Associated Press

by Adrian Sainz and Jonathan Mattise -- The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop. Assistant Attorney General...

by Aaron Morrison and Emily Wagster Pettus -- When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. The Black...

NASHVILLE (AP) – Tennessee has begun requiring felons who want their voting rights back to first get their full citizenship rights restored by a judge or show they were pardoned. Election officials say the step is required after a June court ruling. But attorneys representing...

by Doug Feinberg -- Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school on Friday confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. She joined...

by Ed White — PONTIAC, Mich. — Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled. An unusual trial begins next Monday to determine which of two handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will guide how...

NASHVILLE (AP) — Months after Tennessee lawmakers finished a chaotic legislative session, many of the most hotly contested laws are poised to take effect Saturday, including measures on health care for transgender children, police oversight, school safety and teacher pay. The new fiscal year begins...

NASHVILLE — Tennessee State University announced Wednesday that it will become the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey. The program has been created in partnership with the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players’ Association and the Nashville Predators. The announcement was...

An NCAA infractions panel handed a three-game suspension to Memphis coach Penny Hardaway on Wednesday for recruiting violations tied to two in-home visits with a prospect two years ago. The penalty follows a negotiated resolution in December that allowed the school to resolve the case...

The mother of a 4-year-old Tennessee girl who was reported missing told authorities after a daylong search that the girl had been dead for several weeks, according to a police affidavit. Remains believed to be those of Sequoia Samuels were found late Thursday near the apartment where...

by Paul Newberry --  This is not a defense of Ja Morant, whose erratic behavior certainly seems worthy of a lengthy suspension. Then again, in a country that worships its firearms and shrugs off repeated mass killings as nothing more than the cost of living in...