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News Briefs
One percent sales tax public information meeting set for Sept. 1 Jackson Mayor Tony T. Yarber and the city of Jackson Department of Public Works will host a public information meeting regarding the city’s Special […]
Year: 2016
Opinion
Baltimore cops routinely violate rights of blacks
As depicted in his writings: George E. Curry the heartwarming ‘commentator’ on his own family life and George E. Curry the ‘crusader for justice’ journalist By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist This column […]
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Mississippi man attacked people with ax, shot them with gun, court documents say
CITRONELLE, Alabama (AP) — A Mississippi man used a gun and an ax to kill five adults as they slept in an Alabama home, police allege in criminal complaints filed Tuesday. The criminal complaints filed […]
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Suspect in Virginia knife attack injures 2, shouting ‘Allahu akbar;’ FBI investigates
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A man shouting “Allahu akbar” repeatedly stabbed and seriously injured a man and woman in Virginia after hearing voices telling him to attack someone, authorities said. Wasil Farooqui attacked the pair […]
Health
The Latest: Lt. governor questions Department of Mental Health pay raises
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Latest on Mississippi budget hearings (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is criticizing Mississippi Department of Mental Health leaders for giving pay raises to some employees the […]
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Recordings capture chaos of Florida face-biting slayings
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Florida sheriff’s deputies confronted chaos as they tried to subdue an attacker biting a victim’s face after stabbing and beating a couple to death in a random assault outside their […]
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Mississippi agriculture chief on Trump advisory committee
BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith is serving on an agriculture advisory committee for Republic presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Daily Leader reports that the 64-member committee includes chairmen of the U.S House […]
Education
Analysis: Once called soft, some ask if state tests too hard
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Beneath the back-and-forth last week over how many Mississippi public schools should get As was the undertow of another question — has the state gone from grading its kids too soft […]
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Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump’s health claims about her a ‘wacky strategy’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hillary Clinton pushed back Monday against charges that she’s physically unfit for the White House. The Democratic presidential candidate said the accusations are part of a “wacky strategy” by GOP rival […]
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Young Islamic State suicide bomber attacks Turkey wedding party; 51 dead
ISTANBUL (AP) — An Islamic State group suicide bomber as young as 12 years old attacked an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens of others, the […]