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Former Kerr County commissioner Tom Moser advocated for a siren warning system about a decade ago. He believes sirens could have saved lives had they been in place. -
The latest on the deadly floods in Texas, foreign policy dominates President Trump's week, Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume mass federal layoffs for now.
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NPR's Leila Fadel examines the use of masks by federal agents while carrying out immigration arrests
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The Trump administration can move ahead, for now, with plans to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal workers following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Tuesday.
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NPR's A Martínez talks with Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun!, the company behind Tonka and Care Bears, about how President Trump's latest tariff decisions are impacting business.
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'
On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.
Incognito Art Auction and Party | Memphis Botanic Garden
Kacky Walton spoke with Carlee Zamora, Adult Education Coordinator at the Memphis Botanic Garden, and artist Phyllis Boger about the upcoming Incognito Art Auction and Party.
Shared Citizenship Matters
On July 9th, 1868, the United States ratified the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Confused about where things stand with Trump's tariffs? Here's a handy primer
President Trump has announced — but postponed the effective date for — higher tariffs once again. Here's what to know about the latest on his tariff policy.
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.
Summer Experience with New Memphis
Kacky Walton spoke with Anna Thompson, Marketing Communications Manager at New Memphis, an organization dedicated to “forging a more prosperous and vital” city by “developing, activating, and retaining talent.”
National Pina Colada Day is July 10
I think it’s the perfect summer libation, don’t you?
Scam Messages to Watch For
On this week's episode of "Protecting Your Money," Randy Hutchinson, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, explains how scammers are using fake messages to trick people into downloading malware, giving up sensitive personal or banking information, or paying bogus fees.
IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates
One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.