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Flamingo dies after being stolen from Hattiesburg Zoo; theft caught on video

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Hattiesburg police are investigating the death of a Chilean flamingo stolen from the Hattiesburg Zoo early Tuesday. Rick Taylor, executive director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission, said the female flamingo was […]

Health

First Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has died

DALLAS (AP) — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according to a hospital spokesman. Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas […]

Health

Health advocates decry Mississippi’s lack of Medicaid expansion

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Groups supporting low-income Mississippi residents said Tuesday that elected officials are ignoring 300,000 people and refusing billions of federal dollars by choosing not to expand Medicaid in one of the poorest […]

Education

Mississippi State begins repairs to women’s dorm damaged by fire

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi State University officials say repairs are beginning immediately on a women’s dormitory that was damaged by a Sunday night fire that appears to have been started by a candle burning […]