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Kacky Walton talked with Christy Barzizza, Executive Director of Creative Aging Mid-South, and Jeremy Schrader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist with his band Big Barton. The seven-piece ensemble performs classic country and western music, taking audiences back to the golden era of Nashville’s WSM radio. -
Mariam Zuhaib/APA patient who came to regret the top surgery she got as a teen won a $2 million malpractice suit. Then, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons clarified its position that surgery is not recommended for transgender minors.
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A temporary voter registration lookup outage was caused by human error, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office.
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Nancy Guthrie was last seen a week ago. In the days since, investigators have launched a frantic search to return the 84-year-old home. -
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
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Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened? -
President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy. -
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."
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Congress allocated $50 billion for initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, scholarship programs, U.S. embassy operations and health and humanitarian programs around the world.
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Christopher Blank/WKNOMarsha Blackburn on power outages, Brent Taylor on immigrants and Edmund Ford Jr. on paying taxes make voters go humm. -
Christopher Blank/WKNOA new bill would force the Shelby County DA's office to immediately alert state lawmakers when prosecutors resolve criminal cases without going to trial.
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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. -
These wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week. -
Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground. -
The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps. -
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care. -
Kacky Walton speaks with Alice Berry of Voices of the South and director David Couter about the world premiere production of "This Dry Spell," a desert-set love story by Memphian playwright Keegon Schuett. -
As South Carolina's outbreak grows to 876 confirmed cases, vaccinations in the state surged in January. Cases have also been reported in two ICE detention facilities. -
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Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events. -
U.S. Olympic athletes are arriving and settling into their digs for the next couple of weeks in Italy. Curlers are amazed by the mountain scenery in Cortina; figure skaters are plant fostering in Milan; and the big air slopestyle women are "smashing pizzas" in Livigno. -
Cutting back on ready-to-eat meals won't be easy, and whole milk may make a comeback. One thing that's certain: It'll be a while before the new guidelines trickle down to schools.
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Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has departed just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
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