A group of Southaven, Mississippi, residents have filed a lawsuit against xAI, alleging the power plant fueling the artificial intelligence company's data centers are keeping residents from enjoying their properties and causing physical and emotional distress.
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Rachael Floyd drowned in her SUV as a flash flood swept through the strip mall parking lot she was driving by near the Walmart in Petal, Mississippi, on May 25.
Now, the community is raising money for her husband, who suffers from an aggressive form of brain cancer, and their three children.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody, in a change that could obscure the full human cost of the Trump administration’s mass detention policies.
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Calvin Bolton once explored opening a downtown gym, but the plan never took shape after the woman helping coordinate the effort died before discussions could continue.
Now, he said, a few men occasionally come by to lift weights, while others rely on walking, jogging or informal exercise.
The Fisheye Film Festival will highlight work by professional videographers, emerging filmmakers and young environmental storytellers. Events will take place at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center and OS 1515 Crave Food Hall in Ocean Springs.
Ranging in age from seven to 17, some in jeweled jumpsuits, Elvis Presley fans took the stage at the Tupelo Elvis Festival's youth tribute artist competition last week.
As the City of Jackson considers a moratorium on data centers in the city limits, Saxum Investment Company has expanded its data center site request from 190 acres to 230. The proposed site is in the Ashley Acres neighborhood.
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A federal judge in Mississippi booted all lawyers from a case on Tuesday after finding that counsel on both sides had used generative AI to draft legal filings and left hallucinated sources in the legal record.
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Nearly 50 years after Elvis Presley’s death, a gaggle of young boys and teens in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, keep his legacy alive.
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Even as local opposition grows to a proposed data center site in Jackson, the company behind it has expanded its proposal from 190 to 230 acres.
