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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.

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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...

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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.

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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

The Independent UK

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."

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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

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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

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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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Things to know about the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

The acquittal of three former Memphis police officers of state charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is the latest development in a case that prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.S. and led to a quest for justice by his family that persists more than two…

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US jury acquits three Memphis police officers in Tyre Nichols beating death

The three former officers were found not guilty on a range of charges, including second-degree murder and kidnapping.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols remembered as beautiful soul with creative eye

Tyre Nichols was brutally attacked by police in Memphis after they pulled him over Jan. 7, 2023

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Memphis police officers found not guilty on all charges in Tyre Nichols beating death

Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten by a group of officers during a traffic stop on January 7, 2023

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Jury deliberates for 2nd day in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Jurors are deliberating for a second day in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

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Jury begins deliberating fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

The fate of three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of 12 jurors as deliberations began in the Black man's death

The Independent UK

Closing arguments delivered in trial of 3 officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating Tuesday in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023

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