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At least one man is in custody after a violent sexual assault that happened during a home invasion. Three men were inside a home on Orr Street when four armed men forced their way inside. The intruders taped the victims' mouths, noses, and eyes. Their wrists and ankles were bound with plastic ties. One of the victims was taken to one room, while the other two were taken to another. According to a police affidavit, they were beaten with a baseball bat and broom handle. All three of the men were sodomized and sexually assaulted with the weapons. The incident...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 17-year-old student charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Christian school principal told investigators he had planned to stab the woman on the third day of classes, when he knew he'd be alone with her in a classroom, police said Thursday. Eduardo Marmolejo was held without bond and ordered to undergo a mental evaluation by a Juvenile Court judge during a hearing Thursday. State law allows police to release the names of juveniles charged with first-degree murder.

In an effort to address racial inequality, some Memphis City Council members are asking for a removal of the word "minority" from the city's vocabulary. Calling it "outdated terminology," City Councilman Dedrick Brittenum has sponsored a resolution, up for discussion Tuesday, to eliminate the word "minority" from city documents, except when required in state or federal contracts. Brittenum said the word doesn't ring true in Memphis where "people of color are not the so-called minority." Also, classifying a group of people as "the minority" fosters a mindset of inequality and lumps different people in a single category, ignoring unique cultures...