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A controversial American public figure known for infamous shootings stormed off stage after failing to answer questions about racism at an event at a university in Tennessee, USA. A viral video showed him eventually leaving without addressing questions about race-baiting comments, prompting cheers from protesters.Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly exited the stage after facing protesters’ jeers during an event about the Second Amendment at the University of Memphis on Wednesday (March 20).The Second Amendment to the United…

Singer also formally announces new album Everything I Thought I Was with Benicio Del Toro-narrated trailer After spending the past week teasing a new album, Justin Timberlake returned to the stage Friday with a small hometown gig in Memphis, where the singer debuted a new song called “Selfish.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvGzl4JXa3c The track — not to be confused with “Selfish” by Timberlake’s former group NSync — is believed to be the first single from the upcoming album Everything I…

The moments strung together, the Lakers suddenly looking like the basketball team they threatened to be when their names were written on paper this offseason.LeBron James bounded agelessly to the basket. Anthony Davis swatted away shot after shot. D’Angelo Russell skipped and Austin Reaves cooked, the Lakers playing their best basketball of the season. It helped, of course, that the ball decided it would finally start going into the basket Tuesday night.For all the thought that goes into constructing an NBA team and the…

Photos from the Lakers' 125-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their first-round NBA Western Conference playoff series. Photos from the Lakers' 125-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their first-round NBA Western Conference playoff series. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Dan Woike: They’re to the right of the banners they helped earn, the numbers of some of basketball’s most dominant big men to ever play in this league.George Mikan’s No. 99 is two spots to the left of Wilt Chamberlain’s No. 13. One row directly below that is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s No. 33. Below that an to the left is Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 34.And Tuesday, after helping the Lakers win a pair of championships, the curtain dropped on Pau Gasol’s No. 16.…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Andrew Greif: The Clippers began this season believing their depth and talent would put them in a class apart within the Western Conference.They have done just that. Over the past 67 games, they have undergone a unique transformation, going from what many within the organizatoin believed would be one of the NBA’s best teams to perhaps its most confounding. And over the course of Sunday’s final 12 minutes, a franchise whose direction appeared nearing…

Pooh Shiesty took to Instagram on Tuesday to share an update from prison, where he’s currently serving a 63-month sentence after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy charges.In a lengthy post, which arrived alongside a pair of pictures of Shiesty, who now sports a full beard and long hair, the Memphis rapper boasted about his pre-prison status as a drug dealer, claiming he was bigger than Jay-Z before he got locked up.In addition, Shiesty reminded his enemies that he hasn’t lost a step in terms of popularity, and that…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is wide consensus about the need to equip police officers with body cameras. Beyond simply documenting officers' interactions with citizens, the technology can improve trust between the police and the communities they serve, a 2018 Northeastern study showed. Still, as the world reacts to the…

Hello, it’s Friday, Jan. 27, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES Ex-Memphis officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols. Five former police officers in Memphis, Tenn., were charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, authorities said. The encounter occurred Jan. 7 and was captured on police body cameras.The city of Memphis announced it would release video of the police encounter today after 4…

Five former Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, authorities said.Ex-officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith, who are all Black, were charged with second-degree murder, two counts of official misconduct, one count of official oppression, aggravated assault-act in concert and two counts of aggravated kidnapping in the death of Nichols, according to…