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Tyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police over beating, death

The family of Tyre Nichols has sued the city of Memphis and individual officers and emergency medical personnel involved in his case

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police over brutal beating that led to his death

Nichols died in January, three days after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers

The Independent UK

Eerie photographs show inside abandoned 100-year-old synagogue left to rot

Gloomy light shines down on row after row of empty seats, left slowly to rot after the old temple in Memphis, Tennessee, was abandoned by its previous owners when they no longer needed it

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Tyre Nichols' family sues the Memphis police force, the officers and the city

The lawsuit compared Nichols' fatal police beating to the 1955 killing of Emmett Till, saying the 29-year-old suffered a beating "endured at hands of a modern-day lynch mob."

WEKU

Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he’d be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a school shooting left three children and three adults dead

The Independent UK

Dylan Hernández: Rui Hachimura takes advice to heart, plays big in Lakers' Game 1 win over Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the short walk from the interview room at FedExForum to the visiting locker room, Rui Hachimura reviewed his mental catalog of career highlights.

Los Angeles Times

Austin Reaves helps spark Lakers' win over Grizzlies in series opener

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Austin Reaves, the Lakers' second-year guard from tiny Newark, Ark., screamed, "I'm him," at the Lakers bench in the fourth quarter, his play 100 miles from his hometown pushing the Lakers to a 128-112 victory in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

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Austin Reaves’s ‘I’m Him’ Heroics Carry Lakers Late in Game 1 Win Over Grizzlies

The second-year guard put on a show to help lead L.A. to a stunning Game 1 win in Memphis.

Sports Illustrated

Memphis by the sea: reinventing a Hastings home

Behind the traditional Georgian facade of a house on the south coast is a home dedicated to postmodern design

The Guardian - UK

In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement

In barely two weeks, two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence

The Independent UK

LeBron James has simple message to Lakers before facing Grizzlies in first round

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — LeBron James should be excited to be back in the playoffs, the misery of watching from home a year ago erased by the buzz surrounding the Lakers’ first-round series with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Los Angeles Times

The biggest keys for the Lakers against the Grizzlies in the NBA Playoffs

These will be the five biggest keys to victory for the Lakers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs against the Grizzlies.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jeff Beck’s 10 most iconic guitars

From the Oxblood Les Paul and the Strat we all know and love to Beck's lesser-spotted favorites, here are the greatest hits from one of guitar's finest collections

Guitar World

Grizzlies guard Ja Morant files countersuit against teen

Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time All-Star, accusing the teen of slander, battery and assault over a pickup basketball game at Morant’s home last July

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Ousted Black lawmaker Justin Pearson to return to Tennessee House: ‘You can’t expel hope’

A panel in Memphis voted to reinstate Justin Pearson to the state House a week after he and another Black lawmaker were removed for supporting a gun-control protest.

Tribune News Service

Memphis officials vote to reinstate expelled lawmaker Justin Pearson

Justin Pearson made history last week when he and fellow Democrat Justin Jones were expelled from their elected offices for leading a gun control demonstration on the Tennessee House floor.

WEKU

Both Black Tennessee lawmakers have been reinstated after being expelled by GOP

Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lakers vs. Grizzlies playoff matchup is set; Game 1 is on Sunday

The Lakers will take on the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs starting on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

2nd Black lawmaker could be returned to Tennessee House

Commissioners in Memphis are scheduled to decide whether to return a Black Democrat to the Republican-led Tennessee House

Sports Illustrated

Stephen A. Smith Unleashes Bizarre ‘Elvis Is Dead’ Rant While Discussing Grizzlies

The ESPN analyst was all shook up Monday morning.

WEKU

Local officials are poised to send expelled Tennessee lawmakers back to state House

Former Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, want to return to the House. Upcoming meetings could give local officials the chance to send them back.

The Independent UK

Memphis Zoo bids farewell to panda ahead of return to China

Visitors at the Memphis Zoo have said goodbye to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to China

Los Angeles Times

Blue state, red state: Where you live may determine whether you can work from home

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tavalicia Bell, a 26-year-old shipping dispatcher, was imagining a life working from home, her dog Cody by her side, she said as she hurried to finish her cheesesteak. But in this city, she explained as other workers filtered into Lennys Grill & Subs, most companies insist that…

Los Angeles Times

Clippers falter after halftime without Kawhi Leonard and lose to Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To reach the Memphis locker room after his pregame warmup Friday, the Grizzlies’ Luke Kennard had to first pass by a Clippers bench populated by a few of his former assistant coaches. Stopping to chat, Kennard playfully asked whether the Clippers, whose suffocating defense two nights earlier…

The Independent UK

Memphis shooting leaves 2 police officers, suspect wounded

Two Memphis police officers and a suspect have been wounded in a shooting

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