Adrian Sainz

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  • CANNES, FRANCE – JUNE 19: Elon Musk attends ‘Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk’ session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk is spending billions on an enormous supercomputer facility in Memphis. Residents say it’s polluting their air and harming their health

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • Meta Platforms Inc. logo seen displayed on a monitorTech

    Meta will build a $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana—and Elon Musk is also expanding his own Tennessee AI facility

    By Jack Brook, Adrian Sainz, and others
  • Fans wait in line outside GracelandFinance

    The mystery investment company that attempted a foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland isn’t listed in state databases or FINRA records

    By Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, and others
  • GracelandFinance

    After Graceland foreclosure barely averted, Tennessee AG scrambles to investigate

    By Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, and others
  • Jeff GermanFinance

    ‘Graceland is a part of this community’: Judge halts foreclosure sale as Presley estate’s lawsuit proceeds

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • people standing outside of Graceland estateFinance

    Elvis’ granddaughter Riley Keough is leading the charge to save Graceland from public auction, alleging ‘fraudulent’ foreclosure

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • AlabamaEnvironment

    The Arctic air blasting America burst so many pipes in Memphis that water pressure fell citywide

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • ARCHIVO – El tackle ofensivo de los Ravens de Baltimore Michael Oher sentado en el banco durante un juego de la NFL ante los Bills de Buffalo. Domingo 24 de octubre de 2010. (AP Foto/Nick Wass, Archivo)Personal Finance

    ‘Blind Side’ family’s conservatorship of Michael Oher full of ‘shocking and maybe never before seen things’, says legal expert

    By Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, and others
  • 02 FEB 2016: Carolina Panthers tackle Michael Oher (73) during the Carolina Panthers press conference held at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose California. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire) (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Couple accused of swindling former NFL tackle feel they’re victims of a shakedown and ‘don’t need his money,’ their lawyer says

    By Adrian Sainz, Teresa M. Walker, and others
  • Ja MorantFinance

    Arrest warrant issued for close friend of embattled NBA star Ja Morant over fight during Memphis pickup basketball game

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • JuneteenthLifestyle

    Americans adjust to new national holiday Juneteenth in many different ways, from parties to quiet reflection to pondering essential strangeness

    By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Ed White, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 23: Iron Sheik attends the 2013 GQ Gentlemen Give Back Concert with Robin Thicke at Highline Ballroom on October 23, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for GQ)Lifestyle

    Wrestling icon The Iron Sheik who built a legendary villain persona in Cold War America dies at 81

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – JANUARY 26: People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols at the Tobey Skate Park on January 26, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. 29-year-old Tyre Nichols died from his injuries three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis police officers on January 7. The officers have since been fired with criminal charges against the officers announced today. The video of the police encounter is expected to be released on Friday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Politics

    Memphis releases video showing savage 3-minute police beating of Tyre Nichols that led to his death

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press
  • MEMPHIS, TN – JANUARY 23: Activists hold signs showing Tyre Nichols as attorney Ben Crump is seen speaking on a monitor during a press conference at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church addressing video footage of the violent police encounter that led to Nichols death in Memphis, TN on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Politics

    5 Memphis police charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death following what his family’s attorney calls a ‘savage’ 3-minute beating

    By Adrian Sainz, Rebecca Reynolds, and others
  • Jim StewartLifestyle

    Jim Stewart, co-founder of legendary Memphis record label Stax, dies at 92

    By Adrian Sainz and The Associated Press