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Mississippi’s congressional delegation seeks Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's congressional delegation is urging President Joe Biden to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to civil rights leader Medgar...

Mississippi attorney general says 3 police shootings were justified

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three separate police shootings in Mississippi in 2022 were justified, the state Attorney General's Office said Tuesday. In one episode, a...

Whistleblower says utility should repay $382 million in federal aid given to failed clean coal plant

ATLANTA (AP) — A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build...

Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when...

Tennessee officials to pay $125K to settle claim they arrested a man for meme about fallen officer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee have settled a First Amendment lawsuit for $125,000, the plaintiff's attorneys said Monday. The suit was filed...

The UAW says its strike ‘won things no one thought possible’ from automakers. Here’s how it fared

The United Auto Workers won at least partial victories on many of the key demands that led to the six-week strike against Ford, General Motors and...

Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit, saying Shannon Sharpe used hyperbole over welfare money

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally...

Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A civil rights attorney said Monday he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Mississippi's capital...

Friday’s Scores

PREP FOOTBALL= Amory 27, Shannon 6 Belmont 22, Mantachie 0 Biloxi 24, Harrison Central 23, OT Booneville 48, Tanner, Ala. 21 Brandon 41, Meridian 35 Brookhaven 13, North Pike 9 Canton...

Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost millions of dollars to fight and treat them

State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1 billion investment...

Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls...

In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After being in office for over a decade, Mississippi state Sen. Dean Kirby got challenged in the Republican primary. He...

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