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DOGE subcommittee to hold hearing on weather modification, 'geo-engineering'
The House DOGE subcommittee will hold a hearing next week about weather control and geo-engineering, a hot topic for committee Chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The hearing titled, “Playing God with the Weather — a Disastrous Forecast,” will...

GloRilla Takes Aim At Young Thug, Mariah The Scientist On Diss Track Following Leaked Call
GloRilla took it to the booth in reply to insulting remarks from Young Thug, revealed during a leaked jail call last week. In response to the recording, where Thugger refers to the Memphis artist as “ugly,” GloRilla has dropped a diss track...

Young Thug Apologizes To Mariah The Scientist In “Man I Miss My Dogs” Song Amid Leaked Jail Calls
Young Thug is now baring his soul and apologizing to those he hurt in his newest song “I Miss My Dogs,” just days after leaked jail calls surfaced online. The Atlanta rapper released his new single on Thursday (Sep. 11) clearing up some of the...

Memphis People in Business: Sept. 11, 2025
Here is a look at promotions, hirings and other noteworthy business events in the Memphis area: Regional One Health promoted two leaders to its executive team. Angel Parker-Heffner has been named vice president of operations. She is overseeing...

Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
For decades, one of the most consistent findings in religion research has been that women tend to be more religious than men. This holds true across dozens of countries and on nearly every measure of religiosity, from how often someone prays to...

The Value Of Basic Research Honored With The 2025 Golden Goose Awards
The Golden Goose awards recognize scientific research that initially may appear trivial, but ultimately results in significant practical breakthroughs. getty The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association of...
FOXO Technologies signs agreement to acquire Vector Biosource Inc
FOXO Technologies Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to improving human health and life span, announces that it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Vector Biosource Inc. (Vector). Vector is an information, data and biospecimen...

‘Emotional experience’: Riders set off on 19th annual St. Jude Peoria to Memphis Ride
PEORIA (25News Now) - Two hundred area bikers set off Thursday morning in an event that combines their love of motorcycles and life-saving care. The 19th annual St. Jude Peoria to Memphis Ride left Walter Brothers Harley-Davidson on Thursday for...
Cincinnati takes home losing streak into matchup with Nashville
By The Associated Press Nashville SC (15-9-5, third in the Western Conference) vs. FC Cincinnati (16-9-4, second in the Eastern Conference) Cincinnati; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nashville SC +148, FC Cincinnati +164, Draw...

Tennessee Recycling Coalition announces 2025 Recycler of the Year Awards
Published 11:26 am Wednesday, September 10, 2025 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Recycling Coalition is pleased to announce the 2025 Recycler of the Year Awards. This program recognizes individuals, organizations and businesses in Tennessee that have...
Charlie Kirk death: Nashville Fire employee suspended for post
A Nashville Fire Department paramedic is on administrative leave after making a post about Charlie Kirk, the right-wing media personality killed during an appearance at Utah Valley University. The employee is the second person in the region to...

66th INMM USA: Ghana’s Prof. Otoo appeals for partnerships to advance peaceful nuclear uses in Africa
“Developed countries must do more to share knowledge and ease barriers that prevent African nations from accessing advanced nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes”, Prof. Francis Otoo, Acting Director General of the Ghana Nuclear Regulatory...

Tennessee Ranks #8 for New Manufactured Housing
After years of elevated real estate prices, mortgage rates, and rents, the housing affordability crisis in the U.S. is more apparent than ever. Policymakers, economic experts, and everyday households continue to search for solutions to ease the...

Glowing Plants Could Become Living Energy-Free Light Sources
By Bobby Bascomb In nature, many organisms glow in the dark, including lightning bugs, some squid and jellyfish, using light to attract a mate or lure prey. Now, researchers have engineered glowing succulents, plants that recharge in sunlight and...

UT Health Science Center team to use $3.1 million to study memory loss
Why do some people experience memory loss in midlife while others stay sharp well into their 80s and 90s? A research team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a $3.1 million award from the National Institute on Aging...

Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo, Oct. 16
Since the late 1980s, the Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo, presented by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been the region’s premier educational and networking event for cattle producers. Each year, farmers, ranchers, students...

Building a Payment Model for Health Coaching in Primary Care: Lessons From Tennessee
ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe Tennessee’s process for convening key stakeholders to develop uniform payment guidelines that encourage increased preventive service delivery and provide lessons learned that can inform similar work in other...

Zeus Fire and Security Acquires Gallaher & Associates in Tennessee
Zeus Fire and Security, a portfolio company of Baltimore-based Access Holdings, has announced a new partnership with Gallaher & Associates. Under the agreement, Gallaher will join Zeus to facilitate its expansion into Tennessee and the broader...

Bill Frist Looks to Science
Twenty years ago, Bill Frist shuttled back and forth between Nashville and Washington, D.C., where he set the national GOP agenda as Senate majority leader. First winning his U.S. Senate seat in 1994 over incumbent Democrat Jim Sasser, Frist — a...

Tennessee man pleads guilty to plotting drone attack on Nashville energy facility
A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and plotting to destroy an energy facility in Nashville with a drone packed with explosives, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Skyler Philippi, 24, of...