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Monthly Archives: August, 2023

Lawsuit says Tennessee’s US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing its first court challenge over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip...

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

ATLANTA (AP) — A doctor used too much force and decapitated a Georgia woman's baby during delivery, according to a lawsuit attorneys said was...

Unofficial Local Results: Democratic Primary Yields Surprises and Confirmations in Key Races

Story with updated numbers 8/12/2023 By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate In a closely watched local election, Mario Magsby emerged victorious by defeating incumbent Charles Jones with a vote...

Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves will face Democrat Brandon Presley in the November election

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday won the Republican nomination as he seeks a second term, setting up a general election...

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wins heated GOP primary as statewide candidates square off

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the state’s bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor Tuesday, staving off a...

Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted...

Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been turning...

Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting...

Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order

WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and vowed to continue talking...

Mississippi candidates for statewide offices square off in party primaries

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor is one of several races to watch in Mississippi party primaries. Republicans currently hold all eight statewide offices and a...

Who’s in, who’s out: A look at which candidates have qualified for the 1st GOP presidential debate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With two weeks until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, eight candidates say they have met qualifications to...

US inflation has steadily cooled. Getting it down to the Fed’s target rate will be the toughest mile

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the...

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