Mississippi

News from the state of Mississippi

Mississippi to file arguments in landmark abortion case

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JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi attorney general’s office is expected to file briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to outline the state’s...

NIL era brings cautious optimism to college-town businesses

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Bret Oliverio says he wants college athletes to endorse his Sup Dogs restaurant along the main Franklin Street drag steps...

Officer dies in crash a day after graduating police academy

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WAVELAND, Miss. — A weekend car crash killed a Mississippi police officer just a day after she graduated from the police academy, the police...

Gloria Richardson, civil rights pioneer, dies at 99

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was...

$3 million in grants going to Black history sites, groups

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A fund formed in response to the deadly racial violence four years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, said Thursday it will award...

Work on Amazon warehouse fuels spike in Canton’s sales taxes

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CANTON, Miss. — A Mississippi city is seeing significantly higher taxes from an Amazon warehouse that hasn’t even opened yet. ...

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing

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WASHINGTON — A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month...

Report: Till slaying still being investigated 65 years later

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The Justice Department is continuing its investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose slaying 65 years ago in Mississippi sparked...

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing

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WASHINGTON — A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month...

A look at 8 lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is acting swiftly to launch a new investigation of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...