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Local schools announce homecoming kings, queens

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate Homecoming kings and queens for the 2023-24 school year were announced during football games throughout the regular season. Akiya Jones is...

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...

Democrat Brandon Presley seeks big turnout in Nov. 7 bid to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor

NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — At a hotel overlooking the Mississippi River in Natchez, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Brandon Presley told a few dozen Black and white supporters...

In closing days of Mississippi governor’s race, candidates clash over how to fund health care

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he is working to ease financial problems for struggling hospitals — but the Democratic...

Downticket Mississippi candidates discuss state’s economy ahead of Election Day

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With Election Day drawing near, Mississippi candidates offered competing visions for managing the state's economy in speeches Thursday. The candidates spoke...

Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws

Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair shops should have access to the same diagnostic technology as dealerships. In...

A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week

The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks...

A salty problem for people near the mouth of the Mississippi is a wakeup call for New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance's water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a...

In political battleground of Georgia, a trial is set to determine legitimacy of voting challenge

ATLANTA (AP) — On the eve of a critical 2021 election for U.S. Senate in Georgia, a conservative voting organization announced it was challenging...

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to ‘prepare’ for an expected full-scale incursion

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting...

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