By Keely Brewer, Daily MemphianUpdated: March 20, 2023 10:50 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2023 6:09 PM CT A study from the Tennessee Department of Health should soon answer a looming question: Does a South Memphis community near a known polluter have higher-than-expected cancer rates? The Shelby County Health Department […]
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Tennessee House Votes Humanity
By Ian Round, Daily Memphian Updated: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday, March 20, passed a bill that allows abortion in certain circumstances to save the life of the patient. The amended bill is narrower in scope […]
Lady Tigers Advance To The Dance
by Don Mooney 3-20-2022 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Playing in the Second Round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, the Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team welcomed the Cardinals from Ball State Tonight. A fast start from the Tigers would fuel them to the 79-62 win and a trip to the Round of […]
Texas Bill Would Fine People for Filing Multiple Environmental Complaints to TCEQ
JACOB VAUGHN MARCH 17, 2023 4:00AM It’s not easy reporting a violation to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This bill could make it harder. Getty Images State Sen. Drew Springer, a Weatherford Republican, filed a bill that would impose a fine on people who submit multiple complaints to the Texas Commission on […]
The Wire actor Lance Reddick dies aged 60
The actor – who was perhaps best known for playing Cedric Daniels in ‘The Wire’ – passed away suddenly on Friday morning (03.17.23). Mia Hansen, his publicist, said in a statement: “Acclaimed actor Lance Reddick passed away suddenly this morning from natural causes. Lance will be greatly missed. Please respect […]
Police stopped a couple in Tennessee. Then they took their children away
Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams were stopped for a citation and arrested for a misdemeanor, then their family was separated. Sat 18 Mar 2023 04.00 EDT Nearly a month ago, Bianca Clayborne, Deonte Williams, and their five children were on their way from Georgia to Chicago for Clayborne’s uncle’s funeral […]
Tigers Still Dancing. Beat Jackson State
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In front a capacity crowd of over 1,800 fans, the Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team played in their first postseason tournament game for the first time in seven seasons. Memphis would come away with the 79-68 win over Jackson State to move on to the second round of […]
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea
By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Updated 10:22 AM EDT, Wed March 15, 2023 A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. The Reaper drone and two Russian […]
He was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered. The horror haunts him still
March 12, 20237:24 AM ET Ayesha Rascoe Dr. Marvel Parker The horror happened 67 years ago, but it never left the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. It never will. There are times even now, when he will break down in tears when he describes what happened that night in Mississippi in […]
The U.S.-Israel Relationship No Longer Makes Sense
If Israel and its supporters want the country to continue receiving U.S. largesse, they will need to come up with a new narrative. By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. MARCH 13, […]