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Elon Musk's xAI Faces Backlash From NAACP, Environmental Groups Over Memphis Data Center's Gas-Burning Turbine Permit

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has been slammed by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and environmental rights groups over its Memphis data center.

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How Philadelphia’s sanitation strike differed from past labor disputes in the city

The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025.

The Conversation

Elon Musk's xAI Hires Trump Aide Stephen Miller's Wife Katie Amid Controversial Memphis Data Center Permit Win

Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence startup xAI has hired Katie Miller, wife of President Donald Trump‘s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, as a communications manager just as the company secured a controversial permit for its Memphis data center operations.

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Elon Musk's xAI Secures Permit To Burn Natural Gas For Grok Supercomputer In Memphis Amid Clean Air Act Lawsuit, Pollution Complaints

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has received official approval to operate natural gas-burning turbines at its Memphis-based supercomputer facility, despite community backlash and an ongoing lawsuit over air quality concerns.

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Elon Musk’s xAI gets permit for methane gas generators

NAACP plans to sue over massive Memphis datacenter near Black residents, who have long dealt with pollution

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Katie Miller—who left Trump's White House with Elon Musk—surfaces at xAI

Katie Miller has emerged as a key spokesperson for Musk while her husband, Stephen Miller, remains President Trump's deputy chief of staff.

Fortune

Vincent Van Duysen’s Latest Zara Home Collection Taps Into the Post-Modernist Memphis Movement and "Materials With Nothing to Hide"

The Belgian architect brings permanence to a brand known for being anything but

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Fred Smith Was Told By Yale Professor That His Overnight-Delivery Idea Would Only Earn Him A 'C' — The FedEx Founder Turned It Into A $54 Billion Logistics Giant

Frederick W. "Fred" Smith, whose Yale term paper sketching a coast-to-coast overnight-delivery network drew only a "C," used the same blueprint six years later to launch Federal Express (NYSE:FDX), upending global logistics and making him a billionaire. Smith died Saturday, June 21, in Memphis at 80, the company confirmed.

Benzinga

Man with Taser and rope charged in attempted kidnapping of mayor, Memphis police say

Police say a man has been charged with an attempted kidnapping of the mayor of Memphis after he went to the mayor’s house over the weekend and was later arrested with a taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle

The Independent UK

A battle over air quality between Musk's xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts

Fighting giants.

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Man arrested after showing up at Memphis mayor’s house with Taser, duct tape and rope in car, police say

The arrest in Tennessee comes just days after the murders of a state lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota and the wounding of another and his wife.

The Independent UK

Ja Morant Fires Back at Stephen A. Smith for Memphis Criticism

The Grizzlies star had to respond to the recent discourse about the city of Memphis.

Sports Illustrated

Stephen A. Smith Explains Why NBA Players Don’t Want to Play in Memphis

Stephen A. Smith says players don’t want to go to Memphis.

Sports Illustrated

NAACP files intent to sue Elon Musk's xAI company over supercomputer air pollution

The NAACP has filed an intent to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company over air pollution from a supercomputer data center in Memphis

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Man formerly on death row can't serve 2 life terms at the same time, Tennessee Supreme Court rules

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row concurrent sentences of life in prison

The Independent UK

Federal judge recuses himself days before sentencing Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols' death

The judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has recused himself from further proceedings, just days before four of them were scheduled to be sentenced

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Graceland Type Seller Impersonation Fraud on the Rise

On June 18, a Missouri grandmother, Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, will stand before a federal judge in Memphis, TN. She will be there to learn...

The Independent UK

Foundations donate $1.5M to help restore historic Black church in Memphis gutted by arson

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an important role in the civil rights movement

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Once a Near Derelict Bedsit, This Family Brought New Life (and a Lot of Color) to a London Victorian Terrace

A little bit Memphis, a little bit Hollywood Regency — the design of this north London villa is delivered with a playful lightness of touch.

The Independent UK

Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say

Investigators in Tennessee say a fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis was intentionally set

PC Gamer

Musk's Colossus data center for Grok is at the centre of an environmental row over air quality in South Memphis

"From the beginning, the company operated with a stunning lack of transparency that left impacted communities in the dark."

The Independent UK

What happens next in Tyre Nichols case?

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith are to be sentenced in a federal trial expected later this year

Tom’s Hardware

Musk’s Colossus is fully operational with 200,000 GPUs backed by Tesla batteries — Phase 2 to consume 300 MW, enough to power 300,000 homes

The first 150-MW substation is finally complete, allowing the Memphis Supercluster to get power from the TVA grid.

The Independent UK

Civil rights leaders say acquittals in Tyre Nichols' death highlight the need for police reform

After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders are expressing outrage over another disappointment in the long push for police reform

The Independent UK

What happened with the 5 police officers accused of crimes in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating

Three of five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers have been acquitted on all state charges in the 2023 fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols

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