The Latest Breaking News from Memphis

Trump administration could deploy 1,000 troops to Louisiana cities until 2026, report says

The state’s Republican governor and members of Congress have pushed for federal intervention

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2025

Trump Orders National Guard Deployment To Memphis Amid Soaring Crime, Escalating Federal Crackdown On Democrat-Led Cities

On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that Memphis, Tennessee, will be the next U.S. city to see National Guard troops deployed, expanding his controversial crime crackdown in Democrat-led cities.

Benzinga · Sep 13, 2025

Trump news at a glance: president urges death penalty in Charlie Kirk killing, as widow says: ‘we’ll never surrender’

President sought to cast people on the left as sole problem of US politics, while widow of Charlie Kirk said her ‘cries will echo around the world like a battle cry’ – key stories from 12 September at a glance

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2025

Human remains found in Arkansas field five decades ago finally identified, say cops

Advanced DNA testing led to the identification of Charles Howard Wallace, who was last seen by his family in 1974, in Memphis Tennessee

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025

Trump claims Chicago is ‘world’s most dangerous city’. The four most violent ones are all in red states

Jackson, Birmingham, St Louis and Memphis had the highest murder rates in 2024 – all are in Republican-led states

The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2025

What to know in the case against former Memphis police officers in the death of Tyre Nichols

The federal criminal case against former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has taken a shocking, unusual twist: Three of them are getting a new trial because a judge made comments after their convictions that raised questions of bias

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Officers convicted in Tyre Nichols case will get new trial

It comes after lawyers argued the original trial judge was biased against them

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

“It suffered a broken headstock, was completely refinished, refretted and had P-90s replaced with humbuckers”: Untangling the history of Jeff Beck’s Oxblood Les Paul, the most expensive Gibson Les Paul ever sold at auction

Will we ever know the true story of this fabled guitar? For some it’s iconic, for others it was simply a cobbled-together working tool for a master

Guitar World · Aug 28, 2025

Jurado absuelve a hombre acusado de organizar el asesinato del rapero Young Dolph

Un jurado declaró a un hombre no culpable el jueves de organizar el asesinato en emboscada a plena luz del día del rapero Young Dolph en una panadería de Memphis en noviembre de 2021.

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

Jury acquits Memphis man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph

A jury found a man not guilty of organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025