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Republican gubernatorial candidates disagree on death penalty methods

Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidates, clockwise from left, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state ...
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Tyré Nichols is dead. 5 cops are indicted. We still have questions.

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announces charges against the five Memphis Police Department officers fired Friday after Tyré Nichols was beaten during a Jan. 7 traffic stop. He died Jan.
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Video shows MPD worked with ICE to identify 18-year-old soccer player before his two-month detention

A screenshot from body camera footage from a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer shows Memphis Police Officers and Homeland Security agents working together to see which passengers they could detain ...
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Lethal injections are more likely to be botched, experts say

Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution ...
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City funding for MATA will keep service at already reduced routes, allow no expansion

As seen through the window of a MATA bus, passengers wait at the Hudson Transit Center in downtown Memphis in October 2024. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to ...
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TransPro’s plan for MATA is becoming clearer. Here’s what they’ve already done, promises to come

A view of a North Memphis bus stop during a MATA bus tour with the organization’s board in October 2025. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Last month, officials from TransPro, the consulting firm ...
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A Sister’s Love and Grief: Keyana Dixon opens up about the death of her brother, Tyré Nichols

Words by Keyana Dixon as told to Brittany Brown. Video directed by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America. Keyana Dixon agreed to meet on her day off. It was a warm yet cloudy and ...
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The distance between US

Photos by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America There is a disconnect between what we know in Memphis about freedom and the history being performed at the forefront of America’s ...
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A peaceful anti-ICE march turned ugly when the Tennessee Highway Patrol drove into the crowd, hitting at least three people

Tennessee State Troopers yell at demonstrators after detaining Rebecca Leathers during the “ICE Out for Good” demonstration along Summer Avenue on Jan. 11 in Memphis. The protest was held three days ...
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What’s changed since Memphis police killed Tyré Nichols?

In honor of what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday on June 5, his family, friends and community gathered for a remembrance outside the temporary fence surrounding the recently-destroyed ...
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A volunteer observing a traffic stop in Memphis ended up in jail. Should she have been arrested?

Tennessee Highway Patrol and federal agents in an unmarked car pull away on Carrington Street after law enforcement arrested Jessica Chodor as she observed one of their traffic stops a few minutes ...