WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a Tennessee man "dedicated to white supremacist ideology" for an alleged plot to blow up a Nashville energy facility using a drone armed with explosives. Skyler Philippi, 24, was arrested Saturday and is charged with attempted use of a   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 9 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: Nashville, TN; November 8, 2024: Do No Harm, an association of medical professionals, filed a federal lawsuit to stop Tennessee's unlawful consideration of race in appointments to state boards and commissions. Tennessee medical practitioners fall under the purview of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, while the state's Board of Chiropractic Examiners oversees chiropractors. A state requi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 5 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Blount County Election Commission in Tennessee will stop promoting religion after it received a Freedom From Religion Foundation communique. A concerned Blount County resident had informed the state/church watchdog that the Blount County Election Commission had been promoting Christianity using its official communication channels. The commission sent an email to all it  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 8 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: MURRAY, Ky. -- Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors agreed to supply power to a South Memphis data center run by xAI, a company founded by Elon Musk. Board members approved xAI's application despite significant concerns that the facility will strain the federal utility's power grid and that it is already worsening air quality in predominantly Black ne  more