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03-06-2025
- Business
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Will Rory McIlroy play the 2025 St. Jude Championship? Why he might skip FedExCup event
The 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship is set for Aug. 7-10 at TPC Southwind. The 70-man field won't be set until a week before that. Will that field include 2025 Masters champion Rory McIlroy? Though McIlroy is the No. 2-ranked golfer in the world and is beloved by fans, there's a chance he won't be involved in the first leg of the FedExCup playoffs. Advertisement There are a few reasons to believe McIlroy might not play in the Memphis event, and it starts with what he said last year. "I'll probably not play the first playoff event in Memphis," McIlroy told The Telegraph last November. "I mean, I finished basically dead last there this year (tied for 68th in a 70-man field) and only moved down one spot in the playoff standings.' Then there was the announcement last week from the PGA Tour that the stroke advantage in the FedExCup playoffs would be going away. Instead of giving golfers with the most points an advantage in the Tour Championship, all golfers will start from par. In the past, the stroke advantage had made the first two FedExCup events more important because it determined who got which stroke advantages. And then there's the fact that McIlroy has said he plans to play less in 2025 and made headlines last weekend when he decided to skip the Memorial Tournament, a PGA Tour signature event. Advertisement McIlroy is expected to play in this weekend's Canadian Open. The FedEx St. Jude Championship is the first leg of the FedExCup playoffs. The top 70 golfers in the standings make it to Memphis, while the top 50 advance to the next week and the top 30 make it to the Tour Championship. Rory McIlroy's history at FedEx St. Jude Championship McIlroy has been up and down at TPC Southwind in the past few years. He finished tied for 68th in 2024 but was tied for third in 2023. He missed the cut in 2022. Hideki Matsuyama won last year's FedEx St. Jude Championship. Reach sports writer Jonah Dylan at or on X @thejonahdylan. This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Why Rory McIlroy might skip the FedEx St. Jude Championship in 2025
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08-05-2025
- Climate
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Memphis weekend weather: Mostly sunny for RiverBeat, with chance of Friday rain showers
Memphians and visitors attending the RiverBeat Music Festival May 2-4 should expect great weather, for the most part, according to the National Weather Service in Memphis' weekend forecast. The weekend overall will have mostly sunny weather and moderate spring temperatures, with the high for the weekend being around 80. With that being said, rain jackets and umbrellas might be needed on May 2, with storms expected to head into the Memphis area. Here is the Memphis weekend weather forecast from the National Weather Service in Memphis. May 2 will be rainy throughout the day, but will be partly sunny. There is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon. Highs will be around 80, and the chance of rain will be 50%. The evening hours will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the upper 50s, with the chance of rain being 50%. May 3 will be mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the morning. Highs will be in the mid-70s, with the chance of rain being 20%. The evening is expected to be mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s. May 4 is expected to be a sunny day with highs in the mid-70s. At night, it will be mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s. May 5 will be sunny with highs around 80. Nighttime weather will be mostly clear with lows in the mid-50s. Brooke Muckerman covers politics and education for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at 901-484-6225 and This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis weekend weather: Friday rain, weekend sun for RiverBeat
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07-05-2025
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Ex-Memphis police officers in Tyre Nichols case found not guilty by out-of-town jury
After 8 and a half hours of deliberation, the jury in the Tyre Nichols state case returned a blanket not guilty verdict for three of the former police officers charged with killing Nichols on May 7. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, Jr. were charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. The jury, a mostly-white jury from Hamilton County, found all three not guilty on each count. The jury found them not guilty of all charges, as well as lesser charges that they could have been convicted of. Despite being found not guilty in state court, all three have been convicted in federal court and face time in federal prison. Sentencing for the federal case was postponed until the state case reached an end. Bean and Smith were found guilty in the federal case of witness tampering and face up to 20 years in federal prison. Former Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean hug as Justin Smith Jr. becomes emotional behind them after they were found not guilty on all charges by the jury on the ninth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols at 201 Poplar in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Haley was found guilty on all counts — using excessive force, being deliberately indifferent to Nichols' medical needs, witness tampering and conspiracy to witness tamper — but that jury found that when Haley violated Nichols' civil rights it resulted in injury, not death. Haley could serve a life sentence in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Two other former officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, Jr., pleaded guilty in the federal case to using excessive force and conspiracy to witness tamper. Mills' plea agreement extended to the state case and he will serve both his federal and state sentences at the same time. It is not yet clear what Martin's plea will look like in state court. Martin and Mills testified during the federal trial. Mills testified during the state trial. This is a developing story and will be updated. Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached by phone or email: (901)208-3922 and and followed on X @LucasFinton. This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Ex-Memphis police officers found not guility in Tyre Nichols murder case
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11-04-2025
- Politics
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Trump signs order to 'Make Showers Great Again': What to know in Tennessee
President Trump issued an executive order targeting water pressure in America. According to the White House, Trump signed the order to "end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America's showers great again." The order intends to reverse the "overregulation" of showerheads on American people. Trump intends to return to the straightforward meaning of showerhead from the 1992 energy law that mandates the production of more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute. Here's what to know about the order. Under the Obama and Biden administrations, showerheads were regulated by the amount of water discharged per minute. If a showerhead released more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute, it was outlawed under the two administrations. Under the Obama administration, these limitations were applied to showers with multiple nozzles, as the total production and not per-nozzle production. Biden returned this regulation after Trump rescinded it in his first term. Trump's executive order intends to get rid of these regulations. In his order, Trump calls the move by Obama and Biden "overly complicated" and part of a "radical green agenda that made life worse for everyday Americans." In 2023, the Biden administration proposed 30 regulations affecting refrigerators and freezers, gas stoves and furnaces, fans and blowers. The regulations were a part of Biden's goal to reduce carbon emissions. The Department of Energy announced it postponed these efforts in February. The order directs the Secretary of Energy to rescind the regulations from Obama and Biden immediately This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Trump's executive order on showers: What to know in Tennessee
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11-04-2025
- Politics
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Trump signs order to 'Make Showers Great Again': What to know in Tennessee
President Trump issued an executive order targeting water pressure in America. According to the White House, Trump signed the order to "end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America's showers great again." The order intends to reverse the "overregulation" of showerheads on American people. Trump intends to return to the straightforward meaning of showerhead from the 1992 energy law that mandates the production of more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute. Here's what to know about the order. Under the Obama and Biden administrations, showerheads were regulated by the amount of water discharged per minute. If a showerhead released more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute, it was outlawed under the two administrations. Under the Obama administration, these limitations were applied to showers with multiple nozzles, as the total production and not per-nozzle production. Biden returned this regulation after Trump rescinded it in his first term. Trump's executive order intends to get rid of these regulations. In his order, Trump calls the move by Obama and Biden "overly complicated" and part of a "radical green agenda that made life worse for everyday Americans." In 2023, the Biden administration proposed 30 regulations affecting refrigerators and freezers, gas stoves and furnaces, fans and blowers. The regulations were a part of Biden's goal to reduce carbon emissions. The Department of Energy announced it postponed these efforts in February. The order directs the Secretary of Energy to rescind the regulations from Obama and Biden immediately This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Trump's executive order on showers: What to know in Tennessee
