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WORLD
Mar 28, 2023
Female shooter kills six at Nashville elementary school, U.S. police say
The alleged shooter, who was killed by police, was a 28-year-old white woman from Nashville who is believed to be a former student at the Covenant School, Metro Nashville Police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Memphis releases deadly police beating video
Footage of the violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged with murder in his beating death has sent shock waves through the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2023
Five U.S. police officers charged with beating Black man to death
Tyre Nichols, 29, was stopped on Jan. 7 for what the Memphis Police Department said was reckless driving.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022
Shootings and manhunt paralyze Memphis as city is urged to shelter
It was not immediately clear how many people had been shot Wednesday or whether the shootings were random.
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May 4, 2022
Titans QB Ryan Tannehill not keen on mentoring Malik Willis
While Tannehill has two seasons remaining on a four-year, $118 million deal, the Titans had at least one eye toward a possible replacement by picking the Liberty University quarterback.
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Nov 2, 2021
Titans' Derrick Henry out indefinitely; foot surgery Tuesday
Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel confirmed the team is planning for life without Henry and working out veteran free agents with the NFL trade deadline approaching.
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Jan 9, 2021
History shows Titans star Derrick Henry's current run may be unsustainable
Henry's success flies in the face of modern NFL wisdom. He's a workhorse in a pass-happy league that has determined that sharing carries among a committee is more efficient.
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Sep 20, 2019
Quarterback Gardner Minshew, defense shine as Jaguars clobber Titans
Minshew Mania is gaining momentum.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2019
'White power' graffiti defaces historic Tennessee civil rights site that was victim of fire
Racist graffiti was painted in the parking lot of a Tennessee social justice center that hosted giants of the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, it said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 18, 2018
Amy Schumer, Asley Judd join calls to free U.S. trafficking victim jailed for murder
Actors Amy Schumer and Ashley Judd have backed a campaign for an American woman convicted of killing a man who paid to have sex with her as a child to be given clemency.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2018
Thousands in U.S. South may not be able to cast ballots in early voting as registrations surge, suppression is alleged
Thousands of voters in Tennessee were at risk of being blocked from casting regular ballots when early voting opened this week, as officials struggled to process a surge of new registrations ahead of Nov. 6 elections to determine control of the U.S. Congress.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 20, 2016
Arnold’s game remains all about the team
Watching a pure shooter, when the shots are falling like raindrops during a summer storm, is a picture of pure art.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2015
Gunman, four others killed in 'terrorist' attack on Chattanooga military installations
Five people were killed on Thursday, including a suspected gunman who opened fire at two military-related facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in an attack local officials described as an act of terrorism.
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CULTURE / Stage
Apr 28, 2015
Orpheus descends on Japan
Of all U.S. playwright Tennessee Williams's many major works — including "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie" — "Orpheus Descending," which opens in Tokyo next week with a star-studded Japanese cast and multi-award-winning English director Phillip Breen at the helm, is among those most rarely staged anywhere.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 23, 2014
Sharp to end U.S. solar panel output
Sharp Corp. is set to terminate solar panel production in the United States at the end of March because global competition is making the business unprofitable, company sources said Thursday.

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