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National Guard plan stirs up mixed feelings from Memphis residents

President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into Memphis for a crime-fighting push has stirred mixed feelings among the populace

The Independent UK

Trump Threatens Another Federal Takeover of D.C. While Planning Memphis Crackdown

Trump’s emergency order in the nation’s capital expired last week, but he has already rolled out a plan to crack down on crime in Memphis.

Reason

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Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Prove-It Week 4 Games Will Separate Real From Hype

Several unbeaten teams finally face power opponents, with playoff stakes and conference races starting to take shape.

Sports Illustrated

Memphis Mayor Paul Young Wants To Make It Clear: 'Did Not Ask For The National Guard'

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he did not request the National Guard and questioned whether troops are the right solution to the city's crime challenges, even as federal and state leaders move forward with the deployment.

Benzinga

Trump orders National Guard troops to Memphis in latest military deployment

The city’s Democratic mayor, Paul Young, says the ‘decision has been made’ but does not think it will drive down crime.

Al Jazeera

Trump sending National Guard to Memphis, says Chicago's "probably next"

Trump established a task force for Memphis that he said "will be a replica of our extraordinary successful efforts" in D.C.

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The Independent UK

Trump to send national guard to Memphis and says Chicago is ‘probably next’

Move is latest push by administration to expand military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities

The Guardian - US

Trump sends National Guard to Memphis after DC takeover and eyes Chicago next

Tennessee is considered a red state, but Memphis has a Democratic-led municipal government

The Independent UK

Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments

The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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The Independent UK

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump says he'll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor

The Independent UK

Trump eyes Memphis for next federal crackdown on crime but admits he would have preferred to send Guard to Chicago

During an interview with Fox and Friends the president claimed that the boss of a major railway line told him he had needed to travel in an ‘armored vehicle with bulletproof glass’ when visiting Memphis

The Guardian - US

Trump says he will send national guard to Democratic-run Memphis

President makes remark on Fox & Friends after Memphis mayor said he requested financial resources instead

The Independent UK

Former Memphis officer being released from custody after new trial ordered in Tyre Nichols case

A judge has ruled that a former Memphis police officer convicted of federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be released from custody after a new trial was ordered in the case

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

Officers convicted in Tyre Nichols case will get new trial

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

Guitar World

“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

The Independent UK

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

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

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