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Last August, when the Taliban re-took Afghanistan after years of U.S. occupation, many former service members worked behind the scenes to help their former Afghan allies and interpreters flee the country. For one family, it's been a long road to freedom.

Nearly a decade ago, rape victims in Memphis first learned that thousands of sexual assault kits collected by Memphis police had never been tested. But new depositions in an ongoing lawsuit have resulted in unsettling discoveries for some victims.

Lawmakers could reverse a law that requires people who do not disclose HIV-positive status to their sexual partners to become registered sex offenders.

A retired official could shed new light on allegations that the Memphis Police Department destroyed evidence in numbers of rape cases over more than a decade.

Technical and electrical problems led to MATA shutting down parts of Memphis' trolley lines. Years later, a more modern fleet of streetcars could help reopen the Riverfront and Madison Avenue lines.

The Sanitation Workers' Strike may be known for the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. But a week earlier, after a protest turned unruly, a 17-year-old was gunned down by a Memphis police officer. Larry Payne's family doesn't want to see him become a footnote.

Charles Hall, granted executive clemency by Gov. Bill Lee, has been approved for release by Parole Board.

As Memphis Light Gas and Water explores new power providers, the Tennessee Valley Authority hopes to hang on to its lucrative $1 billion-a-year energy contract. TVA even created a new Memphis-based vice presidency to sway the decision. But the power company offers scant details.

Russia's attack on Ukraine brought the worries of war to one soccer player at Christian Brothers University.

A resolution to the greensward parking controversy has been reached between the Memphis Zoo, the Overton Park Conservancy and the City of Memphis.