FedEx Express ditches Amazon in U.S. domestic market
Will focus on growth in e-commerce
FedEx said Friday it will discontinue a FedEx Express contract to carry Amazon packages in the U.S. domestic market after June 30.
MICAH organizer says quest for equity larger than who wins elections
Rev. Ayanna Watkins says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast the group is working on its own and within the political process toward change that is part evolution and part disruption.
Anderson leaves Tigers staff; Toppert arrives as assistant coach
Brad Anderson left the University of Memphis as basketball trainer last month. Meanwhile, former Phoenix Suns assistant Cody Toppert appears to be the next assistant coach on Penny Hardaway's staff
Calkins: The most successful Grizz fan account on Twitter has been run by (surprise!) a teenage girl
If you thought the most popular Grizzlies fan account on Twitter couldn't be the work of a young woman who started it when she was just 12, consider yourself enlightened.
Bartlett Easy Way to be transformed into urgent care center
A Memphis emergency physician is transforming the vacant Easy Way grocery store in Bartlett into an urgent care center.
UTHSC researcher leads local participation in diabetes study
Dr. Karen C. Johnson is among principal investigators on a six-year nationwide diabetes prevention clinical trial that released findings today at the American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.
Metro
This Week in Memphis: New Aldi opens; Comeback, 17 Berkshire close
Also happening this week: Mayor Young presents his budget proposal, and DA Mulroy nerds out with Star Trek fans.
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Business
Colossus: The race to build the world’s most powerful machine in Memphis
XAI’s first Memphis data center Colossus dwells in a former Electrolux plant in Southwest Memphis. It is arguably one of the most valuable machines in the world controlled by someone with unrivaled wealth and galactic ambitions.
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Sports
Temple transfer guard Quante Berry commits to Memphis
Berry, a 6-foot-4 native of Cleveland, Tennessee, averaged 10.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals as a redshirt sophomore this past season for Temple.
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Food
$10 Deal: ZamZamz’s kefta pita
Think a burger meets a kebab meets a wrap, but it’s better than any of those.
Suburbs
Wells Cemetery will be protected no matter what develops around it
The overgrown cemetery sits in a field down a winding, narrow road off Arlington Trail.
Arts & Culture
Connection through watercolor: How a mother and daughter’s journey blended
At the “New Works by Marion Malone and Alicja Trout” exhibit at Church Health, art by mother and daughter artists merge into one show.
Opinion
Morris: Our scars tell our stories
“We are all scarred, yes. But we are also wise. And in time, if we let it, aging will show us the beauty of life was never in perfection.”
Podcasts
Tigers Podcast: Reviewing a successful Memphis season, analyzing the road ahead for Penny Hardaway
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin grade the Tigers’ 2024-25 season.
Games
Crossword: Puttin’ on the dog
It was all about dogs Saturday at the Dogchella event honoring two English bulldogs who are Instagram sensations.