Auto workers strike could expand against car makers. But it’s risky.
In Memphis, members of the United Auto Workers union’s Local 2406 joined the strike with a picket line at AC Delco Distributing on Pleasant Hill Road on Friday, Sept. 22.
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High School Sports FACS joins AP state football rankings; Germantown holds at No. 4 in 6A
Eight area schools are ranked in this week’s state football poll. MUS at No. 3 in D2-AAA is the highest ranked, while Germantown (6A), Southwind (5A) and FACS (D2A) all are ranked No. 4 this week.
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Memphis Tigers Football Box score: Missouri 34, Memphis 27
NCAA football box score for the Memphis Tigers vs. Missouri Tigers game played in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.
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Memphis Tigers Football Box score: Memphis 28, Navy 24
NCAA football box score for the Thursday, Sept. 14 game between the University of Memphis and Naval Academy.
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Memphis Grizzlies Dillon Brooks leads Canada to bronze medal over Team USA
Former Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks scored 39 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and Canada won its first medal at a global men’s tournament since 1936 by topping the U.S. 127-118 in the third-place game in Manila on Sunday.
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Memphis Tigers Football Box score: Memphis 37, Arkansas State 3
Box score for Saturday’s college football game between Memphis and Arkansas State in Jonesboro.
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Sports Former U of M player, partner win third straight U.S. Open men’s doubles title
No. 3 seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury captured their third straight title at Flushing Meadows, the first men’s team to win three straight U.S. Opens since Americans Tom Bundy and Maurice McLoughlin from 1912-14.
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Memphis Grizzlies Germany defeats Team USA in World Cup semifinal
Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22 and Germany shredded the U.S. defense for much of the way in its first win over the Americans — 113-111 in the World Cup semifinals on Friday night.
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Memphis Grizzlies Team USA blows out Italy in World Cup quarterfinals
Jaren Jackson Jr. struggles again with early foul trouble, but Team USA advances to Friday’s semifinals.
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Metro Rep. Gloria Johnson of ‘Tennessee Three’ officially launches 2024 Senate campaign
Johnson is running for a seat currently held by Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
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Memphis Grizzlies Team USA falls to Lithuania in FIBA World Cup
The U.S. is going to the Paris Olympics next summer. Lithuania made sure that was the only good development for the Americans on Sunday night, when it pulled off a basketball World Cup stunner.
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Memphis Tigers Football Box Score: Memphis 56, Bethune-Cookman 14
Box score from Memphis season-opening win over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.
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August 2023
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State Government Vanderbilt faces investigation over release of transgender health records
Hospital officials have confirmed Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general.
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Metro Brian Kelsey sentenced in Nashville
The former state senator from Germantown received his sentence in the case centering on his attempts to funnel campaign money from his legislative seat toward supporting his failed 2016 congressional bid.
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Elections Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wins heated GOP primary
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the state’s bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor. Other statewide candidates also faced off Tuesday night.
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Elections Gov. Tate Reeves will face Brandon Presley in November’s election
Reeves defeated two first-time candidates: John Witcher, a physician who has criticized COVID-19 vaccinations, and David Hardigree, a military veteran. Presley, a cousin of rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, ran unopposed.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship Few details come from players meeting with PGA commissioner on Saudi deal
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan had his first meeting with players Tuesday at TPC Southwind, offering few details on the agreement with the Saudi backer of LIV Golf that players said still involves several moving parts.
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July 2023
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Business Yellow shutting down, headed for bankruptcy, reports say
After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week — as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers.
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Education Judges rule ban on paycheck dues deduction to Tennessee teacher group can take effect
A panel of three state judges ruled Friday that the ban targeting the Tennessee Education Association no longer needs to be blocked.
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North Mississippi Mississippi can’t restrict absentee voting assistance this year, US judge says as he blocks law
A federal judge blocks a new Mississippi law that would set criminal penalties for some people who help others with absentee voting. The ruling comes as absentee ballots are already available for next month’s party primaries for governor and other state offices.
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Sports NCAA fines Tennessee more than $8 million
The NCAA panel that ruled on the University of Tennessee, called the violations “egregious and expansive,” but the Volunteers escaped a postseason ban.
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State Government Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had prohibited Tennessee from enacting a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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Metro Mississippi’s new laws cover Medicaid for moms, voting, pecan theft, online porn and more
Mississippi is enacting dozens of new laws, including those to increase support for mothers of newborns, tighten restrictions on voting, designate a state fruit and set punishments for stealing pecans.
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June 2023
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Business Supreme Court favors artist’s right to discriminate
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a Colorado graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. The decision is a defeat for gay rights.
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Metro Judges block state law banning teacher group from automatically deducting member dues
The Tennessee Education Association sued earlier this month over the two-pronged law, which also gradually raises the minimum teacher salary up to $50,000 for the 2026-27 school year.
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