Tennessee

Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his district

Rep. Steve Cohen, whose Memphis-area district is being splintered into three different districts, is one of a handful of Jewish Democratic casualties of the mid-decade redistricting sprint.

Rep. Steve Cohen  gestures during a news conference in his office on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies power forward Brandon Clarke (15) warms up before the game against the Washington Wizards at FedExForum, Dec 20, 2025.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at age 29

The SpaceX building, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne, California, April 23, 2026.

SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

The Tennessee State Capitol building pictured in 2022.

Tennessee legislature passes bill mandating Judea and Samaria terminology in state communications


Memphis police say four dead after 19-year old's shooting spree

Four people were dead and three Wounded after a shooting spree in Memphis. The suspected shooter was arrested by the Memphis police.

 Memphis police officers work at one of multiple crime scenes they believe were committed by a man driving around shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. September 7, 2022.

Alfredo sauce spilled across Memphis highway truck crash

"You can smell it!" Fox News 13 Memphis reporter Kate Bieri posted on Twitter after arriving at the scene of the alfredo accident.

 Stouffer's Fettuccine Alfredoafter heating in the Dulles section of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia.

3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact seized in Memphis, Tennessee

A potentially 3,000-year-old canopic jar was found as it was being smuggled through the city.

 An ancient Imsety canopic jar lid seized by US Customs and Border Protection.

Six people wounded in shooting outside of Tennessee hospital

Six people were wounded in the early morning outside of a hospital near Memphis, Tennessee.

Police tape.

Tennessee court dismisses lawsuit on adoption law religious bias

The Rutan-Rams charged that an adoption agency had told them it went against the agency’s values to place the child in a non-Christian home.

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Kiddush Hashem: Sanctifying God's name in the South - opinion

I was filled with immense pride as a fellow Jew brought unbridled joy to a rowdy redneck crowd that might never before have seen a Jewish performer up close.

 ANDY STATMAN performs at the Grand Ole Opry.

Nine dead in three mass shootings across United States

A surveillance video from the shooting showed people on a crowded street running in panic in the closing moments of the 22-second clip, presumably after gun shots were fired.

 Police tape is pictured at a crime scene after a deadly mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 5, 2022.

Morgan Ortagus slams Tennessee politician for antisemitic comments

State Sen. Frank Niceley was already under fire for saying in a speech last week that the homeless should emulate Adolf Hitler.

Morgan Ortagus

Lawmaker who referenced Hitler says Trump supports Ortagus because she's Jewish

"Senator Niceley should be ashamed of his repeated antisemitic rhetoric," said Ortagus.

 U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus attends a press briefing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019.

TN senator uses Hitler as example of homeless person who 'made history'

The state senator made the comments during a debate on a bill to combat homeless camps.

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