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The Labor Department offered an update Friday on the strength of the U.S. job market. The news comes as long-term interest rates have been climbing.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, about high bond yields and the September jobs report.
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September jobs report to give an update on the market, Tennessee governor halts executions after woman survives attempt, N.Y. attorney general appointed as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Garland, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company where he was once principal dancer and that he is taking back to the African continent for the first time since the 1990s.
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The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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BPACC's fall season features John Waite, Brittney Spencer, and more
Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center (BPACC) has already had one event this fall: the Tennessee Shakespeare Company's outdoor production of "Love's Labor's Lost" by the lake, but its regular season begins inside the theatre on Friday, October 9, with 80s icon John Waite.
"Thom Pain (based on nothing)" explores life's disappointments and pain
Quark Theatre presents Will Eno's Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama, "Thom Pain (based on nothing)," at Evergreen Theatre from Friday, October 9, through Sunday, October 25.
The Hughes Art Show showcases generations of Memphis artists
Memphis Botanic Garden presents The Hughes Art Show from Friday, October 2, through Thursday, October 29.
TN Politics: Task force anniversary brings lower crime, ongoing questions
Otis Sanford discusses the Memphis Safe Task Force, Marsha Blackburn's campaign and botched executions.
Failed 'torturous' execution attempt on Christa Pike reignites death penalty debate
The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike, who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday, has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S.
Collierville educator named 2026-27 Tennessee Teacher of the Year
The Tennessee Department of Education recognized educators and school leaders statewide during its annual Excellence in Education celebration, including several from Memphis and West Tennessee. Collierville STEM teacher Jenna Burke received the state's top teaching honor.
A witness to a failed Tennessee execution talks about what she saw and heard
A woman in Tennessee survived an execution Wednesday. We talk with a reporter who was there.
St. John's presents its first Compline service of the season
St. John's Episcopal Church Organist-Choirmaster Dr. Vernon Snyder joined Darel Snodgrass to discuss the origins and traditions of Compline and Choral Evensong, as well as the church's first Compline service of the season.