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Lebron and Bronny James make NBA history a family affair

By Jamal Baker NDG Contributing Writer Witnessing father-son duos play on the same team at the highest level always calls for flowers to be given. Lebron and Bronny James became the first father-son duo to play in an NBA game together on Tuesday, Oct...

Collierville Defeats Whitehaven to Championship Hopes Alive

With only two games left in the regular season, the Collierville Dragons and Whitehaven Tigers met to stay in the running for the 6A Region 8 Championship. The Dragons entered the game ranked fourth in the state, while Whitehaven was ranked ninth. Co...

Tips for carving a longer-lasting jack-o’-lantern

The pumpkin on the right has a fungal disease known as black rot. Matt Kasson, CC BY-SA For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants and grocery stores start their pumpkin flavor promotions in late A...

Tigers Survives Charlotte’s Late Charge for Homecoming Win

The 2024 University of Memphis Homecoming celebration should have been drama-free. The Tigers entered the game as heavy favorites, looking to keep their hopes alive for the American Athletic Conference Championship game. Memphis secured a last-minute...

Kansas City’s Hip Hop Infrastructure is Taking Shape, Thanks to a New Generation of Artists

Phantom Pesos, May 1st, 2024 Kansas City, the birthplace of Tech N9Ne and, more recently, the SleazyWorldGo entourage, still flies under the radar compared to hip hop giants like Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. However, the city boasts its own...

Racial trauma has profound mental health consequence – a Black clinical psychologist explains and offers 5 ways to heal

Racial trauma can cause feelings of isolation among Black people. Taiyou Nomachi/Getty Images Since European expansion into the Americas, white people have demonized Black people and portrayed them as undesirable, violent and hypersexual. Originally,...

A brief history of former presidents running for reelection: 3 losses, 1 win and 1 still TBD

By Graeme Mack, University of Richmond Theodore Roosevelt speaks during the Progressive campaign of 1912. AP Photo This year’s presidential election has a former president, Donald Trump, running for a nonconsecutive term. It’s the fifth time in U.S....

Top 10 Biggest Cyber Attacks in History & its Impact (Updated 2024)

Cyberattacks have existed for the longest time, ever since the existence of the internet. As time goes by, cybercriminals have been becoming more and more efficient when it comes to hacking servers, extracting sensitive information and injecting mal...

Grocery stores that donate expiring food − instead of price discounting or discarding − make higher profits

By John Lowrey, Northeastern University This new food pantry opened on Long Island in September 2024. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images All major supermarkets and retailers that sell groceries, such as Kroger, Walmart and Costco, giv...

DOJ: United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints

By DOJ News Photos: YouTube Screenshots Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Breon Peace, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that Assistant United...

Grizzlies sparkle in home opener, beat Orlando Magic 124-111

For the first time this season, the Memphis Grizzlies had their full complement of starters in the lineup. Jaren Jackson Jr. made his season debut, joining Ja Morant, Marcus Smart, Desmond Bane, and Zach Edey as the projected starting five. Their com...

Conclave film adaptation delivers chilling drama

(****)& If you told this twisted story at a cocktail party, everyone would be entranced.& They’d listen attentively, right up until the end with the big reveal. That’s when they’d drop their martini glasses, gasp and laugh at how providence h...

Proposal could give lowest-paid county employees bigger boost

A resolution to increase pay for employees on the “lower band” of Shelby County’s compensation scale – and above scheduled pay raises – was proposed during the Wednesday, Oct 24 Budget & Finance Committee meeting. Commissioner Michael...

Just For Laughs: Memphis comics set to make stand-up debuts in Vegas

The comedy scene in Memphis is making waves in Las Vegas this October, as two of the city’s top comics bring their unique brands of humor to one of the most iconic entertainment stages in the world. Veteran comedian Rob Love and rising star Jae Hende...

House report accuses Trump of overcharging Secret Service

A newly released report from House Democrats reveals how Donald Trump’s presidency became a platform for personal financial gain. The twice-impeached former president allegedly profited from the U.S. Secret Service and other government entities that...