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Tennessee, United States
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Sep. 2, 2024, 6:18 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds
Sep. 2, 2024, 6:18 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Tennessee Republican leaders threaten to withhold funds as Memphis preps to put guns on the ballot
Aug. 29, 2024, 10:03 AM ET (CNN)
7 people injured after severe turbulence forces a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing, officials say
Aug. 28, 2024, 9:11 AM ET (USA Today)
Memphis, Tennessee murder suspect crashes through ceiling as US Marshals search for him
Aug. 23, 2024, 7:20 PM ET (AP)
A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols' death. He could serve 40 years in prison
Memphis, city, seat (1819) of Shelby county, extreme southwestern Tennessee, U.S. It lies on the Chickasaw bluffs above the Mississippi River where the borders of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee meet. Memphis is Tennessee’s most populous city and is at the center of the state’s second largest metropolitan area. Aside from West Memphis, Arkansas, Memphis’s main suburbs include Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland, and Millington in Tennessee and Horn Lake, Olive Branch, and Southaven in Mississippi. Area 295 square miles (764 square km). Pop. (2000) city, 690,743; Memphis MSA, 1,205,204; (2010) city 646,889; Memphis MSA 1,316,100. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto ...(100 of 979 words)