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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – A Harrison County grand jury has indicted a former Biloxi firefighter on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting of a waitress who had asked him not to smoke. Assistant District […]
Month: May 2016
News
Ridgeland Police: Woman dies after collapsing during race
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) – A woman who collapsed while running a race in Ridgeland has died. Ridgeland Police Chief John Neal tells news outlets that 42-year-old Donna Stamps suffered a medical emergency while running the […]
Education
Bryant vetoes bill on Dept. of Education jobs and salaries
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has vetoed a bill that would have given the state Department of Education one more year of flexibility in how it […]
Entertainment
Memorial for Prince held at his Jehovah’s Witnesses church
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — Security was tight as mourners packed a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Sunday evening for a memorial for megastar Prince, who worshipped there before he died last month. Traffic cones lined […]
Entertainment
The latest Mississippi news
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – For La’Porsha Renae, being “American Idol” runner-up means there aren’t any more quick trips to the store. She tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/22bFcEt) that she and her sister figured it would take […]
Sports
Lowry leads Raptors into conference final against Cavs
By IAN HARRISON TORONTO (AP) — Less than two weeks ago, Kyle Lowry was a struggling so badly that he stayed past midnight to work on his game after a tough playoff loss. Now a red-hot […]
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Black women at West Point caught up in photo controversy
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK (AP) Self-expression is hardly a part of life for cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. So it was far from ordinary when 16 black women put their own spin on the traditional […]
Entertainment
Will Ferrell, Miranda Kerr, more celebrities join Nordic leaders at White House state dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Famous people and people just famous-for-Washington scored coveted invitations to Friday night’s White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Will Ferrell, who famously parodied past […]
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Trump’s butler runs afoul of Secret Service for threatening Obama
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s former butler has drawn the attention of the Secret Service for threats he’s made online against President Barack Obama. Anthony Senecal, who served the presumptive Republican nominee at his Mar-a-Lago club […]
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New York construction worker wins $1M lottery for second time
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. — A construction worker who won $1 million in a lottery scratch-off game four years ago has defied enormous odds by hitting a $1 million jackpot again. But don’t call him lucky. […]