during a funeral procession Wednesday morning. His mother, Kimberly Shorty, rode along with her son, saying she it was one final thing she could do. “This gonna be […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hundreds of people came together on Saturday morning in Whitehaven and marched against gun violence that is plaguing the community. In spite of the rain, participants say they would not be discouraged from taking a stand against gun violence. “We have to stay out here and find out what’s going on,” Stevie […]

Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – – A family in southwest Memphis had to hit the floor when bullets started flying through their home. Police say it happened March 18th around one in the morning when someone in a dark-colored sedan fired shots into the house on King Road.  Thankfully, no one was hit but investigators are still […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police say a man was shot outside of a southwest Memphis store. Police say the victim was shot outside of the Western Park Food Market on South Third Street. Investigators got to the mini mart just before 5pm. The victim went to the hospital in critical condition. Rosalind Moore says she […]