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Line of severe storms moving across northern Mississippi

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A line of thunderstorms continues to move east along the U.S. Highway 82 corridor in northern Mississippi bringing with it high winds and heavy rain. Mike Edmonston with the National Weather […]

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2 officers, 3 others dead in Las Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man and a woman ambushed two police officers eating lunch at a Las Vegas restaurant, fatally shooting them at point-blank range before fleeing to a nearby Wal-Mart where they killed […]

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World honors D-Day’s fallen on 70th anniversary of invasion

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Gone are the screaming shells, seasick soldiers and bloodied waters of 1944. On Friday, a sun-splattered Normandy celebrated peace, with silent salutes, tears and international friendship marking 70 years since the D-Day invasion […]

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McHenry man sentenced for DUI deaths in Harrison County

BILOX, Mississippi (AP) — A 27-year-old McHenry man will spend 28 years in prison for drinking, driving, and killing a man and his daughter. Andrew James Good pleaded guilty Tuesday in Harrison County Circuit Court […]

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Feds OK 1-year grace period on Mississippi school rating system

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi schools will get a one-year grace period in the state’s school and district rating system as they move to a new curriculum. The U.S. Department of Education told state officials […]

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Some black Mississippi Democrats supported GOP’s Thad Cochran

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some black Mississippians who usually vote Democratic tried to swing a primary victory toward six-term Republican incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran by casting ballots in their state’s GOP primary. Their support in Tuesday’s […]