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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It'll be a mild night as temperatures drop to the low/mid 70s under a mostly clear sky.

Wind: N 2-6 mph. Thursday: Sunrise - 6:08 a.m. CT. Sunny and dangerously hot and humid with a chance of afternoon showers. Highs in the mid and upper 90s. Heat indices 105 to 120 degrees.

The Alice Austen House to present a new group exhibition She Sells Seashells from curator and writer Gemma Rolls-Bentley.

A controversy has erupted after a map featured in National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Class 8 social science textbook depicted present day Rajasthan as part of the erstwhile ...